' Wrote:My best guess is that docking rings guide a landing ship on the appropriate entry vector. If you enter a planet's atmosphere at the wrong angle or velocity, you burn up.
Actually, angle has nothing to do with that, and a gate can't do much for your velocity. The trick is to not fall hard enough to 'burn up'
If you hit the atmosphere at the wrong angle, you bounce off of it. Honest. The burning comes from friction.
