**>> SPYNET BULLETIN **>> EARTHDATE 91.09.01 **>> AN H-by-A SERVICE ***** WHAT ME AGAIN? ***** Clem, for it is he, has once again been consigned to executed another issue of Fed's weekly news bulletin. This official excuse, err..., reason, is that Hazed has sent herself on voluntary, "internal exile", due to an accident with last weeks bulletin. The real reason is having blamed all the news-droids for past glaring mistakes and after dispatching them back to meet their makers, for repair I think not, last weeks blunder extrodinaire, confusing Elex with Exel has forced events. She has thrown herself onto the towering Venusian scrap heap and at this very moment, Galactic Administration have sent over a high powered team of negotiators and part time SWAT members to talk her down. So in moments of crisis, it once again falls to me to bring the paper out. Happily I have spies everywhere, having been called a paranoid schizophrenic, we had to be certain that eveyone hated us for sure and there has been usefull spin-offs. For instance, I know ........ ***** PROMOTION NEWS ***** Myriddion made Captain this week, so the Galactic Bank is a little bit happier and a little bit sadder. Simms, Penn and Lee made Adventurer, always a tough rank to get too. Now they can experience the pleasure of flying into distant suns or getting trapped in Oxcart's bar. Sabre made Trader, and better get to merchant before Trader Sabre gets to be part of a bawdy limerick. Deathhawk made Trader too, this week, well done. And well done to everyone else who got promoted but didn't get caught in the act, err.., of getting promotted I mean. ***** FREE AT LAST, BUT NOT FOR LONG! ***** Last week's Free weekend was a big hit. We recieved many irate letters complaining about unavailability due to fullness. Sorry about that guys but when you're full you're full. I couldn't get in either!!!! With a bit of luck, the promo will have introduced a new raft of players to the game, so hopefully there will be an additional cast of young hopefulls fighting their way towards Emperershipdom. ***** A KISS IS STILL A KISS ***** Oxcart, for it was he, has started a new craze. While experimenting on the landing pad of an unspecified planet. He discovered he could, how shall we put this, emote, yes that sounds proper enough, with players in their ships. This telepathic conjugating immediately caught the imagination of the total population, to Hazed and Bella's consternation. So if a pair of ectoplasmic lips appear infront of you and give you a smacker-roonie, don't rush out and get yourself a copy of GHOST on video, its someone on the landing pad outside. ***** IT MUST MEAN SOMETHING TO SOMEONE ***** Hazed, for it was her, has sent me a message, sat, as she now is, at the pinnacle of a veritable pyramid of junked news-droids. It reads and I quote: " The complete Federation News Archive now in the Fed Library (5) of MPGRT (page 1045). Each edition uploaded separately, 55 issues to date, all in plain ASCII text, not compressed or anything. Every couple of weeks, those jolly nice H-by-A people will upload the latest issues to keep it up to date." What bugs me is this, is old news, The Olds. Anyway, well worth a read if you missed any issues. Find out who did what and to who and why and when and how. Its certainly one way of understanding who has it in for who and why. Still on the news, this is Bulletin 56, which it is suggested means we missed our 1st anniversary on Genie. This is true, errr...., happy birthday Federation II, for er... June. ***** SPHERICAL OBJECTS ***** Last week, Hazed said to me, "Do you realise we missed our first birthday?" "Spherical objects!" I replied. "Who is Spherical, and why does he object?" She answered. "No Spherical Object, new ones in the heavens." "Ahhh," she muttered, " I see." " Rezrov's world Megalusa in the system Mebeskon, has appeared" "I know." She smiled knowingly, "I've already explored it. It has a great forest area, and a nasty looking deserted battlefield. I haven't covered it all yet, there alot to get round." In addition to this, Exel's planet will go in shortly (if it hasn't already) and Occy is putting the finishing touches to hers. So soon the skies will be brimming with shiney new worlds for you all to explorer and exploit. Remember though they can be dangerous, so go insured. ***** VILE CRYPTO AND ODDS BOD ***** On the subject of exploiting player planets, Oddball, for it was he, made a pretty fundemental mistake this week. He boasted that his space mobile, Elliptica, was all but invincible. A brave boast indeed. Not mearly satisfied with bravado, he also put considerable money where his considerable mouth was. So convinced was he that no-one would manage to kill this fiendish device, and revelling in the thought of brave players dashing themselves on his devilish contraption, he offered a large reward (in addition to the normal bounty) should anyone vanquish it. Sturdy men and women shied away from such a challenge. Trigger happy space jockies were not to be seen in their normal strutting haunts for fear of humiliation. Oddball's daring challenge remain unassailed. But he had over-looked one thing, and when I say thing, I use the word advisably, for Oddball had not calculated for IT. Cryptosporidium, for it was she, the vilest of the vile, the lowest of the low, the one who was said to be worse than Bad Jock McBad, Professor of Evil Tricks at Harvard Univeristy. Oddball was a bit disgruntled, nay "gutted", when Cryptosporidium, the Vilest of the Vile ...etc , killed Elliptica, not once but several times. ***>> 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, Bella or Clem in the game * leave a message in the game log * 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 II by typing ORDER at any GEnie menu. Cost - a mere $12.95. Federation II has a category in the new MPGames RT. To get there, type M1045,1 from any menu prompt and SET category 14. The Federation II Leader in the bulletin board is Occy (Mail ID: OCPAC). Topic 1 of the Fed category contains the Federation II policy statement. The MPGames RT also has a Federation II library in the files area, Library 5. **>> BULLETIN ENDS <<**