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==Defense==

The primary form of defense for a POS is its force field (or shield bubble). If you are inside the shield bubble, you cannot be targeted or damaged, nor can you target/damage anyone outside it. You can either enter the bubble based on standings or be given the starbase password to slip through the shield. Even if your POS access is based on ~~access~~, you must set a password on the tower. The bubble will exist until the tower is destroyed (shield and structure of the control tower) or taken offline.

The primary form of defense for a POS is its force field (or shield bubble). If you are inside the shield bubble, you cannot be targeted or damaged, nor can you target/damage anyone outside it. You can either enter the bubble based on standings or be given the starbase password to slip through the shield. Even if your POS access is based on standings, you must set a password on the tower. The bubble will exist until the tower is destroyed (shield and structure of the control tower) or taken offline.

There are two caveats to the invulnerability when you are inside the POS shield however. The first is that someone who is inside with you may decide to bump you out of the shield radius. The second is that the shield radius tends to warp and wobble, slowly moving inward and outward a few hundred meters. Therefore you should always stay at least 3-5 kilometers inside the bubble and not hang near the edges. Anyone else inside the bubble should be instructed to not move their ship around as it can bump pilots away from the tower. Use of the "keep at range" functionality of the selected item window may be useful for short AFKs to keep you within range of the tower or arrays.

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 ==Defense==
-The primary form of defense for a POS is its force field (or shield bubble).  If you are inside the shield bubble, you cannot be targeted or damaged, nor can you target/damage anyone outside it.  You can either enter the bubble based on standings or be given the starbase password to slip through the shield.  Even if your POS access is based on access, you must set a password on the tower.  The bubble will exist until the tower is destroyed (shield and structure of the control tower) or taken offline.
+The primary form of defense for a POS is its force field (or shield bubble).  If you are inside the shield bubble, you cannot be targeted or damaged, nor can you target/damage anyone outside it.  You can either enter the bubble based on standings or be given the starbase password to slip through the shield.  Even if your POS access is based on standings, you must set a password on the tower.  The bubble will exist until the tower is destroyed (shield and structure of the control tower) or taken offline.
 There are two caveats to the invulnerability when you are inside the POS shield however.  The first is that someone who is inside with you may decide to bump you out of the shield radius.  The second is that the shield radius tends to warp and wobble, slowly moving inward and outward a few hundred meters.  Therefore you should always stay at least 3-5 kilometers inside the bubble and not hang near the edges.  Anyone else inside the bubble should be instructed to not move their ship around as it can bump pilots away from the tower.  Use of the "keep at range" functionality of the selected item window may be useful for short AFKs to keep you within range of the tower or arrays.