To me it kinda looks like it's apart of a gate system of some kind, think the Eye of Aarran from homeworld 2.
Well, when you think about it, shipyards could have lots of practical applications. It could open the door for building new ship-types *cough battlecruisers unconvincing-cough*, and it could make combat more interesting in the sense of having more strategic targets to attack and defend.Well shipyards are not really relevant to planets as unlike most 4x games there is no production.
Well, when you think about it, shipyards could have lots of practical applications. It could open the door for building new ship-types *cough battlecruisers unconvincing-cough*, and it could make combat more interesting in the sense of having more strategic targets to attack and defend.
Maybe it's a federation capital world.
I always loved the atmosphere behind Homeworld's storytelling =D