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News: We're now on Twitter @CharityCitadel.

Thanks for checking this idea out. Just by doing that, you've shown you're the kind of player and person Eve needs most. Now, I've been told before that I like the sound of my own key presses too much, so before I get into the flowery details of this project I'll give you a bullet point tl:dr.

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Who: Myself (Term, an explorer with Signal Cartel) and the folks behind Broadcast 4 Reps, Care 4 Kids, Best of Us, Operation Magic School Bus and EvE-Scout (so far). Similar groups can join the project and become a beneficiary at any time.

What: A large or XL citadel to be used as a market/clone/office hub open to all. Profits will be donated to PLEX for Good, ingame charities, and neutral service corps.

When: As soon as possible after citadels launch.

Where: Highsec. Exact location TBD. Definitely somewhere convenient.

Why: Popular citadel market hubs will be like an isk avalanche for their owner. A lot of citadel owners will be the filthy rich getting filthier rich, but they don't all have to be that way. Let's send one of those isk avalanches in the direction of good people doing good works so they can have snowcones.

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The charity market hub citadel will match or beat the public tax rates of any other popular highsec hub. I think that's the beauty of this idea for its users: You will know that every transaction you make in the charity hub benefits good causes, and yet it will cost you absolutely nothing extra. You're not making a single sacrifice to use the charity citadel, you're getting the best rates available, with the cherry on top of helping people ingame and IRL who need help. Your hearts might very well grow three sizes. Medical facilities will be standing by.

There have been a few citadel ideas bandied about publicly, and though they seem well-meaning, they often try to make things too complicated to be feasible or fun, or they are over-ambitious, envisioning themselves as the new god-emperors of Eve. But me? I just want to put something neat in space that wasn't there before. Something with a simple yet meaningful goal. Something everyone in the game, no matter which flag they fly under, can feel good supporting. No meta intrigue, no delusions of becoming "space important". I'll be the janitor. If and when this hub becomes widely used I'll see what I can do about bringing in some exotic dancers.

Fundraising is private so far, and it's going very well. We hope to pay for the citadel ourselves, as I'd imagine there are already enough people asking you for your isk. However if you are interested in possible investment opportunities down the line to fund improvements/upgrades, let me know so I'll have an idea of the possible support out there. Please do not send any isk right now, the best way to support the project currently is to be active in the threads and spread the word ingame or through social media.

Sure, other market hubs will pop up all over the place, but who will benefit from them? People with hundreds of billions who want hundreds of billions more. Null entities with trillions who want trillions more. Maybe those people will use their citadel profits to do stuff you disagree with. Maybe you fly for a group opposed to the entities who will own the other big hubs. At the charity hub, you won't have to worry about making the ultra-rich richer, or funding a null entity you dislike. All profits will go to good causes. The main beneficiary will be CCP's official charity program PLEX for Good.

PLEX for Good has so far been a limited time event, happening only during specific times of natural disaster, and if this doesn't change then its share of the hub's profits will be stockpiled until its return. I am perfectly happy to send that isk to someone the community as a whole trusts for safekeeping until PLEX for Good returns. I will also lobby CCP to give us a permanent ongoing way to donate PLEX to IRL charities.

Another benefit of linking this project to PLEX for Good is that we're essentially scam-proof. All scamming involving PLEX for Good is met with a quick and absolute ban, so even if my intention was to scam, I couldn't get away with it, and the same goes for anyone else who works on the citadel. Also, a committee will be formed, made up of representatives from each ingame charity/beneficiary, and they will have whatever ranks and roles are required to see all of the corp's financial dealings, so they can ensure that everything is above board. They will also help set 'big picture' policy. No matter how successful the hub becomes (potentially trillions/month if it becomes a major hub), I will only take a reasonable salary set by the committee.

On a pragmatic level, widespread adoption of this citadel would avoid the "New Jita" problem of the main trade hub in the game being controlled by a competitive group, who could then abuse the powers of citadel ownership to change tax rates on a whim and even block specific groups from docking at all, essentially making the controlling entity the clear and final winners of Eve. The charity citadel, on the other hand, would remain a pure freeport forever, and charge everyone in the game the same tax rates.

I'm happy to answer any and all questions. I have set up an ingame chat channel for the project, "Charity Citadel". I will be in there whenever I am online, but if I can't be reached in there feel free to send me an evemail.

-- Term

That is indeed part of the plan. The committee of charity representatives will be able to see everything going on in the corp, but the general public will also be able to see the citadel's financial information, in the interests of full disclosure and plain curiosity.

Good luck, although as we all know, people like to blow things up :P

Perhaps protection (through good faith) can be bought by placing it in a 0.5 system like Uedama or Niarja

I would be very disappointed in the EVE community if someone didn't attack it.

Great idea though, OP.

Riiight, sure you will you faceless forum warrior. Lets just say I trust Mynxees, and by extension Signal Cartels, word a lot more than yours and leave it at that.

For the record I think a charity freeport is an excellent idea and worth supporting, even though being a naughty pirate I'd probably never get to use it.

Excellent idea. You have my support.

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Thanks for the prior warning. Very sportsmanlike of you.

Someone big needs to attack this just for the content.

> Where: Highsec. Exact location TBD. Definitely somewhere convenient.

The closest 1.0-sec systems with research facilities is Kakakela