PvP Firing inside stations?

[Stealthie]

Just something I was wondering about...

I've noticed it's pretty common for CMDRs to take potshots at me while I'm inside a station.
I've never lost a ship that way so it's not like I'm salty about it but I was just wondering how they manage it without getting destroyed?

If somebody in, say, an FGS shoots at me while I'm docking, I don't really see how they can do that and then be flying around, back outside the station, ignored by the station and SysSec ships 30 seconds later.

Doesn't seem like there's enough time that they'd be destroyed, rebuy their ship, launch and get back outside in the time it takes me to hand in a mission and then launch so, presumably, they must be entering the station, firing on me and then getting back outside again in a way that means the station doesn't become hostile.

Just wondering how it's done so that I might be able to avoid it if possible.

 

[Cruise]

It could be you’ve been hit by cross fire, the station opening up, on a ship inside the station.
There are multiple weapons platforms inside the station, wouldn’t be difficult to get hit in that sort of situation.

 

[Stealthie]

It could be you’ve been hit by cross fire, the station opening up, on a ship inside the station.
There are multiple weapons platforms inside the station, wouldn’t be difficult to get hit in that sort of situation.

Nope.

I see another ship as I approach the station.
Ship appears as hollow triangle on my sensors.
I go through the mailslot, followed by the other ship.
I take shield damage.
Ship turns into hollow red triangle on my scanner.

Then I land, complete my mission, take off again and they'll be outside the station, flying around, as a hollow red triangle/square on my scanner which, I would have thought, means the game must "know" they attacked me inside the station.

Which makes me wonder why the station doesn't take them out.

 

[ALGOMATIC]

Its possible to boost out of the station before the station guns get to you, I have done it before, and failed other times.

 

[Stealthie]

Its possible to boost out of the station before the station guns get to you, I have done it before, and failed other times.

Point is, the ship is red on my scanner, which means the game "knows" I've been attacked.
I know the attacks happen inside the station.
The other ship must've fired from inside the station, or just outside. Certainly not from outside the no-fire zone, 7.5km away.

So, how come a ship which is red on my scanner - because it's attacked me inside the station - can then just hang around outside the station without getting shot at by the station?

 

[Herbrand]

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