So from what I understand these are POB only. I'm honestly not sure why this is other than to add a greater benefit for having a base. I can somewhat understand this in regards to extras such as cloaks and jumpdrives, but I personally think that docking modules should be much easier to get.
If you want to keep modules relatively hard to get, simply sell them in the shops for a reasonably high price or possibly allow modules with a greater ship storage amount (if possible) or maybe even docking modules that would take up less space to be made at player bases. I can understand that you may not want every single cruiser or transport that exists to have one, but personally I think with them not being very attainable currently in game a lot of interesting roleplay possibilities and platforms (Specifically carriers) are being missed out on.
I'm not quite sure if this was intended when POB's were disabled or even how long until they're re-added, if ever as there seems to be some discussion / differing opinions on them. Either way I think making docking modules more accessible would only really encourage roleplay and group interaction on the server.
I am relatively new, so any comments on why this is the way things are or opinions are welcome.
ps i know they are still technically in the game but they are in a finite amount as I understand it.