Science & Industry

1. Which POS?
Ideally, a faction POS, because it uses less fuel. That being said, the break even points on that investment is several months down the line, so lets go with Regular POS.

Caldari is usually best for Industrial work, because it has the most CPU (which means more facilities including hardeners)

2. Which Guns?

Railguns have tracking problems, Missiles don't fire when reinforced. Honestly if someone really wants to take your POS down, they can, your guns won't save you. You just need enough to put off a casual attack, so you can use just about any weapon type. I have a Gallente POS defended with lasers, because blaster turrets are too short ranged.

3. Which EW?

If you want a EW based defence, you will need an even mix of all since you don't know whats coming to bash you.

4. How many Hardeners?

As many as possible. You want a nice evenly high resistance, if you have to choose make sure kinetic and thermal are high because of Moros. The POSes that Titans are stored in are often defended by nothing but hardeners.... because the harder to make the grind to ake down your POS look, the less likely people are to want to bash it.

5. Make my own corp or join one?

Probably best to make your own corp. In lowsec a new POS doesn't attract much attention unless its from a known hostile entity. Don't tell a corp you want to join them to make jump freighters, they will just steal your stuff

5a. If I need to join one, where do I find one who will set up a POS for me? Or one who will let me use their POS?
NO NO NO

6. Station or No Station in system?

Stations are safer, because you will need to jump freighter in materials and lighting a cyno on a station is the safest option.

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So find a moon that has no minerals of value, stick up your POS from your own corp, make it a hard target, then get cracking.

It is also a great big "HEY EVERYBODY, I'M BUILDING CAPITALS OVER HERE!" sign.

As for defending a lowsec tower with only POS structures, forget it. One bored dread pilot is all it takes to reinforce & destroy.


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Do not forget and post the system you chose once your first JF is in production ...

On a more serious note: building capitals in a POS is a very bad idea unless you are in sov null or in a corp/alliance that iis both able and willing to defend your POS. Using a Thukker is ok in a well defended POS - do not try to max out but have short runs (1-2 days) to limit your risk and build the cap in station. Advanced large arrays / SMA are a "Bash this POS" sign.

Awesome! Thanks for the info. Actually exactly what I was looking for. I have all of those things. But believe it's not as profitable as some believe but is more low maintenance and steady.

It is worth it ... depending on how you assess 'worth'.

JFs are particularly demanding beasties though, and I avoid them in favour of 'vanilla' caps like carriers, dreads, freighters, orcas, and rorquals. There is absolutely no way i'd go for building a JF in a POS ... even in the relatively secure space I live in. I use POSes (in hisec) for researching, copying, and inventing my blueprints and I use stations and outposts for the actual manufacturing.

I'd recommend against a noob diving into trying to POS-build JFs in lowsec. As far as I can see it will "only end in tears".

If you absolutely must build JFs then give the logistics needed a try in hisec first, I think you will find they are quite arduous. Even build a JF in hisec first, to make sure you udnerstand properly the effort and complexity. Then maybe try a lowsec station, or even work to become affiliated with a major nullsec lliance and look towards null. Good luck with all that.