Thanks for that. It might be a ship that scans me but it's the port that takes away my docking permission and tells me to get the hell out of there. I'm probably not good enough to jam onto the pad in less than 10 sec. So is it the port or the ship that scanned me that attacks me?
And yeah, had the same issue on planetary landings, I can never escape before getting destroyed. Good to know a faster ship might be able to pull off an escape.
It is the ships, that scan you. Then once found to be doing wrong/wanted/carrying a wanted passenger, or goods; everything starts to shoot at you.
Which is why you have to plan ahead. My Cobra IV has a top speed of 304ms, so a scan takes just under 3Kms to complete and as I said; once inside the station, most ships cannot complete their scans, because they cannot see you any more. (If you think that the ship scanning you can still see you when you are going in the mail-slot, then dip down once you are inside and it will lose sight of you and can't scan any more) Security ships have the same scanners as we do, so it is a line of sight thing. We cannot scan another ship, unless it is within our HUD, the same applies to them. Then there is the range of their scanners, to think of. If you fit A class sensors you can sit 6 to 7Kms out and watch them fly in circles. then you have to come in as fast as you can, behind them, or with them facing away from you.
I have done a lot of smuggling and in my Cobra III, which is about the best ship for the job, due to its speed. A lot of what I do is kind of second nature now. However: In my early days, I would practise coming in fast; every time. Even if I was clean and carrying nothing illegal; to get used to doing it and I also practised escaping. Now my passenger running Cobra IV is much slower and too me, more of a fun challenge, because of that; but at the same time; 300ms IS fast enough to avoid most scans, as long as you don't put yourself in front of the security ships, on the way in. At the same time; with decisive action, escaping in the Cobra IV is possible and I have done it at Outposts and Planet bases. Keep an eye on the distance to the pad or slot. If a scan starts, ask yourself; can you make either with in 3 to 6 seconds; which is a very long time? No. Then it is time to leave, boost in any direction, away from the pad/station/planet. Open the left panel and confirm your already selected Hi-wake system. Keep boosting with 4 pips to engines, by which time the scan would be complete and things maybe getting a bit silly. However: You should have already hit the jump button. Just make sure, before you start your run towards the dock; that the emergency Hi-wake system you have ready, is not obscured by a planet of something; that can be embarrassing. You don't have to wait for the scan to finish, before you chose to get away; you already know what the result is going to be, so as soon as you see or hear, 'scan detected'; it takes you a quarter of a second to make your choice. Finnish landing or run. For me, at Outposts and Planets, it IS always, run. Stations have the leeway of you being safe inside, long before you hit the pad.
As I said before; practise when you don't have to do it for real. Practise faster landings and quick escapes, then when you do have to do it for real, you stress less, worry less and panic less.
