MAIN REASON WE DONT HAVE ONE is because it will become galaxy target number 1 when anchored and everyone will want to be on that KM. So why put that investment in for such little gain and such high risk vs a normal Keepstar?
Whats more valuable. A car that costs 10 million dollars and only 1 exists in the world, or a car that costs 100,000 dollars and 100 exists in the world?
You can build as many Palatines as you have the materials for.
Only one can be anchored at any given time.
If it was worth building, goons or phorde would have. They’ve clearly decided that having 450 regular keepstars is a better use of resources.
Also if I recall correctly the first ever built then destroyed will have a monument created for it with the name of its builders on it or something. Only the first one. Carving your name in EVE history like that should make it worthwhile for any alliance just for the sake of showing off. Well at least if they had the dignity to strive for greatness that is. Instead all they’ve proven they can’t even manage to build one.
Putting up a Keepstar or 2 or 3 rather (in the case of CFC/Goons in Delve) in every system you own is a much more impressive show of force than 1 Palatine in 1DQ1, where it’s just more clutter at the T5Z gate.
err, it was calculated at ISK84 trillion, including build costs, a few years back.
I daresay it’s more now.
here’s the bill of materials:
265356011
Megacyte
61916400018
Mexallon
8
Morphite
1326780016
Nocxium
176904000015
Pyerite
884520000026
Tritanium
619164033
Zydrine
6674400
Broadcast Node
2073600
Integrity Response Drones
5427000
Nano-Factory
5491800
Organic Mortar Applicators
3677415
Recursive Computing Module
3839400
Self-Harmonizing Power Core
7030800
Sterile Conduits
5135400
Wetware Mainframe
450000
Holoreels
450000
Small Arms
450000
Spiced Wine
450000
Frozen Food
2250
Janitor
9000
Marines
81
Heavy Water
167
Liquid Ozone
152
Nitrogen Isotopes
61
Oxygen Isotopes
22
Strontium Clathrates
8
Technetium
22
Thulium
6
Titanium
16
Tungsten
21
Vanadium
21
Villard Wheel
21
Coolant
21
Enriched Uranium
21
Mechanical Parts
21
Oxygen
21
Robotics
9
Thermoelectric Catalysts
1
Scotty the Docking Manager’s Clone
that’s ~73.5 trillion at Jita Buy, today. Plus build costs. Assuming that materials list is accurate (it’s been copied from a Reddit post on the topic)
No offense You are doing a great job. I can’t say fast because one person can only do it so fast. All my support man gl. You are way way better at this game dude. I just have my trash PI setup and my trash PVE ships to make isk. I don’t have the alts or the dedication compared to my multiboxer friends.
You clearly never heard of putting all your eggs in one basket dude.
My point still stands.
What group is going to take the risk for what little return this station offers? Clout? Glory? Fame? It appears to me these NS groups have some really good business sense when building multiple keepstars is a better idea vs just 1 big and barely unique station.