Personally, as a good and patriotic law-abiding citizen of Liberty, I would feel much safer if there were big huge guns manned by sharply-uniformed Liberty military officers, keeping their stern gaze on the traffic that goes by Manhattan. You don't want robbers, slavers, and pirates being able to traverse Manhattan orbit safely do you? You aren't one of those socialists or a Suck-land sympathizer, are you?
Besides, this wouldn't be "suddenly" built, it's just a progression of the upgrades that have already been put into place. After all, the vanilla docking ring guns weren't as good as they are now, right?
