it can be dun and there is a few of the forumites out there that have dun it quiet well but it dose need alot of work and there is the hastle of sorting out invites for your alts if you dont have access to two acounts to do it will
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Golden Girl has a one *character* SG, and a base to go with it.
As for inviting alts - yeah, that'd be fiddly
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Yes- It's possible, I have one.
4 Telepads, Mediroom, Power and Control rooms, Workshop and Entrance.
Took me about.. 3 weeks.
And don't forget, with I13, all base prices are being reduced, so that'll make it easy for smaller SGs to grow.
And a possible plan for any SG if they're struggling for Prestige - just before I13 goes live, sell everything you have in your base, even the rooms - and then re-buy them at a lower price after I13 goes live 
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I have a SG just for me and my alts. I mainly use it for crafting and storage of crafted IOs. It's not that I don't trust the coalition guys, but I'd rather know that all my stuff is there and sorted the way I left it.
As for paying for it, if you keep it very small it's free. Or even the smaller paid for base plots don't break the bank.
Having a second account helps with invites etc. As for prestige, It's quite easy to make 50k in an evening accross two toons.
Got one on Vigilance. Got a couple of buddies to help pad it out with alts for extra starting prestige. So far I've got an entry room, power and control rooms, a workshop, a newly installed medbay and one transport room. I can fit another 3 tranporter rooms in the basic plot for 8 teleports - will just have to choose locations carefully or switch them about as I level up the toons. I alt a lot and don't play that regularly so it is slow going but fun.
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Thanks 
me and a friend have started our own, we'll probably invite people eventually, but for now we're just collecting things and building it slowly
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Leader and Founder of The A.T.O.M. League (Union)
I've got a few. There are 3 key things you need to do :
1. Pad it out to 15+ members using alts, friends, random strangers etc. This will help you get started. If you're using random strangers, they're bound to leave or delete that toon at some point if you don't intend to run the SG as an SG (ie with events, teaming etc) but the key is to get your base up and running asap, with a bit of luck by the time enough toons are lost you'll be up and running and can absorb the loss of prestige.
2. Either get a second account (if you refer yourself as a trial member, it's entirely not money wasted, you get credited a month on your main account for the month you pay for on the upgraded trial account) or get an assistant to get your toons into your SG as soon as possible so you're always earning. It's usually easy enough to get a team mate to do it if you've just rolled a new toon.
3. Figure out what you want and what order you want them in. 15 new members nets you 20K a pop, 300,000 prestige. You can have a functioning Med bay and 1-destination TP room with an Oversight center for your starter power, base storage and crafting table. This is plenty to get started with. If you expect to be playing extensively with SG toons though (ie earning lots fast), hold off on the TP till you've earned another 50K or so, get the 2x2 room. (If you build the 1x2 room first, you can't delete and replace your TP, so you either lose the TP or you have to have enough money in the bank to own both the 1x2 and 2x2 rooms, 200K, simultaneously to move the TP from one to the other.)
4. Be aware that the jump from the above config to the next level of functionality costs a MASSIVE amount. If you add a second TP to your TP room, you will run out of power or control (I forget which ) - This means you now need to upgrade to an Energy and Control room with the basic energy and control generators. When you add these to the placement costs for an extra TP and the 3 extra beacons you can now support, you need to earn 660K on top of your 15-man bonus. (you'll be keeping your starter power/control generator for the moment as it's more cost-effective than control auxes).
I don't play that often, no more than about 1.5-2 hours, 3-4 times a week, I've lots of low level toons and I'm not a power leveller or anything so it took me a long time to get my main Union base going - about a year off and on to go from nothing to having 2 TPs, base storage, med bay, vault, crafting table and enough power and control to keep it all going. If you're focused and have regular teaming buddies, it'll be far faster than that, but don't expect miracles.
If you need a hand getting toons into the SG or want a coalition partner for TP access (Steel, Faultline, Striga and PI at the mo) until your base is on it's feet, send a tell to me @robocyberbot.
Oh one other tip.
As you friends if you can coalition with them. Free Base TPs means you can leave that expensive section out.
One player SG's are very doable, but be very careful of the name you choose for it. I've been saddled with Paragon Parahuman University since I8. At the time, it seemed like a good idea...
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(a) definition of a casual gamer - 3 years in game and first fifty still only on the horizon.
I have a small one man base, I've got a few alts in it, and a few toons from friends that don't play anymore ( bah @ them I say ) on the small plot size.
Have managed a control room, with 4 database's, about 5 teleports, a workshop with both tier 3 buff stations, salvage vault etc. It's very sparse, but very functional!!!
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My SG is no longer just me as there are now a couple of friends with alts that they play in there, but it started off that way. I have a secure teleport room (5x5) A control room (with super computer), Power Room (generator plus two of the things that generate more power), Workshop (with storage and crafting stations), Medibay (two res things plus an Insp store). All but the big teleport bay were bought off the earning of just me and my alts. My main fire/kin has over a million prestige just from her. Got about 2 million prestige in total. Next big purchase will be a better generator, which I need a further 1.5 million prestige for. 
Though after i13 it should all be doable.
I hate to rebuild due to cheaper cost But maybe I should do witch some of my bases.
Anyway.. I have one SG that started out like a good idea.. it died out though.. not enough time to uphold them all. So I merged/transfered etc. Now this one is the sole base for the toon that was originally its leader.
Made the base rentless again.. by removing some rooms. And kicked all non logging toons leaving only me. No alts, no rent... fully working base. All tp... energy and control in place. For rp function I will try to make a bedroom in there (we need the stuff for things like that)... and I ned some new good coalitions for fun.
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Having created a team on Vigilance for the specific purpose of building a solo SG, I have since discovered that at least 2 of my many alts have become the sole owner of a SG base. And that's not including Flitz, who has been maintaining the Team GBH base as 'interim' leader for about a year now! I really should start recruiting.
UNION @Flitz 50, Lead Hose 50, Red Rag 50
DEFIANT Rose Bloodthorn 34
VIGILANCE Captain Caledonia 20 - Yeah, I made toons on the French server coz we only had 4 back then (might have to transfer/recreate them on one of the US servers)
..and many more!
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Hmm join the Club, the SNHS now has two members but Precip (my alt) is never leaving as she's been there since day 1.
So I have a huge fully stocket base with a bunch of TPs and about 3.5mil prestige. Coalitioned it with my personal SG, so no need for TPs etc in my main base.
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And that's not including Flitz, who has been maintaining the Team GBH base as 'interim' leader for about a year now! I really should start recruiting.
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Hmm join the Club, the SNHS now has two members but Precip (my alt) is never leaving as she's been there since day 1.
So I have a huge fully stocket base with a bunch of TPs and about 3.5mil prestige. Coalitioned it with my personal SG, so no need for TPs etc in my main base.
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Good to hear the SNHS is still alive in some sense! And tell Precip that Synergi says 'hi'
My heroes and villains have their own respective SGs and it's certainly handy - easiest villain-side of course, as there are far fewer teleporters to get, although it probably helps that I spend more time that side!
A handy tip for when you are starting out is that you don't need a permanent work bench - just buy it, use it and sell it back as and when you need it.
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Is it feasible to create SG/VG populated entirely with your own alts?
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No, unless you have two accounts. 
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How much effort that would be?
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My Sg has most, but not all, of my alts in it, and a couple of my partner's alts (though she doesn't currently play).
It hasn't actually taken much effort to get a functional, but basic base going. I have two teleporters, basic workshop, enough power to keep me going forever, med bay, a control room with enough control in, invention station and salvage storage... And they're reviewing the prices for I13/14.
It won't be fast, but it's not horribly onerous either.
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Is it feasible to create SG/VG populated entirely with your own alts? How much effort that would be? (say, how long it would take to create a rez point? or storage? Or a few telepads?) Any advice?
It's not that I'm so antisocial that I don't want "proper" groups, but... Well, having a base which is entirely yours has some attraction too...