Omicron Major-like planetary systems.

[Xalrok]

Remove docking rings and then put atmosphere systems. That is my main thought. There would be no "check it for 2-4 hours then never check it again" or any uselsessness on that.

Doing this for every docking ring would be a massive workload, as you would have to create all the surface assets for each planet so they aren't all the same, then edit the systems and then somehow make it worth visiting. Even creating one fighter model and doing it properly can take a lot of time.

Something unique like Thyrzul's Leeds proposal would be much more feasible. The biggest question I'd ask is how do you hitbox natural terrain? Freelancer is very finicky with hitbox meshes well and natural planetary terrain is a lot more irregular than Omicron Major's surface models.