I had the pirate fleet listed as destroyed because their base exploded, and yes, it is a bit of an anti-climax.  I would definately reccomend that you start making a number of sensor checks to try and figure out where the holo ship went.  It looks like it did a standard cloaking device activation, so you're probably okay.<br/><br/>As for the ship that appeared, the frigate sized wreckage of<em>Gospel of Condemnation</em>started emitting a really loud signal designed to make it easy to find and salvage.<br/><br/>I suppose I'll explain;<em>Gospel of Condemnation</em>was in fact a real ship, but it used its cloaking device and absurd speed to confuse your sensors and generally look terrifying.  This will become clear once you salvage it, though if you do, you'll be doing exactly what the Green Sun Princes want you to do.   (on thier order, no less)<br/><br/><br/>The main thing you managed to accomplish was to save one of the pirate ships, and learn about the nature of the Green Sun Princes.  More exposition may be forthcoming, but it might be better just to realize that you have an ally against chaos, and that someone is fighting the pirates... maybe.    The ship salvage is a REALLY obvious trap, but they were kind enough to basically say to you, HEY, LOOK!  THIS IS A TRAP!  COME ON IN AND SEE HOW IT HURTS YOU!