Hogosha Pilots?

[Thexare]

Relax, Tora. He's the first tester of my new decoy system. I'm proud to say it was a success.

We hire inexperienced Dragons through a third-party proxy to fly CSVs aimlessly, telling them that their CSV flying is to trick the Hogosha into an ambush, but they're really serving as a false target so our enemies instead shoot our other enemies.

-Nori Koga


Jokes aside, that happens with some Corsair and Outcast NPCs. Low-level ones drop Pirate pilots, high-level drop faction pilots.

It's easier to tell with the Corsairs and Outcasts because there's more ship variety. Not sure exactly how it works for Hogosha, but I'd assume it'd be based on weapon loadout.