improving Stations, planets

if there where similar threads to this i did not see them.
was reading around in the forums and the general opinion seems to be that stations are broken and that there is not much need to settle down anywhere. now some of this has/probably been said in other threads so this is bringing them to gather in a single place. also know that some station changes are planed but details are few and far between.

Stations:

increasing shields & regen

station armor blocks

sector wide weapon /...

improving Stations, planets