ya thats cool
i like the idea personaly... duno how it would affect game play i can see it being good and bad... makes the use of starbases ALOT more feesable... ie set this base in a desolate area with mucho defesnive bases around it etc in a nebula that blocks sensors... and let him build away... another thought could be make a new class of starbase... say 4000 kt or so and make the componant around 3500 or 3750 ish and the base must have atleast 50% space used by shipyard (duno if you can do that) like the cargo ships do... and let it have minimal defence but make it a beast to build...
that way some one can start pumping ships out just out side your door..