Player-owned starbases: Difference between revisions

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* Right-click on the tower

* Click 'Access Resources'

* Drag and drop the Isotopes, Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone~~, and Strontium Clathrate~~ you purchased along with the other necessary Robotics, Enriched Uranium, Mechanical Parts, Coolant and Oxygen.

* Drag and drop the Isotopes, Heavy Water and Liquid Ozone you purchased along with the other necessary Robotics, Enriched Uranium, Mechanical Parts, Coolant and Oxygen. Strontium Clathrates go in a separate bay, also accessed by right-clicking the tower.

Starbases do not refuel themselves: they only take what's available inside the resource storage ~~part~~ of the CT. If a specific fuel like Liquid Ozone has run out, then your structures will start to go offline. Don't just shove tons of fuel in there, balance it out so everything has roughly the same amount of days supply.

Starbases do not refuel themselves: they only take what's available inside the resource storage bay of the CT. If a specific fuel like Liquid Ozone has run out, then your structures will start to go offline. Don't just shove tons of fuel in there -- balance it out so everything has roughly the same amount of days supply.

If you run out of Isotopes, your whole Control Tower will go offline, shields will drop and you will be a sitting duck. This is precisely the reason why fuel is such a critical issue and should be the most important thing to take into consideration when planning your base. Ask yourself if your corp can mine/buy the required fuel regularly~~, how~~ many members can have mining barges? Do you have easy access to ice belts?

If you run out of Isotopes, your whole Control Tower will go offline. The shields will drop and you will be a sitting duck. This is precisely the reason why fuel is such a critical issue and should be the most important thing to take into consideration when planning your base. Ask yourself if your corp can mine/buy the required fuel regularly. How many members can have mining barges? Do you have easy access to ice belts? Fuel can be purchased, but the cost is currently upwards of 300M per month for a large tower.

~~Always mine in advance, have 1 months~~ supply ~~stored~~ in ~~your Corporate Hangar Array at the starbase~~. ~~If you mine on~~ the ~~spur of~~ the ~~moment whenever~~ you ~~need fuel you will fall behind~~ and ~~risk leaving your base open to attack~~.

Strontium supply controls how long your tower will stay in reinforced mode if it's attacked. You can adjust the amount so the timer runs out at some convenient time for you -- but make it long enough that the attackers don't just hang around and finish the job on the same day.

*Note: Strontium Clathrate's have ~~their own fuel bay, accessed~~ in a ~~similar way~~.

If you supply POS fuel by mining, always mine in advance. It's a good idea to have a 1-month supply of everything stored in a Corporate Hangar Array at the starbase. If you mine on the spur of the moment when you need fuel you will fall behind and risk leaving your base open to attack.

==POS destruction==

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      * Right-click on the tower
      * Click 'Access Resources'
-     * Drag and drop the Isotopes, Heavy Water, Liquid Ozone, and Strontium Clathrate you purchased along with the other necessary Robotics, Enriched Uranium, Mechanical Parts, Coolant and Oxygen.
+     * Drag and drop the Isotopes, Heavy Water and Liquid Ozone you purchased along with the other necessary Robotics, Enriched Uranium, Mechanical Parts, Coolant and Oxygen. Strontium Clathrates go in a separate bay, also accessed by right-clicking the tower.
-Starbases do not refuel themselves: they only take what's available inside the resource storage part of the CT. If a specific fuel like Liquid Ozone has run out, then your structures will start to go offline. Don't just shove tons of fuel in there, balance it out so everything has roughly the same amount of days supply.
+Starbases do not refuel themselves: they only take what's available inside the resource storage bay of the CT. If a specific fuel like Liquid Ozone has run out, then your structures will start to go offline. Don't just shove tons of fuel in there -- balance it out so everything has roughly the same amount of days supply.
-If you run out of Isotopes, your whole Control Tower will go offline, shields will drop and you will be a sitting duck. This is precisely the reason why fuel is such a critical issue and should be the most important thing to take into consideration when planning your base. Ask yourself if your corp can mine/buy the required fuel regularly, how many members can have mining barges? Do you have easy access to ice belts?
+If you run out of Isotopes, your whole Control Tower will go offline.  The shields will drop and you will be a sitting duck. This is precisely the reason why fuel is such a critical issue and should be the most important thing to take into consideration when planning your base. Ask yourself if your corp can mine/buy the required fuel regularly. How many members can have mining barges? Do you have easy access to ice belts?  Fuel can be purchased, but the cost is currently upwards of 300M per month for a large tower.
-Always mine in advance, have 1 months supply stored in your Corporate Hangar Array at the starbase. If you mine on the spur of the moment whenever you need fuel you will fall behind and risk leaving your base open to attack.
+Strontium supply controls how long your tower will stay in reinforced mode if it's attacked.  You can adjust the amount so the timer runs out at some convenient time for you -- but make it long enough that the attackers don't just hang around and finish the job on the same day.
-*Note: Strontium Clathrate's have their own fuel bay, accessed in a similar way.
+If you supply POS fuel by mining, always mine in advance. It's a good idea to have a 1-month supply of everything stored in a Corporate Hangar Array at the starbase. If you mine on the spur of the moment when you need fuel you will fall behind and risk leaving your base open to attack.
 ==POS destruction==