Question regarding destructible bases

Simply dont destroy the root in the destroy fuse. Solars respawn after a specific time (search in exe offset hacks). You can set this time to 0 so they never respawn. The base then simply stays undockable/destroyed until server restart.

If your base is a custom model, you can cheat by making the root object essentially nothing (could be a really tiny box, or maybe even wreckage) and putting all of the actual model as a separate group. You can then use the fuse to blow that group up, thus leaving nothing/wreckage behind.

It’s more work, but it looks really nice. I just forget whether a player arriving into the system will see the destroyed base or the full one (fuses are an annoying thing).

They see the full one. For destroying a base persistent (which means it won’t be respawned if a player comes into the system after the object’s destruction) you need a plugin by adoxa called PersistentDestructibles.dll. I just can’t find a link to his page.
Otherwise destroyed parts of bases will be always replaced visually. The server knows they are destroyed, but anytime a player enters space after that destruction it won’t get updated.

To prevent players crashing the server you can add an invisible object to space.
For example:

[Object]
nickname = ProxyBase
pos = 0, 0, 0
archetype = dyson_airlock_inside
base = MainBase_Base
dock_with =  MainBase_Base
parent = MainBase
visit = 128

Here you would add an alternative dock possibility to your base. By using “parent” you will be always redirected to the main base if a player clicks on this theoretical invisible base in space. By using visit = 128 you make sure nobody ever sees this alternative dock on the map.
You would need to tell NPCs in initialworld.ini not to dock on this alternative dock object.

By putting this object below/on top of the original base you define the undock priority for players. I just don’t know if either below or on top forces players always to undock here.

Persistent Destructibles