The facts we cannot really change:
A station blew up.
The 3rd HG blew up.
We did not blow up.
That sector of space would also show significant radiation from nuclear detonations.
I’m still kind of a fan of Sorcha station boarded the ISN ships and took some of them over, then detonated a bunch of other mines – killing some others – while releasing the virus. Once we had the virus beaten back enough to retake control of our vessels, we hunted down and executed the captured ships.