You arrive to find yourself extremely close to a star. You receive a message from a pirate ship, "I'm glad you arrived; our ship is damaged and we were getting desperate... I hope you don't mind if we take yours." Hostiles detected on board our ship!
You don't know how the intruders managed to get past your Zoltan Energy Shield!
1. Continue...
I would like it a lot better if it went like this instead.
You arrive to find yourself extremely close to a star. You receive a message from a pirate ship, "I'm glad you arrived; our ship is damaged and we were getting desperate... I hope you don't mind if we take yours."
1. Continue...
2. Oh wait, I have a Zoltan Energy Shield.
(pick option 2)
After the transmission ends, the bodies of four pirates appear outside of your ship at the edge of your shield. They squirm around a bit before exploding from decompression. How unfortunate for them, but better them than you.