Back in 2013, I participated in the Ham "HI to Juno" event, and that
got me all hyped up about the Juno probe.
Last night, I stayed up late watching NASA TV.

And that got me thinking this morning about gas giants, magnetic
fields, radiation, and debris.

From the descriptions of Jupiter's environment is, fuel skimming
sounds a _lot_ more exciting than the rules imply it is.  That, or the
comment someone made a while back about mishap on 7+ is a good rule.

The other thought that came to mind is that for a gravitic-capable
spacecraft, the options would be different.
You could approach from over the pole, like Juno did... and brake to a
stop, then slowly drop into the polar atmo and leave. You don't need
to make orbit so long as you have contragrav or enough thrust to hover
and break away.

What's the flight profile in your TU for skimming ?