I believe the worst you can do to a capital ship is damage it sufficiently that it jumps out - otherwise I'd be heading there now to try and claim that bounty.That's hilarious. Can you claim bounties from "taking out" a capital ship?
As with the FNS Nevermore incident, the devs do sometimes weave these occurrences into the storyline. Maybe we'll learn more on Galnet.Maybe some pirates took the ship over, just hope they don't start launching bombardment rounds at the surface!