IDF is a generic trading faction. Best thing to do with their bases I wager, is to set some prices for offworld commodities (Kusari imports, Rheinland imports) and okay prices for Gallic exports. So inter-house transports could dock with such a base, offload their commodity, load a new one, and go back the way they came rather then go to planet A to offload, leave empty, go to planet B to load, and then head back. That's how clearing houses/trading posts work after all. Convenience.
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