Your account has to be made before the last dump (27th of March) so yes you are unable to participate this time. Dumps happen about 3/4 months. End of June/July will be the next one.
Do you want crash reports (somehow) or do this get collected automatically? I crashed twice during the test.
It seems like as soon as a ship initiates warp (clicks warp to) the vorton projectors are unable to hit them. This allows you to select warp to, stop the warp before getting fully aligned, and repeat with a different location to become mostly safe from the projectors