Scenario: A few carriers sitting on the edge of the grav well, Bombers attacking Starbase that has no squadrons.
Why doesn't the Starbase fire its lasers against the Bombers? According to the damage type chart most weapons have 10% chance to hit Strikecraft (and if that's not the case it should be). Even if the chance to hit would be that low, the high damage would compensate and the Base would be able to fight off a few carriers on its own. It makes no sense a heavily armed Starbase would be a sitting duck. Either the default (non-upgrade) weapons should fire at strikecraft with low accuracy or Starbases need some dedicated Flak Guns. Of course the default weapons would prioritize targeting ships over strikecraft but the weapons on the other side of the base could still fire at strikecraft passing by.
On the same note, why don't Capital ships fire their lasers and autocannons at bombers if they have no other targets in range?
(And the hangar bay upgrades of Starbases need their cost cut in half. Or the amount of squadrons doubled, as mentioned before.)