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

The weekly newsletter for Fed2
by ibgames

EARTHDATE: November 18, 2012

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FED AND THREE CATS TO SUPPORT

by Hazed

Once again, I’ve just flexed my credit card to pay for another month’s worth of hosting and internet connection for Fed2. Since we moved to the cloud earlier this year the bills are a lot smaller than they used to be - but they are still more than I want to pay out of the goodness of my heart (or equivalent).

After all, I have three hungry cats to support, and boy do they eat a lot!

So that I can afford to keep feeding my starving kitties, I need to get the Fed2 money back from you, the players.

You can play Fed2 for free, never having to fork over a dime for your enjoyment. But some of you do choose to give us your money so we can keep the game going. If you didn’t do that, there would be no more Fed - which would be a terrible, terrible thing.

You give us money by buying slithy toves: 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.

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

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 at to make a purchase or subscribe.

If you do, you’ll be helping to ensure you can carry on playing Fed2.

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