Actually the game does allow for the landing of hooligan troops but that is something I do not want to add at the moment.
I thought I knew about this stuff, but seriously you lot are making my head hurt
Currently I am having discussions with the Devs about a number of small and not so small things that need looking at. Not least of which is the E3 ESM fit problem described above.
And my ARM Bearing Only Launch thread has kicked up a bit of a storm.