Starbases and Supplies

[AngleWyrm]

In the supply line on space stations, battle stations, etc, the supplies are listed as infinite.

I built a few in choice locations within the heart of a nebula, and along a long string of asteroid clusters. These weren't cheap, taking over almost two years to build and get a mobile shipyard to the location and build the starbase. Not to mention rather a lot of resources. And a lot of research. In fact, every way to charge the player has been implemented.

But ships don't seem to get any supplies my space stations. Am I designing them wrong, or is the game set up to prevent refuelling at starbases?

The main reason I wish to build resupply bases is because of the way supplies are used. Currently, there seem to be only two types of ship in my fleet. The kind that run out of gas in less than a year, and the kind that are self-sustaining.