Weird thing happened while smuggling

Say what will about smuggling, but you get to visit many systems, and witness strange goings on.
Dropped out of SC near an outpost, and to my dismay saw at least 4 system authority ships. "That's new." I think.
Scan detected, AHH! boost, boost, boost. Got away.
Flip the ship about while 10 km away from the outpost, to see what I could see.
System authority ships, all green (allied) to me, some vipers, but a couple Anacondas too.
They start attacking the outpost.
?
I watch, bemused as one by one they are summarily executed. BTW, those 2 little detached circular things positioned around the outpost? Yeah, they're weapons platforms.
System ships gone, I start to slowly close in on the out post, in a strafe position.
4 more auth ships drop in, and attack the outpost.
I wait for 2 to get dead, and land quickly while the other 2 are too busy dying to scan me.
Quickest docking I've ever done at an outpost.
I left just as quickly, while more ships spawned and died.
Very strange.
 
Interesting. I've done a similar thing to you a few times...boost away about 10km until they give up the chase. Usually the authority ships just jump out and I can return to the outpost. Wonder what happened for this fight to break out...wanted ship on the pad and then some stray shots, perhaps?
 
Perhaps, I was running away at the time, and too far away to so I missed it.
I was the only CMDR around, so I have to assume this instance spawned when I dropped in, based on my limited understanding of the game mechanics.
 
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