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= Anchoring a citadel =
= Anchoring a citadel =
In order to anchor a citadel you'll need a ship with an appropriately sized cargo hold or fleet hangar, the right roles and a suitable spot to anchor your citadel.
{{main|Anchoring structures}}
== Ship restrictions ==
In order to anchor a citadel you'll need a ship with an appropriately sized cargo hold or fleet hangar, the right roles and a suitable spot to anchor your citadel. After that the whole building process, while automatic, takes 24 hours.
You'll need to ensure that your ship has enough cargo hold or room in its fleet hangar to carry the packaged citadel.
* The medium '''Astrahus''' is 8k m3 packaged and fits in [[Blockade Runner]]s).
* The large '''Fortizar''' is 80k m3 packaged and fits in cargo-fitted [[Orca]]s).
* The extra-large '''Keepstar''' is 800k m3 packaged and fits in [[Freighter]]s).
== Role restrictions ==
In order to anchor a citadel you'll need the role of '''Station Manager''', alternatively be a '''Director''' or '''CEO''' of your corporation. Additionally the role of '''Config Starbase Equipment''' is needed to manage citadels in the [[Structure Browser]].
 
== Placement restrictions ==
While you can anchor citadels mostly anywhere, there are a few restrictions both to which systems can have citadels in them and where (in space) you can place them.
 
* Citadels {{co|crimson|cannot}} be anchored in shattered wormhole systems (including [[Thera]]).
* Citadels {{co|crimson|cannot}} be anchored in [https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/203209712 starter systems].
* Citadels {{co|crimson|cannot}} be anchored in [[Trade Hubs|trade hubs]] (Jita, Amarr etc.).
* Citadels {{co|crimson|cannot}} be anchored in deadspace pocket.
* Citadels must be placed between 50-75km away from the anchoring ship dependent on citadel size.
* Citadels must be anchored at least 1000km away from an existing station, citadel or asteroid belts.
* You can move the anchoring position on the x and z axis. To move the position on the Y-axis, move the anchoring ship.
* Anchoring a citadel at a moon is possible but there is only a small area where it is considered valid placement (this is due to the old POS-anchoring mechanics as shown [http://imgur.com/ONsYLBP here]).
 
== Placing the citadel ==
Once a location is selected you can begin by right-click the packaged citadel and selecting '''Launch for Corporation''' from the citadel's context menu.
 
From the Deployment menu you can now move the outline of the citadel around and rotate it. As citadels cannot be unanchored or repositioned care should be taken to ensure the citadel is in an optimal position, once finished proceed by pressing the '''Position''' button.
{|
| valign="top" | [[image:structure_anchor_bad.png|thumb|300px|This is an example of a bad position for a citadel, where the {{button|Position}}-button is greyed out.]]
| valign="top" | [[image:structure_anchor.png|thumb|250px|Once you've found the right spot, simply click the {{button|Position}}-button.]]
|}
== Setting up the profile and vulnerability timer ==
In the final menu you are now asked to set the '''Structure Name''', '''Profile''' and '''Vulnerability Hours'''. Profiles define the permissions allowed to different groups or individuals such as docking permissions however these are configured in the Structure Browser and new profiles can be assigned at anytime with the appropriate roles/permissions.
 
Vulnerability Hours are the periods that the citadels can be attacked with each slot representing one hour, each size of citadel has a different amount of vulnerability slots that must be selected before it can be anchored this is also indicated in the bottom right corner of the menu.
* Astrahus has 3 slots
* Fortizar has 6 slots
* Keepstar has 21 slots
 
== Anchoring timer (a.k.a. time to build) ==
With that complete your citadel will begin a '''24 hour anchor timer''' that it is invulnerable throughout with the citadel slowly being constructed, while anchoring the citadel will not appear on the overview or directional scan unless you are on-grid.
===== Initial repair of armour and shields =====
After anchoring completes there will be a 15 minute repair window where the citadel has no shields or armor and can be destroyed. Until this finishes it is not possible to add any fittings to the citadel. Once completed the citadel will now be fully operational and begin to follow the vulnerability times that have been set at the time of deployment.


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