# What is a palatine Keepstar and what makes it so powerful/hard to build?

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**Created:** [October 8, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-a-palatine-keepstar-and-what-makes-it-so-powerful-hard-to-build/272103 "2020-10-08T10:30:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonah\_Gravenstein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jonah_gravenstein/32/386819_2.png) [@Jonah\_Gravenstein](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jonah_Gravenstein)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-is-a-palatine-keepstar-and-what-makes-it-so-powerful-hard-to-build/272103/6 "2020-10-08T12:17:51Z")

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> [@Random\_Rick](#):
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> they have like 50 titans and thousands of capitals and sub-capitals.

So does everybody else.

If the Imperium drop a Palatine, mayhem will ensue, and nodes will crash.

![4hrxbl](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/9/e/9e229713b824bc41c0971fc8a713dbb6fc1a4c49.jpeg)

Realistically the construction time is nearly 2000 yrs of industry slot time, with about 90 Trillion isk in raw materials required. You could have 500 normal keepstars for that.

It’s basically a giant dick.

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