Citadel Construction Time + Plot Course Avoid Sector

What’s New

Citadel construction time (TW-62)

Citadel upgrades are no longer instant:

• Resources are spent immediately when construction starts and are non-refundable
• The citadel level increases only after the required number of production days (daily maintenance ticks)
• Duration varies by planet class and target level
• One construction per planet at a time
• Progress shows in the planet Citadel tab and your owned-planets list (L2 → L3 (4d))
• Completions appear in the Captain’s Log and may show a session notice the next time you enter the galaxy
• Level-gated features (Q-cannon, patrols, Sector Bank, etc.) still require the completed level

Avoid Sector from Plot Course (BR-35)

• From Plot Course, you can mark a sector to avoid by sector ID without needing to be there first
• Helps route around known danger after death reports, recon, or shared intel

Why

Empire building was too easy to max in one visit once resources were stockpiled. Timed construction makes citadels a multi-day investment. Plot Course avoid-by-ID closes a gap where you already knew a bad sector number but could not add it to the avoid list from the planner.