Well, i was minding me own bussiness, running my routes, just as usual.
I jumped from Cortez to California and the instant I exited the JH i blew up. (losing a small fortune in cargo and batts/bots, but that's ain't such a big deal.)
No, shield did not go down, nobody was shooting, the text was "Nikolaus_Tinkerer has died", not by NPC, not suicide, not by the hand of player.
heh first time i have actually seen a bit of in-adverted RP reason for using a jump hole as they have been rumored to destroy ships while in transit and your the first person who i know has been killed by one even though Ageria tell people not to use them ^_^