Due to the high interest of individuals and groups wishing to set up their own private installations within the Republic of Liberty, we have decided to introduce a licensing procedure for these bases.
In order to legally register a base in the Republic of Liberty, it is required that the owner lease the part of space that the base will occupy for the duration of its existence. The fee is monthly, to be paid on the first of every month. As the lifetime of a base is variable, the system determining fees to be paid is also variable. This takes into account two primary factors:
Base location:
[indent]The cost of the space that you are required to lease to facilitate a private installation is partially based upon the location of that space. This is determined according to system, rather than system and sector. For example, leasing space in Texas will have a different price to leasing space in New York, but leasing space in sector 7G will be priced the same as space in sector 2C. For this purpose, the systems under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Liberty are divided up into four zones.
These zones are as follows -
• Zone 1: New York
• Zone 2: California, Colorado, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas
• Zone 3: Alberta, Bering, Hudson, Minnesota
• Zone 4: Cortez, Galileo, Kepler
The fees per zone are as follows -
• Zone 1: 45 million credits per month.
• Zone 2: 30 million credits per month.
• Zone 3: 20 million credits per month.
• Zone 4: 15 million credits per month.
Space within systems not mentioned here but is otherwise a part of Liberty and not available for lease. This would include systems such as Virginia and Illinois, but also the systems of New Hampshire, due to our state of war with Rheinland, and Magellan due to the overflow of the conflict with Gallia.
Base level:
As bases become larger, they take up more space, and can also be more profitable. This means that the lease cost goes up with the complexity of the base. While station modules are internal, the upgrades to the station infrastructure are not, and as such, must be costed. In this vein, the space for a level 1 base will be cheaper than the space for a level 2 base, and so on.
Here are some examples to illustrate this system in practice -
• Level 2 base in zone 1.
- 1.2 x 45 = 54 million credits per month.
• Level 3 base in zone 3.
- 1.4 x 20 = 28 million credits per month.
• Level 1 base in zone 4.
- 1.0 x 15 = 15 million credits per month.
• Level 4 base in zone 2.
- 1.5 x 30 = 45 million credits per month.