# Upwell Structures Should Consume "Base" Amounts of Fuel or ISK

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**Created:** [June 20, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/upwell-structures-should-consume-base-amounts-of-fuel-or-isk/4019 "2017-06-20T15:51:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/upwell-structures-should-consume-base-amounts-of-fuel-or-isk/4019/52 "2017-07-12T03:40:41Z")

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I posted this on r/eve a few months ago. Figured I should re-post it here for critique.

Increase the base vulnerability time on Upwell structures;

- 4x for M-Size
- 3x for L-Size
- 2x for X-Size

Add a Service/Module that configurably reduces vulnerability in hourly chunks - down to the original vulnerability times. Set hourly fuel cost to be equal to the total number of hours reduced.

Example:

> If you want to reduce the vuln. of your Raitaru _by_ one hour per week, your structure consumes 1 \* 24 \* 7 blocks each week to do so.  
> If your want to reduce your Keepstar’s vuln. period from 42 hours down to 21 hours, be prepared to depart with 21 \* 24 \* 7 blocks. If you have a Keepstar, you can afford a measly ~88M ISK/weekly in its upkeep.

No structure ends up being safer than before. If someone wants to maintain the same level of safety without putting bodies on-grid, they pay in fuel. An unfuelled, undefended structure is now _much_ easy to dispose of. Unguarded Astrahausen are no-longer safe because their timers are set to right before DT on Wednesday.

And an addendum: Re-kajigger the cost of Upwell stuff slightly to account for the purchase of this new Service Module. All existing Upwell stuffs get given a freebie installed on patch-day.

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