Fed2 Star - the newsletter for the space trading game Federation 2

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by ibgames

EARTHDATE: March 24, 2013

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WE NEED MONEY

by Hazed

Money doesn’t buy you happiness. But it can make being miserable a lot less unpleasant.

Money also pays for Fed. It’s free to play, but it’s not free to run, and we need to squeeze some money out of you, the players, in order to pay its bills. We get that money when you purchase slithy toves.

Slithy toves are tokens that you buy, using real dollars, and can then use in the game to get a variety of useful and entertaining things. Here’s a sample of what you can do with slithy toves:

  • Price checking - there’s a variety of souped up remote price checkers available that will aid anybody trading goods on the exchanges
  • Navcomp - if you’re running cargo in the Solar system, a navcomp upgrade can make it easy to find your way from planet to planet
  • Teleporter - for truly luxury travel you can teleport from place to place with ease
  • Boost your planet cash - exchange a slithy tove for funds in your treasury, to help you do those infrastructure builds quicker
  • Planet design - if you’re feeling creative but the limit on locations on your planet is cramping your style, buy some extras
  • Charms - regular items of jewellery that go on sale for a limited period, like the April Fool charm from last week’s Star. Build up your collection!
  • Finally, you get that warm, smug feeling that comes with the knowledge you are helping to keep Fed going.

There’s a full list of all the exciting things you can do with slithies here.

A slithy tove costs $5. You can make individual purchases, or you can take out a subscription and get a big discount: $13 a month gets you four slithies (which would normally cost you $20).

Go to the Extras page to make a purchase or subscribe.

If you do, you’ll be helping to ensure you can carry on playing Fed2. And that will surely bring you happiness.

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