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3.1 - Do you lay the base station token immediately upon floating?

This item has more than a few similarities to item 6.4 (When is a company's first station marker laid). A review may lead to the consolidation of the answers..

1761, 1800, 1822, 1822CA, 1824, 1824 v2, 1827 Jr., 1829, 1830, 1830Lummerland, 1830NL, 1831, 1832, 1834, 1837SX, 1844, 1848, 1850, 1854, 1856, 1862, 1862EA, 1862EA v2, 1869 USA West, 1870, 1876 v2, 1876-30, 1876-30 v2, 1889, 1893, 1895, 1899, 18??, 18AL, 18BL, 18C2C, 18Chesapeake, 18Dixie, 18EC, 18EZ All Levels, 18GA, 18GA v2, 18JP-T, 18Kaas, 18Mex, 18MS, 18NK, 18NL, 18NY, 18Rhl Rhineland, 18Ruhr, 18SA, 18SS, 18SY, 18TN, Crisis, Steam Over Holland No.
1812, 1826, 1829 Mainline, 1835, 1837, 1838 Rheinland, 1841, 1842, 1846, 1849, 1851, 1853, 1853 v2, 1858, 1860, 1861, 1868, 1873, 1876-35, 1876-35 v2, 1883, 1898, 18AFrica, 18Ardennes, 18EU, 18GB, 18GL, 18IN, 18Ireland, 18Lilliput, 18MW, 18Neb, 18NW, 18NYC, 18Scan, 18VA Yes.
1817, 18USA A company's home station is placed when the President's certificate is put up for auction.
1825, 1847, 1847AE The token is placed on the home base at the start of the operating round in which it will first run.
1830 Cardgame, 1830BC, Railroad Barons, Rolling Stock Not applicable.
1857, 1859, 1879, 18FL, 18PA, 18US, 18West All base station tokens start the game on the map.
1865 Sardinia All base station tokens start the game on the map. For absorbed companies re-entering the game the home base is placed when the President's certificate is purchased.
1867 Yes, for public companies. For minor companies, the token is placed on a valid empty city circle on the map when the minor is put up for auction.
1869 The Golden Spike Contradictory. The sections on home bases and floating the company state that the token is placed at the start of the company's first operating turn, while the section of placing station markers says that the home bases were placed when the company was started.
1880 The token is placed on the home base at the end of the stock round in which the Director owns the qualifying number of shares. The qualifying number of shares depends on the phase. From Phase A1 (the start of the game) it is 20%, from B1 it is 30%, from B3 it is 40% and from C2 it is 60%.
1881 It is recommended that base tokens for the tramway companies are placed upside down on their starting hexes at the beginning of the game. The rules do not say when these are flipped over, but it is assumed this happens when the tramway companies float, because the rules do state that the base tokens for the S-Bahn main company and its three subnets are placed when the S-Bahn floats.
1891 Contradictory. As per the 1856 rules, which 1891 is based on, no, and the translated rules state that the token is placed when it first operates. However, the rules on starting a company have an italicised section that states that the token is placed in the starting city when the presidency is purchased.
18CLE No. It is placed face down when the President's certificate is bought and turned face up when it first operates.
18GM A company's home station marker is placed when the president's certificate is purchased, but imposes no restrictions (other than reserving the space) until the company operates for the first time.
18OE For minors, yes. Tokens for regionals start on the map.
2038 Yes (relevant only for the Asteroid League).
Poseidon No (it is pre-printed on the map).

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