I am a little concerned about this event, after i read Drews comment about those characters beeing in iron-man mode.
I understand that he wants to include CMDRs in his story, and there is nothing wrong about that. But there is a problem that already has been brought up in this thread. I play EVE for years now and you have the same problems here in the absense of a meaningful crime and punishment system.
There are players who don't care how the story plays out. They don't even care about the game, since it's just a tool for them. They now have a date, targets and a rough location (bubble or around bubble) for one of the biggest prices they can claim. Disrupting community events. And because of the instancing it's not even clear that a consistent defence can be set up. I just think throwing your story in this environment, hoping people take sides because of roleplay-reasons, is a big gamble. [blah]
Anyway, i spend the last week modding my Python as much as i can. Testing it in the current BH-CG and thinking about what else i could need. I'll throw myself in to help find the truth.