It can, and it's as simple as adding one sexp per mission. Hardly the 100 fire-beams that you compared it to.

when
-- <
---- distance-ship-subsystem
------ Alpha 1
------ GTD Orion 1
------ fighterbay
---- 50
-- end-mission
When the TVWP releases its training mission demo (hopefully soon) you'll get to see much of the new SCP stuff (including this) in action.
EDIT:
Originally posted by TopAce
It would be great to see as how your fighter is docked in the gigantic destroyer.
If you're talking about viewing the inside of the hangar while the ship is launched or picked up, like X-Wing or TIE Fighter, this is not something you can do with code.

Someone would have to make an entirely new model or create a cutscene.