What specific advantages do military starbases give?

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I construct military starbases near my planets. I am trying
to see if if affects the numbers. I don't see any change
on the main planet screen or in the details.

Maybe I am missing something.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Military SB's don't affect planets although they will affect ships in orbit around planets. Military SB's can give any ships in their Sphere of Influence a big boost in attack and defense. The problem is that they can't move so they're only useful in a limited area for a limited period of time. Actually a more useful thing is that you can use an array of military SB's and have a bunch of ships parked under it and your military rank will go through the roof. It's like a Spin Control Center on steroids. All in all, military SB's aren't really the most useful of starbases.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
However they do give some bonuses to Startbases as well.
All the modules that say "+1 to all three attack" or "+1 to all three defense" apply to starbases in the radius. The individual modules like "Beam Assist +1" only apply to ships.

VERY useful for protecting your main Economy and Resource starbases!!! Sometimes it makes all the difference.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
oh but I should say it only ENHANCES the attack or defense. If your resource starbase has Zero missle defense, it will still have zero. but if you add +5 missle defense, and then put a military starbase with a +1 bonus, then the resource starbase will have 6 missle defense.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hi!
Maybe I am missing something.

Did you actually enhance your mil SBs with military-supporting modules? There's a whole branch in the tech tree with them. I think it starts with the Starbase Defense tech (quite misleading name BTW). And your ships must have at least one attack to get attack enhancements, and at least one defense to get defensive enhancements from those SB modules.

BR, Iztok