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

The weekly newsletter for Fed2
by ibgames

EARTHDATE: October 22, 2017

Fed2 Star Index

In this week’s Fed2 Star: Alan has finished the planet linking code, make sure your email gets to us, system to detect dangerous asteroids tested on recent rock visitor, methane monsoons rain down on Titan, half the universe’s missing matter has been found (not down the back of the sofa), there’s a massive underground cave on the moon, a policeman has a really bad day, why writer’s shouldn’t ever suffer from writer’s block, and a video of a fidget spinner in space. Plus Winding Down, the tech newsletter from Alan.

Official News

Third planet auto-linking is now in the game

Please use the magic word in emails

Real life news: asteroid testing system given workout by close encounter

Real life news: Titan has methane storms that carve into the icy surface

Real life news: scientists find half of the universe’s missing matter

Real life news: giant cave on the moon could be turned into moonbase

Unfortunate cop of the week: tasered and bitten by dog

On the web: there’s no such thing as writer’s block

Video of the week: fidget spinner… in… spaaaaace!

Winding Down