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 == Summary ==
 [[File:Relay Stationed.png|thumb|right|link=|431px|Stationary Relay]]
-The Relay Station is a [[Dark Fog]] structure build and deployed by the [[Space Hive]]. It serves as the bridgehead between Hive and [[Planetary Base]] and is able to deploy a [[Core Driller]] after arrival on the planet, which then constructs a Planetary Base. The Relay Station sends vessels with matter from the Planetary Base to the Hive, and receives in turn energy from the Hive for the Planetary Base. Since it is the  foundation of the Dark Fog's growth, the destruction of Relay Stations that currently occupy a planet is a full scale war declaration to the local Space Hives, leading to a rapid increase in their threat-meter.
+The '''Relay Station''' is a [[Dark Fog]] structure built and deployed by the [[Space Hive]]. When deployed, the Relay Station arrives at a planet in the Hive's system and constructs a [[Core Driller]], after which it constructs a [[Planetary Base]]. The Relay Station sends matter from the Planetary Base to the Hive, and in turn it receives energy from the Hive to supply the Planetary Base. Since they are the foundation of the Dark Fog's growth, attacking planetside Relay Stations is essentially a declaration of war on the system's Hives, rapidly increasing their threat level.
-===Trivia===
+== Mechanics ==
+Relay Stations hovering above a planet are considered Upper Air targets. By default, any turrets that can attack Upper Air targets have this setting disabled, so that it is a conscious and active choice to attack Relays.
-*Relay Stations hovering above the Planet are considered upper air targets.
+The Space Hive requires 10800 matter to construct a Relay. It takes 10 minutes to construct a Relay and an additional 5 minutes to charge it with energy. Once a Relay is constructed and charged, it will attempt to occupy a planet in the system, preferring to land on a planet with a lower player presence. An active [[Planetary Shield Generator|Planetary Shield]] will repel any Relay Station that attempts to land on a shielded area, and the Relay will return to the Hive.
-*Each Relay needs 10 minutes and 10.800 matter to be built by a Space Hive and 5 additional minutes to fully charge with energy. Then it will attempt to occupy a planet.
-* Once a stationed Relay has at least 10.900 matter, a supply ship containing 6000 matter gets sent to the Hive.
+Once a stationed Relay has accumulated at least 10900 matter, it sends a vessel with 6000 matter to the Hive.
-*If the exposed Core Driller is either filled with [[Foundation]] or occupied by a [[Geothermal Power Station|Geothermal Power Plant]], the Relay will leave.
-* Relays prefer to settle on planets with lower player presence.
+After the Relay's Planetary Base is destroyed, the Core Driller can be filled with [[Foundation]] and [[Soil Pile|Soil Piles]], or a [[Geothermal Power Station|Geothermal Power Plant]]. In either case, the Relay will leave and return to the Hive.
-* [[Planetary Shield Generator|Planetary Shields]] repel Relay Stations, preventing them from establishing a presence on the planet.
-* Destroying Relay Stations that are still considered space-targets does not result in tremendous threat increase of the Hive.
+It is possible to destroy a Relay Station as it leaves the planet or before it lands on a planet. This does ''not'' cause the Hive's threat level to increase.[[File:Relay Stations docked .png|thumb|right|link=|416px|Relay Stations docked in the Space Hives Core.]]
-[[File:Relay Stations docked .png|thumb|right|link=|416px|Relay Stations docked in the Space Hives Core.]]