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=== Launchpad ===

[[File:LP2.jpg|left|frameless]][[File:LaunchPad.png‎|right|Launchpad Window]]An alternative to using your Command Center as a launching point. Launchpads have more storage than Command Centers in which they can hold up to 10,000m<sup>3</sup> of resources and products and are less expensive for exporting goods to orbit.

[[File:LP2.jpg|left|frameless]][[File:LaunchPad.png‎|right|Launchpad Window]]An alternative to using your Command Center as a launching point, Launchpads have more storage than Command Centers in which they can hold up to 10,000m<sup>3</sup> of resources and products and are less expensive for exporting goods to orbit.

~~When the first Launchpad is created on a particular~~ planet a corresponding Customs Office ~~is created in orbit. This orbital structure will connect~~ to '''all''' Launchpads on the planet, regardless of location and owner. The Customs Office essentially provides a private hangar for all users and is the only way to move material down to the planet surface (import). Since ~~there~~ is ~~only ever this~~ single ~~orbital~~ point, it offers tremendous ambush potential.

Each planet has a corresponding Customs Office orbiting it that connects to '''all''' Launchpads on the planet, regardless of location and owner. The Customs Office essentially provides a private hangar for all users and is the only way to move material down to the planet surface (import). Since the Customs Office is single point that anyone can warp to, it offers tremendous ambush potential.

Select "Access Customs Office" from anywhere you can select the Customs Office, or simply click the Rocket icon on your Launchpad controls directly (or just double-click the structure). This will work ~~even~~ from ~~great range~~, but you must be present in orbit to actually transfer items ~~to and from~~ your ship.

Select "Access Customs Office" from anywhere you can select the Customs Office, or simply click the Rocket icon on your Launchpad controls directly (or just double-click the structure). This will work from anywhere in space in the same system as the planet, but you must be present in orbit to actually transfer items between your ship and the Customs Office.

See [[Colony Management#Interplanetary_Logistics|Colony Management]] for more details on using the Customs Office.

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 === Launchpad ===
-[[File:LP2.jpg|left|frameless]][[File:LaunchPad.png‎|right|Launchpad Window]]An alternative to using your Command Center as a launching point. Launchpads have more storage than Command Centers in which they can hold up to 10,000m<sup>3</sup> of resources and products and are less expensive for exporting goods to orbit.
+[[File:LP2.jpg|left|frameless]][[File:LaunchPad.png‎|right|Launchpad Window]]An alternative to using your Command Center as a launching point, Launchpads have more storage than Command Centers in which they can hold up to 10,000m<sup>3</sup> of resources and products and are less expensive for exporting goods to orbit.
-When the first Launchpad is created on a particular planet a corresponding Customs Office is created in orbit. This orbital structure will connect to '''all''' Launchpads on the planet, regardless of location and owner. The Customs Office essentially provides a private hangar for all users and is the only way to move material down to the planet surface (import). Since there is only ever this single orbital point, it offers tremendous ambush potential.
+Each planet has a corresponding Customs Office orbiting it that connects to '''all''' Launchpads on the planet, regardless of location and owner. The Customs Office essentially provides a private hangar for all users and is the only way to move material down to the planet surface (import). Since the Customs Office is single point that anyone can warp to, it offers tremendous ambush potential.
-Select "Access Customs Office" from anywhere you can select the Customs Office, or simply click the Rocket icon on your Launchpad controls directly (or just double-click the structure). This will work even from great range, but you must be present in orbit to actually transfer items to and from your ship.
+Select "Access Customs Office" from anywhere you can select the Customs Office, or simply click the Rocket icon on your Launchpad controls directly (or just double-click the structure). This will work from anywhere in space in the same system as the planet, but you must be present in orbit to actually transfer items between your ship and the Customs Office.
 See [[Colony Management#Interplanetary_Logistics|Colony Management]] for more details on using the Customs Office.