I've also seen bounty missions with *16* kiltrathi as escorts. The payout was HUGE, but my graphics card would definitly not handle that much action at once. This brings me to another comment/question.
Is there a way to limit the number of ships escorting another and if so, where do I go...
aggravating bug
when your color radar is damaged, repairing it doesn't restore the colors to it. This makes telling friend from foe VERY hard when there is a 30 ship melee going on.