Some are friendly and will trade with you immediately. Some are hostile and will attack your ship if you enter their systems. You can buy a variety of different flowers to sell elsewhere and then begin exploring the galaxy looking for other starbases to trade with. Space Flowers is an intra-galactic tradewars game. You start with a basic starship at a friendly starbase. Others are more or less neutral and will react based on your actions. You can also attack hostile starbases and engage in co.
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