Zoltan ship follows Mantis ship

 This random event occurs in:

• Zoltan Controlled Sector
• Zoltan Homeworlds
  at a distress beacon. in an asteroid field.

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Your jump interrupts a Zoltan security ship as it follows a Mantis pirate into an asteroid field. They message you, "Your presence here will continue to be tolerated - but please, do not interfere."

1. Interfere and save the Mantis ship.
   • Sometimes you have to bet on the underdog - even on the rare occasions that the underdog is a Mantis warship. You set off for the heart of the asteroid field and engage the Zoltan there.
     • Template:Destroyed Ship
       • Template:Rewards
     • Template:Killed Crew
       • Template:Rewards
2. Interfere and help the Zoltan ship.
   • You overtake the Zoltan and catch up with the Mantis ship in the asteroid belt. Time to make some friends.
     • Template:Destroyed Ship
       • Template:Rewards
     • Template:Killed Crew
       • Template:Rewards
3. Don't interfere.
   • The Zoltan know their business better than most - best to leave them to it. You prepare to jump.
     • Nothing happens.

Bugs

• (fixed in 1.03.1) Saving the Mantis ship (the first option) will make you fight a Slug ship instead of a Zoltan ship as the text suggests.