[Jubala]

Defensive bases are great in the late game. I had 2 Battle Stations on a warppoint together with about 100 satellites (old with weak weapons and no combat sensors, had level 3 on the bases and much better guns) smash 6 Battleships and some Cruisers and Battlecruisers (don't remember how many) with comparable tech. I call that a good investment of time and resources. And those bases have 50% off their upkeep which makes me love them even more. And with them in place the fleet I had guarding that warp point was free to roam the galaxy showing my enemies the error of their ways. Which just happened to be about the rest of the galaxy.