Guide to relocating a base

This is a draft/work in progress. This was written with the iOS app in mind and the actual UI may look slightly different on Android or even significantly different on Windows.

The initial location of the player's base is somewhat random and may be seriously disadvantaged. Or, you may want to move your base in support of the organization that your faction is part of. Whatever the reason, relocating is a fairly simple process, once you understand how it works.

Please note that relocating is a completely different and distinct thing from **Base Reconstruction**. In a typical game, it is not uncommon for a player to relocate their base several times during each phase so as to be located near the area where they are operating. Rebuild, on the other hand, is an operation that a player can use, primarily if they want to move to another region, often for the purpose of joining a different union. Note that when a player **rebuilds** they will automatically lose their union affiliation but relocation does not affect organization affiliation.

## Prerequisites

In order to relocate, the base must have expanded to zone 4. It is also necessary to have built level 1 of the Outpost Command Center because the base can only be relocated to an Outpost.

Outposts are constructed by Utility ships. It takes approximately eight hours for an X8 - Small Utility Ship, three hours for an X10 - Medium Utility Ship, and one hour for a X20 - Large Utility Ship. Multiple utility ships can be used to increase the construction rate/reduce the construction time - up to four(?) ships can work on an outpost simultaneously. The exact construction time is a function of the number of construction points of all the ships in the construction fleet.

## Direct construction versus transfer then construct

If the player wishes to relocate a fair distance from their base's current location, it is possible for another player to build something in the selected location while the player's fleet is traveling. If that happens, the build will be cancelled and the construction fleet will retreat. To prevent this, it is generally recommended that the player move the fleet close to the location where the base will be relocated and then give the build command for the outpost, with the construction fleet close by.

On the other hand, if the player is expecting to be offline when the construction fleet arrives, it may be necessary to use a direct build command and just hope for the best.

Either way, be sure you know where you want to relocate to. Relocating is not cheap and can be disruptive to your mining operations (unless using Advanced Mining Platforms). Note that long distance moves can be particularly problematic, but techniques and difficulties with long-distance travel are outside the scope of this page.

## Transfer then construct

1. Send a Fleet to the place where you are going to relocate.
	1. Include at least one Utility ship in the fleet **or** send a fast fleet and then reinforce with the utility ship when it nears or has reached its destination - as utility ships are comparatively slow, but reinforcement is five times the speed of regular warp
	2. Tap on the Expanse map location where the base will be relocated to (though this is not necessarily the final location)
	3. Tap on the Transfer command and either choose or create the fleet that is being sent
2. When the fleet arrives, follow the Direct Construction instructions.

## Direct Construction

There are two types of outposts: Undocked and docked. In order to get the "Base Effect" of a docking point or resource node, the player must build a docked outpost.

1. To build a undocked outpost, the player clicks an empty point in space at the approximate location where the outpost should go, then click build - see **Image 1**. Undocked outposts will be at the center of the outpost's 10Gm by 10Gm square operation.
2. To build a docked outpost, click on the resource node or docking point that the base will be docked to and click the **Dock** button - see **Image 2** and **Image 3**. Docked outposts and bases will be located directly south-east of the feature that they are docked to. Since the official location of the feature may be right at the edge of the 10Gm by 10Gm region, the outpost may be outside of the operation square that officially contains it.
	1. There are pre-requisites for docking to high level resource nodes:
		1. For a level 3 or 4 node, the player must have completed level 5 of the Outpost Command Center
		2. For a level 5 or 6 node, the player must have completed the Docking Command Center in Expansion zone 8
	2. Use or create a construction fleet, and follow the prompts to complete construction of the outpost.
3. When construction of the outpost is complete, before doing anything else, if you are NOT using Advanced Mining Platforms, recall all of your fleets
4. Once all of your ships have returned to base, tap on the location of the outpost and then use the Relocate command (see **Image 4**), or from the Base panel, click on the Domestic Affairs button and use the Relocate Base command (see **Image 5**).