So, I have set up a base on an asteroid in orbit and I get raided quite regularly. I also happen to take prisoners, and want to release them once healed, but I can't figure out how to release them short of sending them down in a shuttle with a pilot, forming a camp, and then having the pilot release them, then fly back up. Other than all the wasted chemfuel, this also has the draw back that I end up with a ton of scattered abandoned camps on the planet below.

Is there a better way? Should I just shoot them down to the surface with a transport pod? Am I missing some mechanic?