Managed to get it fixed. Just had to pay a visit to the ship tailor and fiddle with things. It seems to be an old bug that was fixed back in '10 that has re emerged.
Had a horrible kerrat run just now. Some goon called "K'lar@frogman77" (VA) decided to be a tough guy and take on a group of lvl 25s exclusively. Sure it's a warzone but shouldn't you have some restraint? Everyone from both sides was yelling at this dude to have some self restraint and take on other more suitable to his level.
A few other lvl 50 feds decided to stick with us to see what this guy would do. Predictably K'lar went as quiet as anything and ran away from people his own level. Once they left this guy de cloaks and starts off again with his barrage of torpedoes and a tirade of abuse hurled at the "f**king n00bs ruining my zone". What cheek!
Not like he was much good anyway, he had a load of rainbow guns on his bop!
Am I crying about this? As much as it sounds like I am I'm not. If I were in his position I would have left a bunch of lvl 25s be.
EDIT
This sounds interesting but my head tells me it's just a rerun of the cardie lockboxes