I was curious to see if the trident could /gunner invite people docked at M7, and indeed it can. My next question was if I had 4 gunners aboard this way, could ships still dock, since technically the docking bay would be empty. Sadly this is not the case, but wether they should is a thread for the suggestions forum. The bug we encountered was that all 4 gunners "had issues" and were returned to their home bases the moment I re-docked with M-7. Seems like gunners should have the ability to disembark at the one station they can board the trident. Also, if all I was doing was stopping off for a quick rep/reload, kind of a bummer to have had my crew scattered to the winds.

yay bugs!

Hmm, interesting. It should act the same as a behemoth or other ships that can have gunners. I'd say that's a bug.
Thanks.

A very low-priority bug.

Being that you can't have anyone dock once all turrets are full, I can't see ever wanting or needing to do it again until there are other stations at which the trident can dock. Getting 4 people to dock at M7 takes some doing. IMHO it should be possible to fill up with /gunners and have room in the hangar for more. It would certainly expand the utility of the ship to be able to carry alert fighters who weren't also your gunner crew, but that is a debate for another thread.

A related behavior, and perhaps the reason this bug exists, is that ships docked with the trident are ejected when the trident docks at M7. This may be as intended, but it seems again that you should be able to dock with your crew aboard. Maybe give them an option to disembark (with their ship) directly to docked status at M7, and perhaps not forcibly remove them unless the trident pilot changes ships or logs out. Maybe a /dock invite could bring their active ship back aboard? Just a thought.