Didnt we mention that already? Wasn't the docking hatch idea rejected because it is a part of the ship?
Atm my best idea for getting out of the ship would be an escape pod. Then theres the trick of getting back in...for getting back in couldnt it just fly beside/on top of [insert static here]? O_o

Curses, foiled again!

Oh. Well this was mainly about capital ships...shuttles was a whole different thread (if you wanna bring it back...)

Curses, foiled again!

Exactly.

Capships, you jump in, you stick it out - you can't exit.

For transporting shock troops to other stationary space outposts and space stations, I think each side will have a dedicated troop transport.  Now, such transport (DX-9 is a very practical one for this role) might have coding to keep it level to the main plane of combat, as to make landing it / docking it easier.

EDIT:  Yeah I read your original post.  You won't be using capships or fighters to get onto these space stations, I don't think.  You'll either spawn on the station on the defensive team, or you can spawn in a hanger and board a small assault transport (enterable/exitable) on the assaulting team.

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