Circumstances: Rogue - distrupted trade lane near New York Jump Gate in California system. Attmepted to pirate me and nearby trader. Attempt failed, pirate eliminated.
Pirate - got cought chasing trader ship near California Jump Gate in New York system. I provided trader a cover and engaged pirate. Trader safe, pirate not.
People keep thinking that they can get away with sieging Manhattan without having their butts burned, lately.
Manhattan keeps proving them wrong.
And when it fails, I chase them and prove what Manhattan can't... You don't leave New York without a few holes in your hull, or without your escape pod and slapped buttcheeks.
Mostly, though... you never leave. You either die, or you get caught in Newark's orbit.