I've had a break from EVE. Now that I'm back, I'm wondering about the new sovereignty structures and how they work. What has changed? Are there still 4 sovereignty levels? Do you still need POS structures to maintain sovereignty?
emisune
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A few more details: To gain sov, you do need to online a TCU in the system (I believe this process takes 8 hours). At this point, the TCU, the Infrastructure Hub, and any Stations in the system that you own become invulnerable to attack.
To attack a system, you must online SBUs at >50% of the stargates. This makes the IHUB and any Stations vulnerable to attack. Both the IHUB and the Station have both a Shield and Armor reinforce timer, and you need to destroy the IHUB and flip any Stations before the TCU becomes vulnerable. Then finally, once the IHUB and Stations are destroyed and taken over respectively, you destroy the TCU and start anchoring your own TCU.
It's a long and boring process, and generally the only thing you use POSs for in it are to guard your TCUs. Once you gain sov though, POSs are where you deploy the modules like cyno jammers etc (after you've installed the corresponding strategic upgrade in the IHUB).
