16 minutes ago, Ardaedhel said:I'd love to see textual support for this.
I have found none.
However, the "ruling" that if the Station can't attack you must immediately activate a ship does strongly favor the player/team who is assaulting a planet against Base Defense: Armed Station (a decent objective when paired with a Grav-Shift Interdictor) as it negates at least half of the Station's utility. I bet you can figure out which side of the table my opponent is on.