Ok. First of all. It is up to Auxessia what they do when they see enemy ships and i'm not willing nor i'm supposed to talk in their names. But believe me that the 5th is not working with them at all. Hell look at the previous posts and you'll see. And if you and/or the aux player there wanted to have a fair 1on1 fight you had the chance to throw a PM and/or local message that indicates you want a 1on1, wich i cannot recall you or the aux did. This of course doesn't mean its your fault. No. The gunboat should have pm'd one side or the other about the fight wich it didn't wich isn't ok.
Now california. It was the Aux's decision to help that gunboat out. No one asked for it. And if it makes you feel better we later shot down that auxessian in order to thank him for his help. Same could be said by this incident exept that we didn't had the time to shoot the auxessia as a scylla and an outcast dreadnought appeared.
And as mentioned before we are iRP supposed to outnumber and outgun the enemy without hesitation. OORP well as i mentioned there are multiple ways to indicate that you wish to have a fair fight.