starbases

it seems strange to me that there is no option to build some sort of mining starbases on stars or on gas giant planets... wouldn't it make sense for advanced civilizations to make use of these massive resources, instead of mining strange colored polygons in deep space? I know "realism" is a sketchy topic in a sci-fi game, but it seems weird that most of the solar systems in the galaxy are "useless"
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race specific planetary improvements and techs would also be nice, as would some kind of command ship that acts as a basic military starbase but can move
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every so often you get the "located a precourusor device" random events - now THOSE are nice! -- once had all those useless sytems within 2 parsecs of my homeworld become class 12's! that game got heated fast!
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I agree, somehow mining morale from a glowing cyclinder in space just doesn't look right.