' Wrote:I'm a bit bothered by the assumption that large ships cannot land on a planet, because the docking ring cannot hold them. The size of a ship really shouldn't have anything to do with its capability to land, and please do not cite g forces....Acceleration and turning, in open space, would create more than enough G to tear any ship that could not stand reentry apart. If my Atrain can surf a star, it can certianly handle a planet. As such, I often treat the Mooring Fixture as if it were not there, as if my ship were simply entering the atmosphere for a secluded port, with all the support of my buyers, an organization that is selling many thousands of units of cardmine, and on a rather corrupt world (in the case of manhattan), I expect such a buyer to be able to divert any pursuit.
Just because the only way the game allows one to land is the mooring fixture, please don't assume thats the only way to land.
Okay, you try to land on a planet using the Docking ring or atmospheric entry. Even if you did enter the atmosphere without the ring you would have to go very slowly to avoid burning up, giving the law plenty of time to dispatch atmospheric patrol craft to intercept.
