Star Trades Help Manual

The Menu Bar

Once you've registered and named your company, you'll be sent to the main menu. At the top of the screen is a mini-menu that will always stay at the top of the page. Here is shown your Messages, News, Fame and Credits.

Fame is the measure of your company's standing in the Kentaran Galaxy. By keeping an active fleet, trading for profit, and maintaining a sound business, your Fame will increase. However, if your business starts to sag, your Fame will suffer. Fame is the most important factor in sizing up rival companies, and is the measure that will determine your status in the Historical Archives, should your company be entered there at all.

Credits is the monetary unit used throughout the Kentaran Galaxy. You begin the game with 500,000 credits to get your company started. From there on, generating income is up to you, as is deciding what are reasonable expenses to keep your company flourishing.

Messages contain any messages you've received from other companies. You can also send messages to any other player, by clicking Send Message on the left navigation bar.

Company News is a summary of any events that happened while you were away. You can view your company news for the past 3 days.

Galactic News lists announcements of universal importance. Galactic News includes Star Systems offering special transport missions and price or availability changes at Depots.

STA News lists events of interest to members of the Star Traders Association, such as notices of companies being dissolved, retired, and other such headlines.

The number of new messages or news events since you last read them in shown in parentheses for each.

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