So Coarsair and OC docking rings aren't... Docking Rings? Even Snak3 said that Docking Rings don't use Alien tech. So is it that far-fetched that it couldn't be reversed engineered? You have Counterfeit Software sold on Ames - Is it that hard to imagine that within that software could be how Docking rings works?
Also, easy fix. Get materials to build the Docking Rings, and use Gravity Field Stabilizers. From the commodity itself: "These devices control and maniuplaye the intense gravitational fields that are generated by Jump Drives, enabling the creation of a temporary, stable rift in space through whcih a vessel may pass without being ripped apart." I don't see how that could not be applied to a planetary gravitational field and allow for that temporary, stable rift to be how one uses a Docking Ring and lands on a planet.
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