You cannot remove the structures that are on a district, but any action that leaves you with 0 clones at a district will abandon that district. So selling all the clones or moving them all away will abandon it.

So right now, a maxed out district with a production facility will net 60 clones per reinforcement time that they will then sell to genolution for 100k each or 6mill isk. Otherwise a district will make 4 million isk each day.

So from clone profit alone it will take 25 days to pay off a normal infrastructure investment. It would take 17 days to pay off investments with a production facility.

Either way, it seems that district profits alone will not be able to sustain thinly stretched war mongerers this doesn't even include logistics costs.

When this is deployed we'll still have separate economies? I'm guessing so and that we'll need to look to corp donations from our mercs to grab our first district.

All districts will also start with an SI.

I assume that this is a default infrastructure that does not give bonuses?

Whoa...

Perhaps they want to see how the core conquest system works before implementing the Merc contract system. If the system is broken as all hell at launch, they wasted the time making the merc system entirely. I'd rather they devote the guys who would be doing the contact system to making sure this conquest system is flawless before iterating on it.

As a parallel: Why introduce War Decs into EVE if the PVP mechanics aren't figured out yet?

Correct.

Do the defenders choose who they want attacking if there are multiple opponents? How does this stop a corp from.making a dummy corp to attack their districts and locking them up?

So corp tax's still wont be available?

Nope, the defaults will be randomized when we launch.

Step 1-You own district A on planet and you want district B,C,D,E,ETC
Step 2-You create contract (either open or confidential) on merc contract window.
Step 3-We accept your contract
Step 4-We win district
Step 5-We get paid you gain control of district.

Step 2 needs to be coded. End of Story. Why its not already in dust is beyond fail by ccp.

Can we move clones out of a district if we don't own another?

A planet is made up of many districts, 5 to 24. If a corporation owns 10 districts how many get attacked is entirely up to if others decide to attack them. To be honest I don't know how likely it will be for all 10 districts to be attacked every day, probably come down to how many other corporations hate/like you.

If a district is not attacked it sits there generating clones. You can use it to attack other districts.

Did you read how expensive it is to do all this...that cannot be sustained over time is my thoughts...

Seeing how you do not continue travel costs above 7 jumps am i correct to guess that the initial launch will be limited to 1 low sec region ? (would also fit the 250 districts)

Correct.

So its like a large game of risk and the first day we all drop our flag in the country (planet/district) we want/can afford.

The next day all hell breaks loose and you start acquiring your neighbor who put his flag to close to yours

Question is there a strategic
way to build your empire if you own all three districts around the center one. Can anyone attack any district or is there a foothold/beachead that acts like a bottelneck forcing players to acquire district a to get to district b then on to c where all the goodies are stored?

I understand each is essential its own but if a corp owns a planet wouldn't it make more sense that there is only one district that someone can attack to establish a beach head?

The districts will all start unowned. So whoever buys a package of clones from Genolution and places them on a district first gets that district.

Which region?

Which region?

Correct.

How will Genolution transport the clones in EVE? Will there be NPC ships flying around that EVE players can destroy and loot clones from?

Can you only buy 1 package of clones at first, or is it unlimited? For example, if you buy 5 packs for 100 million ISK then you can just conquer 5 unoccupied districts very quickly in the beginning. Or are you limited to just 1 pack of clones and 1 district attack at first?

The maximum clones that can be moved is equal to the maximum of the district they are being moved from. The default is 300, but this can be made 450.

And no, but see this table for complete details: http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Planetary_Conquest#Distance_And_Its_Effect_On_Moves