Orphaned Station Will Not Let Me Build Outpost

[Artaios Greybark]

There is a system that is abandoned (that is not within its borders) by a neighboring empire that still has a research station orbiting the star. Unfortunately, this will not let me build an outpost there. Is this intended or is there a way to remove the research station? I tried attacking it but the game will not let me. I would even resort to a code as this seems rather stupid to me.

 

[safe-keeper]

Yeah, the way empires hold on to infrastructure that ends up in other empires' borders is just weird. You can't use it, no one else can either, and no one can demolish it to build something new.