Whoa! I almost bit the dust just now for the first time! I stopped at a USS where several ships were. The first one I scanned was a Cobra MKIII, I don't remember what rank he had, but he was wanted. So, I deployed hardpoints and proceeded to attack. I was doing pretty good, then he started ripping in to me as well. He knocked my shields off, and I still felt like I was going to be ok. Then, I had 52% hull damage, and my canopy was breached! I couldn't believe it. I got the crap out of there and headed for an indoor star port. I made it inside with 41 seconds to spare. I was pretty scared lol!