**>> SPYNET BULLETIN **>> EARTHDATE 92.04.12 **>> AN H-by-A SERVICE **>> EASTER BUNNY Next weekend is Easter, and Friday and Monday are GEnie holidays. That means you can play Fed during the day for the usual connect charge, just as if they were weekend days. Full of the joys of Spring, Harvey the Easter Bunny will be visiting Fed. He'll have a basket of goodies to give away - groats, free time, and some other special prizes too! He'll be handing out his goodies in a number of ways - with treasure hunts, games of hide-n-seek, trivia questions and an Easter Bonnet competition. If you are in Fed Data Space when he visits, you could win one of his prizes! **>> A WHOLE UNIVERSE TO EXPLORE! These days, there are usually 21 player-planets loaded into the game - an enormous number! Typing lists the planets, and tells you what economic level they are. Agricultural planets are "full-sized" planets that you can explore and play the tourist on: they often have puzzles for you to solve, or valuable objects that will make you rich if you give them to the right mobile. Planets which advance to mining are shrunk down to "mini" planets, so make sure you explore the full planets while you still have the chance. **>> APRIL FOOL! We received the following report from Bochiman: There I was, just bopping around and getting a few items, when I JUST HAD to try my new spybeam. There weren't many lowers on, except Jade, so I spied her briefly. Well she was boring, but then Destiny showed up - and they were both boring. Then I had to make a quick run past them to get something. They were on Mars landing pad, and I was leaving Chez Diesel. They had the bad manners to comment that I needed a shower because I hadn't changed my clothes since coming on Fed. How uncouth! Being a normal, vengeful person I groped Jade - she hates that - as I ran past. She tried to slap me but I was long gone (but still spying). Then she COMMED to slap me and did it excessively. So revenge perked up again. I did a quick run by, grope, into ship, land, grope, back to Chez Diesel. All she saw was me running by and groping. It confused the poor lassie so much that she jumped in her ship and TARGETTED poor defenceless Bochiman. Well I just had to have some fun so I COMMED that I was going for the Whoosh - she zipped over there and starting hunting space for me. Then I COMMED that someone must have it, so I was going to get the coin - she zoomed there and started hunting. She followed my 'manoeuvres' around for more than 15 minutes, never catching on that I was in Chez Diesel spying her the whole time. Finally I was laughing so hard, I had to tell her. It was a riot! The moral of the story: never mess with Bochiman! **>> SNIPPETS (OR STORIES ABOUT WHICH WE COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO MAKE UP MORE THAN A PARAGRAPH) Satriani has so many affairs that he can't remember any of them. We knew too much sex can make you go blind, but we didn't know it affects the... erm... oh, what's the word? It's on the tip of our tongues (or equivalents)... memory, that's it! Myriddion has been seen enquiring about the state of Sheffield's clothing. DOes he wish to know what Sheff is wearing? Or does he think Sheff is naked? Nightwalker (who used to be Stormblade) and Riccardo have been seen on many occasions dallying in the Duff Modem pub - despite our fashion correspondent's assertion that it is not a trendy place to be (see last week's news). We've been hearing rumours of a mysterious alliance called "The Ones Who Know". Who these Ones are, and what they Know, we haven't a clue. Nor do we care, really! Riccardo claims that he is an altruist at heart and he funds the working classes at every opportunity. The fact that the particular representatives of the great unwashed that he chooses to give his groats to are unvariable nubile young females is immaterial, he says, and he categorically denies that he has to pay for sex. "I am Krell's secret lover" claims Blindman. Don't tell Krell, though, or it won't be a secret any more. **>> PROMOTIONS NEWS Silversteel has made Explorer - however, it will be some time before his planet makes an appearance in the game. Rather than build himself a planet, he has decided to make an extended deepspace exploration mission, looking for his lost homeworld! Illyra is now a JP, and was so elated at her promotion that she threw an impromptu party. Oxcart entertained us all by dancing on the tables, wearing black socks and an overcoat (most of the time). Later, he was seen rolling on the floor, smearing his body with motor oil. We gather Diesel had a hell of a time clearing up the diesel. Darknight has solved the fiendish GM puzzle. He didn't throw a party, though. Or if he did, he didn't invite us to it. The swine! Why weren't we invited? Senta has been promoted to Trader, and LordEcstasy has become a Merchant. Congratulations to both of you. **>>CONTACTS The following information will appear at the end of every News Bulletin, so you don't have to read it if you already know it. In the event of a problem or question, you can: * talk to Hazed or Bella in the game * leave a message in the game log * a message to Hazed or Bella * send mail with the Federation Feedback option from the main menu You can order a copy of the unexpurgated printed Idiot's Guide to Federation by typing ORDER at any GEnie menu. Cost - a mere $12.95. (New edition will be available shortly!) Federation has several category in the new MPGames RT. To get there, type M1045,1 from any menu prompt and SET category 13 (for information, instructions, questions and answers) or 14 (for general chat and discussions). The Federation Leader in the bulletin board is Krell (Mail ID: K.HILLYER). There are also private categories for Explorers and for the Conclave; these are run by Krell and Oddball (Mail ID: D.STALZLE) respectively. The MPGames RT also has a Federation library in the files area, Library 5. Library 18 holds the Federation News Archives. **>> BULLETIN ENDS