Credits

Credits are the in-game currency of DarkSpace. Using them, players can purchase various enhancements and consumables to give their ships an edge in battle and boosted performance.

On Offer

As of v1.691, credits can be spent on :-

• Ship enhancements - These enhancements alter the performance of a ship in one or more ways.
• Ship consumables - These items provide an instant effect and refill a vital resource pool (Energy or Jump drive fuel).
• Ally ship consumables - These items, on use, spawn a random ship which will follow and support the player. They can be ordered to do specific tasks.
• Fleet bank deposit - Players can donate credits to their Fleet's bank. When the bank has accumulated a certain amount of credits, the fleet's level will increase and new facilities will be available to the Fleet admins and members.

Getting Credits

There are multiple ways to get credits.

Subscribing

Subscriptions are a legacy function of the DarkSpace's Pay-To-Play history, wherein players could subscribe to the game to get "Play Time" and Credits. As of v1.53, DarkSpace has moved to the Free-To-Play model, and play time has no significance in this model.

Currently, it may be viewed as a recurring Credit deposit facility. Subscribing gives a player the designated Credit amount, and again 1 day before the end of subscription. Subscription should not be confused with the [SUBSCRIBED] flag which can be seen at the top-right corner of GCQL. The flag is for most purposes a legacy of the P2P model, but has technical importance.

To subscribe, go to your Profile and click the Subscribe button from the top. A new window opens, which shows:-

• Current subscription status and the dates of the Start and End of the last active subscription.
• Past subscription and coupon redeeming rewards, under the heading of Last Events.
• Subscription options available for purchase.

The options for subscription to DarkSpace are :-

DS Monthly - 5000 Credits, $4.99 per month

DS Monthly - 10250 Credits, $9.99 per month

DS Monthly - 21000 Credits, $19.99 per month

DS Quarterly - 28000 Credits, $26.95 per month

DS Half-Yearly - 60000 Credits, $49.95 per month

After the transaction is completed, it will be processed by the DS servers, and the designated amount of Credits and play time will be added to the player's account. Processing and depositing of Credits may take upto 24 hours.

• All transactions are made via PayPal.

• One day (24 hours) before the end of your active subscription, your PayPal account will be charged again, and the subscription will be renewed.

If you do not wish to continue re-subscribing, you may cancel your current subscription.

Buying

Players can buy credits from the Online store. Credits are available for purchase in 3 packages, at a basic rate of $1 = 1000 Credits.

• Small box of credits - 5000 credits @ $4.99
• Medium sack of credits - 10000 credits + 250 credits bonus @ $9.99
• Large barrel of credits - 20000 credits + 1000 credits bonus @ $19.99

All purchases are made via PayPal and processed within 24 hours.

Coupons

Coupons are unique 25-character alphanumeric codes which can be redeemed for Credits and prestige. They are generated by the DarkSpace Administration and distributed to players in the form of event rewards or for commemorating special events. Occasionally, compensations to players are also made via coupon distribution.

Coupons are redeemed by going to the player Profile on the DarkSpace website, via the "Redeem Coupon" link at the top. The coupon code is entered into the 5 text boxes that appear in the link window. After redeeming, the rewards associated with the particular code are transferred to the player's account.

Normally, coupons are given to players through the website system-generated E-mails. Players are advised to check their E-mail accounts associated with DarkSpace every few days after announcement of coupon distributions are made. Some delay is expected, and regretted, in cases where generating and sending of large quantities of E-mails may take upto a few days to complete.

Credit Transfers

Players, while in-game, have the facility of sending Credits to other players. To do so, select the player's ship in-game and click on the "Transfer Credits" button near the bottom-right (with a $ picture). Type in the number of Credits to send to that player, and press Enter to complete the transfer.

It is worth knowing the following information :-

• Credit transfers are one-sided operations. You choose to send the credits, the target player cannot refuse to receive them. However, they can perform a transfer back to you, from their end.
• You need atleast 1 Credit in your profile to designate yourself to the server as "Capable of transferring credits". Without this status, you will not see the Transfer Credits ($) button.
• You cannot perform a credit transfer with an AI ship as the target.
• If the target ship becomes undetectable to your ship for any reason (jumped away, cloaked or stealthed, logged out) before you complete the transfer to them, the transfer will not happen.

For any queries, especially of sensitive nature, e-mail billing@palestar.com for questions about Subscriptions and the Online Credits Store, and for any problems which occur due to their usage.