Hello Destructor,you can always try those ships in Single Player. I heard that some people couldn't dock at Nomad Outpost, but for me it worked somehow (I was using Reaper for SP campaign).
(Quote from Destructor-Nexus) Could you please describe what goes wrong for you, and what ship are you flying?I can't remember everything exactly - it was many years ago (CF 1.82). Docking worked just like with any other base, and only later I learned that it couldn't be done in MP.