Dato told me to fly out with him a bit. I refused at first, but then changed my mind and caught up with him, which turned out to be the right move as he was getting swarmed by Privateers and Hogosha the moment I got there. So I jumped in and helped him out. The Hogosha docked or ran away no surprise, bad for Privateers who had no place to run to.
They left me to deal with the other Bretonian in the end, and when I had taken care of that one and was heading back to the more quiet space, I ran into this Hogosha who didn't last long. So it was 2 Privateers, 1 Hogosha, and 1 Merc shot down and shut up by Dato's order... But when I come here and do the math and see it's a mere 3,200,000 SC, it leaves me with the impression that it wasn't really worth it, but eh... Dato could've used the hand, so whatever. I did what I could.