All I'm going to say on the Hogosha ZoI standpoint is; Hogosha shouldn't be in Cambridge, New London, or Manchester unless they are smuggling. Going there to attack Bretonians isn't logical. Even the KNF don't do that/aren't capable of doing that in-RP. I don't think Hogosha are more powerful than the Navy. Not to mention, the only non-lawful base in NL is Trafalgar, and Junkers hate Hogosha too. Only reason I can think of to have Hogosha in NL is on their way to deliver/pick up supplies from Cadiz in Omega-5.
On the 'engaging without warning' issue, I'm going to have to side with Chase here. If that transport was Mwerte, as I believe from reading what was posted here, than the excuse of the GC/BD side having far more firepower is pointless. I remember you doing the exact same thing in Cambridge with the Wilde.. And that was 2 GBs and 3 VHFs vs 3 BAF VHFs. You had the advantage and still did it. That sounds like habit, not like desperate measures against overwhelming odds. And as Tsukiko said; Very poor form. On the whole, the BDS are my favorite enemy in Kusari to RP with. I don't want to see that tarnished because I have to fly circles every time we try to talk with them, because I know Mwerte's going to shoot me without warning.