I think this is starting to get more complicated than something like this deserves to be. Yes it sucks when some idiots decide they're just going to shoot at bases, but this is also screwing over preventing people putting bases up in places that harm others.
What if some random person stick a base right infront of, say, manhatten. Assume they've done some preperation and got a few transports in the area to get a reasonable amount of supplies in as quickly as possible. Do you remember how long it took to take out that rogue base in the scrap field next to Manhatten last time? With a rush of [LN], SFC| and LNS- ships after only a few hours delay? 5 day constant siege?
Are we going to see repeats of that from now on?
I'm not saying this rule shouldn't exist, but that bases that are clearly being put up just to troll, have no forum RP regarding them what so ever, even oorp, shouldn't have the requirement to forum RP first. The thing is we already have a sub-forum for bases RPing, so its not like anything even needs to be alterd other than the rule.