Command Station Placement

[SenorPez]

For experienced players... do you always put your Command Stations at the edge of the gravity well to force wave ships to come through a cloud of turrets? Or something else?

I'm struggling to understand the pros and cons!

[Aklyon]

Generally I put a command station near something important to shield. But not every planet has something worth putting the station next to.

[Mal]

I almost always put my command stations on top of womrholes leading to my friendly systems, preventing hit and runs between systems for the most part. Otherwise, if i deep strike, i put the stations at the far edge of the map or protecting something as Aklyon said.

[Radiant Phoenix]

My decision tree:

• Is this system an important choke point? If so, put the CS on top of the wormhole to be guarded.
• Is there something important to protect here? If so, put the CS on top of that.
• Is this an attrition system (i.e., a place ExoWaves are expected to plow through on their way to a choke)? If so, put the command station behind the wormhole, probably with tachyon coverage on the wormhole, but definitely with the ability to shoot things off the wormhole.
• Otherwise, put the CS somewhere out-of-the-way.