Starbase
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A starbase is usually portrayed as a facility strategically positioned in space used to repair and re-supply starships. They are often also connected to shipyard or drydock facilities. One particular case even shows one being used as an ammunition dump.
Many sci-fi series use the idea of starbases in their story lines, most notable of which is Star Trek, which shows huge structures usually (but not exclusively) in orbit around planets.
Two sci-fi series are even centered on a starbase: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5.
Not to be confused with Basestar, which is the designation of the primary warships used by the Cylons in the Battlestar Galactica series. The reimagined series, however, does have one facility of the like, Ragnar Anchorage.