I always chocked this one up to collision bumps before, but i just tested it really slow. The NPC TPG Constellation Heavy Transports actively try to turn away from you once you enter their docking bays.

Tridents do it to actually. Can anyone confirm whether or not this happens with the player Tridents too? Maybe the server-side collision mesh doesn't include room for the docking bay?

All ships try to maintain some distance from other ships. Separating and customizing the capship steering behavior is on our todo list.

Ah ok, so this would just be some NPC anti-collision thing?

If this was in a Border skirm, please note that a bajillion things are shooting it (and a npc rag3 with rockets iirc) and it may have been twisting after a series of attacks

Nah this was on the Serco - Grey border with nothing attacking it. The ships were all in formation around the wormhole and not moving.

I'd like to try with a few other people to use this effect to see if we could "herd" the connies to wherever.

Nah they dont exactly move, more of just turn...