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A docking tube,[2] also known by other names such as boarding tube,[3] suction tube,[4], transport tube,[5] or umbilical tube,[6] was a temporary gangway used to connect two starships together in space for transfer between them.[7] These tubes could be extended to create a tunnel between the ships,[5] and retracted when no longer in use.[8] Some boarding tubes were transparent.[7]

At times, the port area on either side of the tube needed to be repressurized before opening a port door to access the tunnel. If beings were inside when one side was disconnected, they could experience explosive decompression.[5] These connections could be exploited to transfer an explosion within the tube to both conjoined ships.[6]

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