At this point docking ship-on-ship makes little to no sense. On the other hand, small ships having cruise drive also make little sense lore-wise as they should be used in a short range operations. Combine these two, and get a increased medium and large ships presence - for example a new ship class could appear, which would act as a center of mining operation by deploying a few small miners in an asteroid field.
At this point docking ship-on-ship makes little to no sense. On the other hand, small ships having cruise drive also make little sense lore-wise as they should be used in a short range operations. Combine these two, and get a increased medium and large ships presence - for example a new ship class could appear, which would act as a center of mining operation by deploying a few small miners in an asteroid field.