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Also, I recognize that this is still a WIP, but what is powering those Ion Cannons?
I would expect that they would need an individual power source per weapon, which (correct me if I'm wrong) those need massive amount of power. Would a single asteroid be large enough to house the weapon and the generator? Even then, I'd expect that the power source would be detectable be sensors and could be picked off from a distance.
Also, is your intent to use the repulsors on the asteroids to prevent them crashing into each other? I suppose that makes sense so that you could prevent losing resources, but wouldn't those repulsors need power as well? That's devoting a lot of your resources into maintaining this "defense"
On that note, I'd like to bring up the issue of those asteroids. Is the field held together using tractor beams? Repulsors could be used to keep them from hitting each other, but considering your proximity to a black hole, it wouldn't be incredibly long for them to fall in If they're bumped any. I if it is being held by tractor beams, they would all have to be held to a fixed point, I.E. the station. If they lost connection with it, the grid would become virtually useless as the asteroids free floating tried to keep other asteroids in line.
Finally, how did those asteroids get there? Black Holes are usually devoid of things like asteroids due to their intense gravity.