u/Ushallnot-pass

Hi all, I just thought about the scene in CP where one of Horzas posse jumps the railing on the mega ship, thinking his AG would catch him and plummets to his death. Reason is, AG can't interact with an Orbital the same way as you would with a solid planet. So far so good.
In later books though, there are a lot of instances where drones and other vessels use AG to fly around on culture Orbitals with no problem whatsoever.
The drone visiting Ghurgeh in PoG is one example.
Am I just overthinking this or did Banks change how AG works in later books?