Infinite Enemy Ships

I went deep into Scryve space to try out my suped up Vindicator.  After slaughtering about 30 guys in the system, I decided to leave.  Upon leaving the system, however, I was greeted by an enemy ship.  Upon killing that ship, I immediately had to fight another ship.  An hour or two and hundreds of dead Scryve ships later, I am still locked in an endless loop.  Unfortunately, I have no saves to go back to.  I guess there goes 12 hours.  This wasn't the first time that I have gotten screwed by endless ships, only this time I can't even move before getting attacked (that playthrough I had remembered to save first).