Yea the ship placements can be controlled to a limited degree. But even when 1 ship is loaded to an certain area, it may collide with a space object or another ship/base or what not. It is cannot be perfect 100%. That is a flaw inherent with the SF game itself. However, it also can happen that enemy ships collide too so it tends to even out in the long run. I believe the navagations officers of the colliding ships are either vacated from their posts or are totally incompetent.
