Is my organization the owner of this area? For you to be able to place a controller, your organization must be in control of the area you are trying to build it in. Your organization is considered to be in control of the area if any of the following conditions apply. 1. If the area you are in has never been colonized. 2. Immediately after your organization has won a notum war. 3. When 20 minutes have passed since some other organization has won a notum war and has not taken advantage of the opportunity to build a controller (and if it was not your organization that lost). 4. If one hour has passed since your organization lost a notum war (then anyone can build a control tower in the area). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Control Tower