One thing that disturbs me about Eve control of clone transportation is the implications of long-scale conflict.

CCP hinted that Eve ships might one day be transporting reinforcements and supplies to an active battle in Dust. If the pans out it will mean that Eve pilots will be focused on not only delivery but also running actual logistic lines into contested territory.

This would be great if it meant that a large-scale battle on the ground will mimic what we've already seen in Eve, but the potential for supply lines to be bogged down in Time Dilation, effectively cutting off supplies due to too many participants in system, would cut short the kind of Dust side scale of conflict that Eve has made international news with.

That is why I included the mechanic of having to register the intended target of the attack with CONCORD before you are able to move clones to the Warbarge. The defenders and any EVE players they have a defense contract with get a notification that an attack on the district has been registered, so they can scramble a defensive fleet.

The other advantage of this system is that it makes location matter. If you take districts in some backwater dead end system 2 jumps from the closest temperate planet, then your system will be much easier to defend in EVE than a district on a planet in the main drag with two temperate planets in system and 3 more within two jumps. You also have to worry about roving PVP gangs who will kill the Warbarge just for the kill mail, which are more of a risk in high traffic areas. Every gate the Warbarge has to go through has the potential for a gate camp. So attacking way behind enemy lines would be really risky EVE side unless you have a massive fleet defending the Warbarge.

The most important part of this for me is to make location matter so that the choice of which districts to attack feels more like a strategy board game. Right now with Clone packs it is like a board game where you can move any piece to any square in one move.

If we get enough EVE pilots to care about DUST to produce a Time Dilation effect, I would consider that a triumph! The number of EVE pilots in one battle to produce those recent heavy Time Dilation fights would have approached the total number of people playing dust at that moment.

You are arguing the same point I made. The difference between you and me is that you want a 24-48 hour timer between when the warbarge is moved and when the battle starts. Logistically, in Eve, this doesn't make sense. For Eve, it makes more sense to have the warbarge anchor closer to when the battle begins.