Re: Base - Space station
I use bases for two things:
1) Maintaining a presence in no-planet systems. I put a base (with a shipyard on it) in nebula/storm/asteroid systems so I can keep an eye on what's going on in them. Just to make sure the enemy doesn't sneak up on me. (Obviously, this doesn't work in black hole systems, but the AI doesn't deal with those very well anyway...)
2) Remote miners! You can fit 14 remote miners/farmers/extractors on a battlestation, and mine the heck out of an asteroid field (or uncolonized planet). Works like a charm, and pays for itself within a few turns if you're mining a reasonably rich (>100% resource) asteroid field/planet.
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