The Stellar Observatory is a compact but useful staging base for a small faction. It contains everything a self-starter or two would need to make their claim on a system.
STATS
131,000 Blocks
5 million power capacity
1 million/s power generation
1.3 million shields
130,000/s shield regeneration
5.7 million armor hit points
FEATURES
Two internal docking bays.
Two floating anchor docks
Two transporter pads
Two medical bays with undeathinators
Medium-sized factory area
Fancy rail elevator
Secret rail elevator
Two Minipod-class shuttles
Deployable observation deck shielding
Creator's Note: The elevator button in the docking bay needs to be pressed twice to call/send the elevator. Haven't figured out a way around that yet.