at the time of this post in deneb e16 small skirm has no visible ships but aggro music plays no group forms either.

e-16 small skirm is unplayable at this time no ships in sector.

This should be fixed. It was actually an effect of totally unrelated changes. Let us know if you see anything happen like this again. Thanks.

the small and the fighter are doing it now both showed no ships, just playing aggro music.

This should be fixed in today's update.