or the capital ship could disappear and all those onboard will magically show up in their own normal ships

It seems to me that either a large holding dock or a docking ring with shields are the most logical ways to go. Shields or Blast doors would only come into being if all personel logged out of the cap ship. If only shields are used, it would allow the cap ship to be abandoned (parked) anywhere but, this could be exploited by using abandonment to avoid a fight unless it was only allowed in certain locations.

Great stuff to ponder but probably better suited for suggestions.

As to the "what if I need to log off before I can find a cap ship dock?" concerns, I think it would be a good idea to let the first officer get control of the ship, and so on and so forth. If everyone on board a cap ship logged off, then the ship would float vulnerable in space until someone from the proper guild came to pick it up. Cap ships will probably be so expensive that they could only be owned by guilds, and the guild would have to do its part watching out for the cap ship, and making sure it made it back to dock. A cap ship wouldn't be something a single player would take out and fly around just for the fun of it.

It could be set on Auto-Defense or sumfink like that, much like the old frigate in s16. Or, a player controlling one of the turrets, or a designated "Second In Command" could become captain.

That actually sounds really fun to me. And I do understand that if it is possible to make such an addon it will take time. I do not have a problem with that. And besides, we have a bunch of stuff already, so why dont we say "Thank you." to the devs?

As the saying goes, don't applaud, just throw money. ;-)

That will be the main form of thanks I will give. Even if it's released "early" and incomplete, I'm pretty sure it will be an extremely good game within a year. (especially once they get real funding..)

I agree with thginkrej.