Interactable Agents in Space

I only caught a glimpse of one before she/he jumped away, but I’m wondering, who are they?
How are they interactable? Are they part of some mission?

Some agents, from epic arcs or other chain linked missions, are in space instead of a station

They never ever dock?
Do you have to run them down, find them, once the mission is done? I believe he was in a shuttle, he can be regions away by the time you’re done with the mission(?)

Can they be shot at, destroyed?
@Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras

If you shoot at any NPC aside from what you are actually supposed to shoot, youll incur the wrath of CONCORD.

As far as the other stuff,
No and
No

Most remote agents you dont need to report back to finish, you complete remotely (that i recall)

Of course, what was I thinking. That is also the case with the career agents and probably any other agent.
Thanks a lot.

Look up Cosmos Missions. Those are the NPCs that are in space. Idk if any other types are in space, but all Cosmos agents are.

https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/COSMOS