Gorn frigates seem to be firing mining lasers at me. When that happens, I appear to be ejecting chunks of rock. It makes a mess out of the screen, but they do almost no damage.

I'm guessing (hoping?) that's not on purpose.

I posted the same thing quite awhile back with screenshots and never got any answer whether or not it is intentional or not.

I have had the same issue

Same thing is happening for me also.

Its on live too, same thing happens

It is a Gorn Mining Laser. It says so in the Combat log.

The animation is a bit....odd though lol