Sounds like a nice idea :P , i always wish devs made some sort of elite item you could make with alot of salvage that converted Infamy > Prestige would be nice idea , maybe it would speed up base consturction lol. Or even trade prestige for salvage with other players would be a nice idea 
Umm nice idea, but you can already trade infamy for prestige at the SG registrar... and 1million infamy for 2k prestige is a little sucky
Blrgh! thats just plain stingey >:|
Heres a way to implement storage into bases? (not a programmer)
1. add an item placeable in base (Safe, Treasure chest, Gold Pile, Etc.)
2. Create a base inventory
3. have a player (clicking the item) have a trade dialog appear so player can add salvage/enhancements/inspirations to the base inventory.
(withdrawal privaleges settable by leaders)
These steps as far as i can see, are (with the exception of base inventory) already implemented in one form or another. and i would think, easy to adapt/re-write
PS.. how about some more themes for the base (derelict, office, space-station etc.)