Taormina Base, Koeln??? Why is there a new reapers base, with no reapers?

[Antonio]

I think its really interesting (and pretty strange) that this entire attitude about bases has just cropped up within the past two years or so. What the devs added and where in the past was always the subject of "Oh that's there now." rather than "THEY CAN'T DO THAT!!"

If the faction was alive and active and if the base was in some kind of a nebula far away from any instalation instead of 5k from the tradelane without giving a notice to rheinland lawfuls, many of us wouldn't be surprised nor care that much to be honest.