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Fed II is a free game which you can play from the first rank right to the top without paying. You can buy extras which enhance your game-play, but none of them are necessary so you don't have to pay a single cent if you don't want to.

If you like to sprinkle in a little Role Play .. that is just fine, you will fit right in!

Live the life of a Galactic trader in Federation DataSpace. The markets and exchanges await you. Haul cargo from planet to planet, become a trusted courier, buy and sell goods, trade in futures contracts, and build factories to produce your own goods. Have you got what it takes to succeed in the economic playground of the future?

The Solar System planets have been settled, and the asteroid belt is being developed. Expore the new worlds and widen your horizons. It won't be long until you can own your very own planet, too. You'll be able to exercise your creativity and modify your world, then invite your friends to visit and admire your work.

In Federation II players can be whoever - or whatever - they want. And so can you! It's an online party where you'll make many friends, It's a virtual community, a social cyburb, and you can join it. You can buy drinks for space princesses, swap tips with hardened traders, gossip with aliens.

Learn more about Federation II right from the surce: www.ibgames.com

WHY FED'S DIFFERENT FROM MUDs

Fed is an online text adventure game. It looks like a MUD, and you issue commands to the game just like a MUD - but it's not a MUD. Here's some of the things that make Fed different from MUDs.

• Fed is not written using a standard MUD code base; it is proprietary code, written from scratch. It's an original concept, and has been developed in an original way.
• In Fed, you do different things at different ranks. You don't just keep on repeating the same actions but with bigger weapons or spells. You start out hauling cargo around the Solar System, and then you deliver valuable packages. You move on to trading commodities on the planetary trading exchanges, then dealing in futures contracts, building factories to produce your own goods, and finally owning your own planet.
• You don't have to accumulate equipment or clothing in order to advance through the ranks.
• If you die in Fed, you don't have to go and retrieve your corpse, or collect all your equipment.
• There are no rigid character classes, and you don't have to stay "in character".
• We're relaxed about in-game vs out-of-game conversations. You can talk about what you like, subject to the game rules.
• Fed is not a fighting game, and because you don't have to take part in battles there is no need to rest a lot, or cast spells, to build up your stamina/health. To restore stamina, just have a drink or a meal in a bar.
• No fighting means you are in no danger from other players - there's no player-killers in Fed!