Player-owned starbases: Difference between revisions

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# Drag and drop the fuel block type appropriate for the tower into the bay. Starbase charters matching the star system sovereignty also go in this bay. 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 bay of the Control Tower. 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 Control Tower. If you run out of fuel blocks or starbase charters, your whole Control Tower will go offline. The shields will drop and the POS 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 or 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 350M per month for a large tower.

~~If you run out of fuel blocks or starbase charters,~~ your ~~whole Control Tower~~ will ~~go offline~~. ~~The shields will drop and~~ the ~~POS 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~~.

Strontium supply is not used at all during normal tower operation; it controls how long your tower will stay in reinforced mode if it's attacked. You can adjust the amount of strontium 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.

Strontium supply is not used at all during normal tower operation; it 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.

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 or a nearby station. 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.

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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 # Drag and drop the fuel block type appropriate for the tower into the bay. Starbase charters matching the star system sovereignty also go in this bay. 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 bay of the Control Tower. 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 Control Tower. If you run out of fuel blocks or starbase charters, your whole Control Tower will go offline.  The shields will drop and the POS 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 or 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 350M per month for a large tower.
-If you run out of fuel blocks or starbase charters, your whole Control Tower will go offline.  The shields will drop and the POS 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.
+Strontium supply is not used at all during normal tower operation; it controls how long your tower will stay in reinforced mode if it's attacked.  You can adjust the amount of strontium 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.
-Strontium supply is not used at all during normal tower operation; it 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.
+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 or a nearby station. 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.
-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==