(03-29-2016, 02:05 PM)Omicron Wrote: Having a simpler, INRP less efficient and less hi-tech alternative to Ageira docking ring based on some different concept available to less advanced factions wouldn't be bad development.
Or we can just say that during last 700 years since invention of Docking Ring ship hulls have been reinforced and are able to do atmospheric landing. We already have non-docking ring landings, so why not just go with it.