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Have you ever wondered why there's POWER GENERATORS in bases?I guess they power the terminal and light in normal case. But they're over 200 years old.If you hook an additional power consumer, like a turret, they begin to take damage.So you have to repair and maintain them on regular basis. Or else...It's Wasteland. Not only players roam around but you may get a visit from deathclaws, mutants, raiders, whatever. Maybe some critter took your trail and followed to your camp, so you have to kill it. That's where your defense comes in handy. Just be sure not to stand in the line of fire.
you buy a base, collect stuff, hire mercs, then come back to base, mercs are slayed, stuff is taken and a note "alliens from mars attacked"... cool feature bro...
So basically put up a 24/7 player watch in front of the entrance if you're in a small gang?
Also, some NPC might follow you to your base. A hungry deathclaw ought for your brahmins for example - so you can grab a ready gun at the entrance and blast it to pieces. Or your guards take care of it.Critters picking your trail would make permanent entrie/exits more dangerous, and guards would make more sense.