He did later when the Corsairs showed up in force.
Anyways...
I liked how it was meant to be a trader-centric event. What I disliked was how I didn't really feel in too much danger as a trader. I mean, there were two Rheinland cruisers just sitting at Freisdadt. They could have utterly destroyed me in about 3 seconds. They didn't they just sat there and did nothing.
Perhaps next time, do not allow capships at the station, only fighters. Heck, make it a fighters/bomber/tradeships only event, no caps allowed.
What I also didn't like was how the fight kept straying away from the station. The RM forces there should have been trying to blow up us traders, not dogfighting the defense forces. Perhaps next time have something at stake for people to get motivated about. Like, if there's less than x amount of whatever delivered, then IMG forces are dealt a severe blow and (insert in-game consequence here). That would refocus the attention on the main objective. Now I know that you said you didn't want to affect the story too much and I do agree with you, but having no motivation at all to go after the traders also breaks the event.
Nevertheless, I had fun at your event, and hope to participate in more!