I am not even sure if this is a bug or not but i have found a way to reliably recreate the event. If you jump from Pelatus O-11 to Pelatus O-15 you will enter the station sector facing away from the station every time.

I have also noticed this happening at Latos N-15 some times, but have not noticed a vector that makes it happen every time.

why would it be a bug?

Its not a big deal

Because you always enter a sector heading towards the centre and it is a big deal if you're entering that sector in a moth full gats and have to turn that sucker around and head towards the station.

maybe, but thats why you can jettison the gats, turn, and then scoop them again.

(I assume you're trading gats in system)

all pirates please report to pelatus I-15 asap for easy targets :)

It's not your jump drive or nav computer's fault that your ship is so overloaded that it can't maneuver.

*shrugs*

Sounds like a bug to me.

Just jump in from a sector on the opposite side. It'll straighten itself out. In the navmap screen hold down the shift key and click additional sectors to create a multisector path.

Ships are supposed to point toward the center of a sector when they jump in, as mentioned above, so there's probably something funky going on in the program. Certainly a bug, just not a high priority one (yet).