Ok, I don't remember saying anything about using or not docking rings. In my example, it suggests that there are no gate lanes because that's what we were taking about.
Anyway, there's no need to prove that piracy is more than possible because in real life there are criminals and they have no problem smuggling illegal good one way or another, or having HQs or anything else.
I don't really get your "leave them on" logic sorry. Explain what you're trying to say.