Capitol
Capitol | |
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Type | Building |
Description | Founds and Manages a City |
Placement Requirement | Can't build on aliens' claims. Can't built in existing jurisdiction. |
Note | Police stations are needed create city limits and add buildings to the city. |
Structural Requirements | |
Arena | Ok |
Auditorium | 1 Auditorium Required |
Battery | Ok |
Commodity Storage | Ok |
Field Area | Ok |
Generator | No |
Guard Post | No |
Home, Large | Ok |
Home, Medium | Ok |
Home, Small | Ok |
Livestock | Ok |
Lounge Space | Ok |
Office Space | 1 Office Required |
Parking, Ground Vehicles | Ok |
Parking, Space Vehicles | Ok |
Parking, Water Vehicles | Ok |
Parking, Spacecraft | No |
Radar | Ok |
Shield Generator | No |
Shop Space | Ok |
Space Vehicle Launchers | No |
Space Vehicle Recovery Systems | No |
Store Space | No |
Surgery Units | No |
Transporters | Ok |
Turrets | No |
Weapon Bays | No |
A capitol building acts as the town hall for a city. It is the seat of government for the city.
City
A capitol is used to start a city. When placing the capitol, a popup window will appear asking you to name the city. If the sector and/or solar system isn't named yet, you will be able to choose a name for them too.
Note: All these names can be changed later if so desired.
Jurisdiction
A capitol has a small radius around it that establishes its jurisdiction. only buildings inside the jurisdiction will be part of the city.
The size of the city's jurisdiction can be extended with police stations.
For more information, see the City page.
City Status Report
The capitol is able to present a full city status report with information about population, industry, events, and more.
To request a status report from the capitol:
- Stand at the capitol building plot
- Open the Building (
F10
) window - Click the
"Recent Report" button.
For more information, see the City Report page.
Declaring Capital
A city can be declared as the capital city of an empire.
To declare a city as a capital city:
- Stand at the capitol building plot
- Open the Building (F10) window
- Click either:
A city can be multiple types of capitals at the same time.
See the Capital City page for more information.
City Management
When in the chain of command of a city, it is possible to control all building manufacturing processes from the capitol building. This is done using the Building (F10
) window while standing at the capitol building's site.
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This window displays all of the buildings, with their location, and distance from you. By selecting a building, a traditional Building window appears in the lower half allowing you to remotely manage the manufacturing of that building, including construction.
The refresh button in the top-right corner of the window updates the list. The bulldozer button bulldozes the selected building.
While in the top-down view, the selected building will be highlighted.