I was on MNS-"Salamanca" , Outcast ship mentioned here .
Me and my Cruiser wingman engaged LNS Dread hugging Manhattan POB and NPC dread patrol . Me and LiDread died on same time ( my death message was in system posted 5 seconds before LNS , blue massage say i die by player , but i was actually under fire of NPC dread patrol , and POB so who knows ) , therefore i considered this both dead , but LNS was alone in pew ( no human allies ) my wingman survived ( therefore in RP finished and kill my killer ) , so since there were no more enemy ships , i sumised i can return . While i was having fun with NPC Dread , another LNS loged-in and engaged me . After some chasing around ( it was draw , no one win , no blue message ) first Dread Pm to leave i tell him i am not dead because my Cruiser Friend survived , he left system and after forum ask , he PM telling me abort this post , then i log-off .
I always thought if system is cleared of all ships that were present when you died , you can return . Especially since in this situation second fight was against ship that was NOT in any way involved in a first fight , and first ship was in NOT any way involved with fight against second ship .