EVE New Citizens Q&A

I'm a fairly new player, in my 3rd month now. I'm not really interested in joining a player corp, but I'm thinking about starting a one-man corp so I can anchor a POS to do research and copy BP's. Before I waste a lot of time flying around looking for an empty moon in Gallente space, is there a chance of actually finding one empty, or are they all pretty much taken?

Ok, thanks I'll start looking around. I had planned on stocking up a month worth of fuel before I built it. I'm kind of looking for a goal in the game, and I figured making enough to keep a station running is a worthy goal. I have 100% refine up to Hemophite at 2 different corps and close at a third, so I've been making ISK buying ore and selling the refined minerals, as well as some mining and missioning. I would like to get into planetary interaction too, but I figured all the planets were already taken as well.

If there is more than one person on a planet do they compete for the resources?

Not to forget...if you draw item "x" out of PI, it means supply goes up and thus value of the item goes down.

Another way to look at PI is to build the PI components needed for the fuel blocks and then either buy or mine the ice part so you can cut down on the POS fueling bill

This...it AIN'T free.

Run the numbers first to see what is more profitable

A. Building your own fuel blocks by using your own PI and buying/mining Ice products.

B. Selling your own PI products and then selling fuel blocks.

Don't put up a POS unless you've planned a use for it. If you don't already know what you'll be producing, in what quantity, to sell at what price, do that first. Otherwise you're just burning fuel.

I was all set to put you in touch with some fine people in the RvB moon clearing service with which you could negotiate, but then I read you're in Gallente space. Good luck to you!

Thanks for all the input! I still have to improve my Gallente relations some before I can anchor, so I'm going to start setting up some PI logistics to provide the fuel. I'm still a little confused about fuel. Control tower info only lists fuel blocks as required, while I've also seen Coolant, Enriched Uranium, Mechanical Parts, Oxygen, and Robotics listed as POS fuels, as well as Ice products Heavy water, Liquid Ozone, and Oxygen Isotopes. Are these needed along with the fuel blocks, or are they the component that make up the fuel blocks? I can't find any info on where and how fuel block are manufactured. Are they made in stations, on a POS, or on a planet?

Once upon a time, you used to load all these materials into your POS as fuel, so some outdated materials may say you need to do this. These days, you need fuel blocks, which are manufactured out of these components. You can either buy a BPO and manufacture your own fuel, or just buy the blocks from the market. Manufacturing is just like any T1 commodity - do it at an NPC station.

You also want to load your POS with strontium clathrates. The purpose of these is to allow your POS, when successfully attacked, to go into a "reinforced mode" during which it becomes invulnerable for a period of time determined by the amount of stront loaded in the bay. This allows you some time to organize a final defense of the tower. Without stront, an attacker can just burn it to the ground all at once.

About PI....run the numbers.

And check them at least twice.


99% of the custom offices are now player controlled so look at the taxes you will pay for using them.