Someone earlier mentioned that it would help to spice things up if the FL world were a little more "dynamic" than it currently is (I can't remember who - sorry).
It seems to me that one way in which this could of been done is to make the PoB's available through what would effectively amount to an SRP, and that only the Official groups are able to make the SRP. (In truth perhaps even unofficial groups that could meet the RP requirements might also get them? Although I'd not be in favour of individuals getting them)
They could be used in such a way that if a faction decided to RP a push (either economically or militarily) into a particular area of Sirius they are "rewarded" with a temporarily indestructible base (placed at the Admin's discretion) that does not need to be re-supplied and all the other tedious stuff that goes with it.
However, the base is only in place for a pre-determined and agreed upon time period, at the end of which it does become destructible. This would not then have a huge impact on the on going story - but would allow the factions to make a difference and it would be nice if some of the bases stood a chance of becoming permanent when the main story was updated.
The fact it was a PoB would also mean that it would not significantly (if at all) impact the trade system that is in place at the moment, but it would give the Official factions something to get their collective RP teeth into.
@belorusich: Insults are a no. Even if they're being censored automatically. Speaking of - decide already if you want your old account back or not. As we don't allow non-RP alts. If you can't decide within 24h, we'll ban this one (too).