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===Anchoring the Tower===

- ~~note that~~ a corporation, not in an alliance, can only anchor 1 POS tower per day per system

* Anchoring and putting a tower online takes 15-20 minutes for a small, 30+ minutes for a medium and 60+ minutes for a large. Plus time needed to anchor arrays, batteries and other components.

* A corporation that is not a member of an alliance can only anchor a single POS tower per day per system. However, a corporation could anchor multiple POS towers in multiple systems on the same day.

* Alliances can anchor a maximum of (5) POS towers per day per system.

* This throttling may not apply in wormholes ([[W-space|w-space]]).

- ~~alliances can anchor up to 5~~ POS ~~towers in a single system per day (same corp~~ or ~~different corps makes no difference)~~

Once you have settled on a location and found an empty moon, you should fly your tower out to the location along with a bit of fuel and "[[POS_Warfare#Strontium_Calthrates|stront]]" to get the tower online. At a minimum, you should bring 2-3 days worth of POS fuel and 12-36 hours worth of "[[POS_Warfare#Strontium_Calthrates|stront]]". You should also bring along any defensive modules or offensive weapon systems that you plan on anchoring.

- the ~~throttle may not apply~~ in w-space, ~~but definitely applies~~ in ~~empire~~ / lo-~~sec~~ / ~~null~~-~~sec~~

* Warp to the chosen moon at a random distance

* Right-click the tower in your cargo hold, choose "Launch for Corp"

* Right-click the tower in space, choose "Anchor"

The tower will then be moved by the EVE server to the center of that grid location. This can be up to 200km away from your warp in point, so you may have to look around to find it. Anchoring time varies by tower size. Small towers take 450 seconds (7.5 minutes), medium towers take 900 seconds (15 minutes) and large towers take 1800 seconds (30 minutes). When you anchor a tower, make a note of the EVE time and the estimated time for it to finish (or use a watch / timer). You should '''create a temporary bookmark''' by right-clicking on the tower and bookmarking its location.

Since you can do nothing else during the tower anchoring process, you may want to warp off to a safe-spot to wait out the timer. Preferably a "deep" safe-spot that is more then 15AU away from any celestial body and not inline between two celestial bodies. When the timer is up, warp back to your tower's bookmark at 0km. Now you can fuel the tower and put it online. You must be '''within 2500m''' of the tower in order to access the fuel/stront bays.

* Right-click the tower, "Access Strontium Bay"

* Drag and drop the Strontium Clathrates into that bay

* Right-click the tower, "Access Fuel Bay"

* Drag and drop the fuel into that bay

* Right-click the tower, choose "Put Online"

Once again, there will be a long delay while the tower goes online. Online time also varies by tower size. Small towers take 450 seconds (7.5 minutes), medium towers take 900 seconds (15 minutes) and large towers take 1800 seconds (30 minutes). Make a note of the EVE time and when you estimate that the tower will finish going online. If you are worried about unwanted visitors, warp back to a safe-spot to wait out the timer.

After the tower has finished going online, and for as long as the fuel holds out, the tower will now have a protective force field bubble around it. At which point you should warp back to the POS tower and finish the initial configuration.

===Fueling the Tower===

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 ===Anchoring the Tower===
-- note that a corporation, not in an alliance, can only anchor 1 POS tower per day per system
+* Anchoring and putting a tower online takes 15-20 minutes for a small, 30+ minutes for a medium and 60+ minutes for a large.  Plus time needed to anchor arrays, batteries and other components.
+* A corporation that is not a member of an alliance can only anchor a single POS tower per day per system.  However, a corporation could anchor multiple POS towers in multiple systems on the same day.
+* Alliances can anchor a maximum of (5) POS towers per day per system.
+* This throttling may not apply in wormholes ([[W-space|w-space]]).
-- alliances can anchor up to 5 POS towers in a single system per day (same corp or different corps makes no difference)
+Once you have settled on a location and found an empty moon, you should fly your tower out to the location along with a bit of fuel and "[[POS_Warfare#Strontium_Calthrates|stront]]" to get the tower online.  At a minimum, you should bring 2-3 days worth of POS fuel and 12-36 hours worth of "[[POS_Warfare#Strontium_Calthrates|stront]]".  You should also bring along any defensive modules or offensive weapon systems that you plan on anchoring.
-- the throttle may not apply in w-space, but definitely applies in empire / lo-sec / null-sec
+* Warp to the chosen moon at a random distance
+* Right-click the tower in your cargo hold, choose "Launch for Corp"
+* Right-click the tower in space, choose "Anchor"
+The tower will then be moved by the EVE server to the center of that grid location.  This can be up to 200km away from your warp in point, so you may have to look around to find it.  Anchoring time varies by tower size.  Small towers take 450 seconds (7.5 minutes), medium towers take 900 seconds (15 minutes) and large towers take 1800 seconds (30 minutes).  When you anchor a tower, make a note of the EVE time and the estimated time for it to finish (or use a watch / timer).  You should '''create a temporary bookmark''' by right-clicking on the tower and bookmarking its location.
+Since you can do nothing else during the tower anchoring process, you may want to warp off to a safe-spot to wait out the timer.  Preferably a "deep" safe-spot that is more then 15AU away from any celestial body and not inline between two celestial bodies.  When the timer is up, warp back to your tower's bookmark at 0km.  Now you can fuel the tower and put it online.  You must be '''within 2500m''' of the tower in order to access the fuel/stront bays.
+* Right-click the tower, "Access Strontium Bay"
+* Drag and drop the Strontium Clathrates into that bay
+* Right-click the tower, "Access Fuel Bay"
+* Drag and drop the fuel into that bay
+* Right-click the tower, choose "Put Online"
+Once again, there will be a long delay while the tower goes online.  Online time also varies by tower size.  Small towers take 450 seconds (7.5 minutes), medium towers take 900 seconds (15 minutes) and large towers take 1800 seconds (30 minutes).  Make a note of the EVE time and when you estimate that the tower will finish going online.  If you are worried about unwanted visitors, warp back to a safe-spot to wait out the timer.
+After the tower has finished going online, and for as long as the fuel holds out, the tower will now have a protective force field bubble around it.  At which point you should warp back to the POS tower and finish the initial configuration.
 ===Fueling the Tower===