John may be right 'Utter Chaos' may be (avoiding the Curse of Isness here) a right expression. Fighter wings are assigned stations along the route to preassigned locations for Bretonia crisis situations. The Epsilons are free to move at their own discretion, just be on alert to help traders (not the competition though, leave them be).
I'll be, as usual hunting 'Sairs and Nomads in Delta, just a jump or two for a rendez-vous with anyone passing by and requiring assistance.
We have no interest whatsoever in entering this mess unless we come under attack, in which case a retaliation with extreme prejudice will follow. We are waiting for orders from the boss but unless he say something, we are going to be neutral to all of them.
*edit: forgotage the wordage
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor