I dont like the idea of a docking ring that can be shut down,
but perhaps jumpgates should have a disableable system similar to tradelanes that requires more time and effort to scramble.
Also, why have totally destroyable stations?
why not make it so that after taking a certain immense amount (the kind only a co-operative player op could inflict) of damage a station becomes undockable for a limited time, and takes on a damaged/burning animation, looses its weapons, and drops a **ton** of loot.
Eventually it repairs itself, possibly with appropriate lifter/repair ship animations. :)
This would give terrorists something to do in NY too, "Newark is on fire, repeat ON FIRE!!!! damage control and SAR teams to Newark STAT!"
"Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to several friends of mine, they like to keep a fixed distance from me most of the time, and they have a tendancy to spin and gyrate on multi-directional mounts faster than you can compensate for. They disgorge 75 isojoules of subatomic disruptive destructive energy. Fear the tachyon cannons"
