OK, I'm mixing it up in a high res, working along side the NPC and going after some big ships with lots of skill. It's happend twice, one while engageing a fdl and another while engaging a conda. I'm holding my own, and all of a sudden there's a brilliant flash of light in front of my windshield and a really loud BOOM, and immediately afterwards, I can see that I was actuall pushed backwards a bit and on occassion actual stopped momentareily.
What that heck clobbered me; I mean it was like hitting an asteroid and bouncing backwards. I took two hits the first time from the fdl and 3 from the conda though they weren't during the same battle. I didn't die, but dam close, I had to skee dattle, before the next one.