POS, Station, or Structure?

• Stations are NPC-controlled entities which offer docking. some are of the kickout variety, i.e. they have such short undock runways that re-docking may be perilous
  • all stations have a 300 m docking radius
  • consider making instant-dock & undock bookmarks for stations you frequent
• Structures are player-owned & operated entities (e.g. Astrahus) which may or may not offer docking and tethering
  • structures have a 2,500 m docking radius and a 10 km tethering radius
  • if you are AFK on tether, your ship can be bumped away & destroyed. dock up if AFK! deep-tether bookmarks are also useful on structures you frequent
• Player-Owned Starbases AKA POS are password-protected enclosed spaces placed at fixed locations by moons
  • POS do not offer docking or tethering. instead they can produce a forcefield which can prevent ships from being targeted if they're inside it
    • you can only enter a POS forcefield if you have added the correct password by right-clicking the Capacitor and selecting "Enter Starbase Forcefield Password"