In the early hours of the morning, unlawful activity in California was unusually high. After travelling to the California system, it seems that out of luck, I had managed to get 'behind' the two pirate bombers (one Blood Dragon-built, the other Outcast) who approached California Minor from Mojave using the tradelane. After quickly throwing them out of the tradelane, myself and a friendly bomber began our assault.
The situation wasn't looking great, with the tiny bomber producing an incrediby powerful assault, which I couldn't match with standard-issue Vengeance V's.
Thankfully, I managed to make a call to a the Captain of a Naval Battlecruiser on standby in New York, who shortly joined the fray. One bomber scarpered on sight, and disappeared from scanners. The other bomber tried to evade, but was shot down.