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{{note box|Starbases are slowly being phased out of the game, to be replaced by player-built structures such as [[Citadels]] and [[Engineering Complexes]].}} | {{note box|Starbases are slowly being phased out of the game, to be replaced by player-built structures such as [[Citadels]] and [[Engineering Complexes]].}} | ||
'''Player-owned starbases''' (often shortened to "starbase" or "POS") are a collection of structures that player corporations may anchor in the orbit of moons. Starbases are not to be confused with the large (NPC or player-built stations) that orbit planets, which allow ships to dock. A player cannot dock with a starbase, they can only interact with the starbase modules. | |||
More confusion stems from the use of the acronym "POS", which is sometimes elucidated as "Player Owned Station", or "Player Owned Structure". No component of the starbase is a station. Player Owned Structure technically refers to the individual structures that make up a starbase. Worse still, players often refer to the central structure, the Control Tower as the POS on its own. Officially, the term "Player Owned Starbase" refers to the entire group of structures that make up a starbase. | More confusion stems from the use of the acronym "POS", which is sometimes elucidated as "Player Owned Station", or "Player Owned Structure". No component of the starbase is a station. Player Owned Structure technically refers to the individual structures that make up a starbase. Worse still, players often refer to the central structure, the Control Tower as the POS on its own. Officially, the term "Player Owned Starbase" refers to the entire group of structures that make up a starbase. | ||
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As mentioned above, POSes have a huge part to play in wormhole life. They provide a home base, ship refitting, and storage. Since there are no NPC outposts (nor player owned ones), POSes provide all this in their place. They are also used to lay 'claim' to a wormhole system since there is no sovereignty in WH space. Large enough corporations sometimes put a POS around every moon in their system. | As mentioned above, POSes have a huge part to play in wormhole life. They provide a home base, ship refitting, and storage. Since there are no NPC outposts (nor player owned ones), POSes provide all this in their place. They are also used to lay 'claim' to a wormhole system since there is no sovereignty in WH space. Large enough corporations sometimes put a POS around every moon in their system. | ||
The only things that cannot be used in wormhole space are those modules requiring sovereignty. | The only things that cannot be used in wormhole space are those modules requiring sovereignty. | ||
==Reference Links== | ==Reference Links== | ||
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* [http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=179069&page=1#2 Thread in EVE-Online Forums] | * [http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=179069&page=1#2 Thread in EVE-Online Forums] | ||
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