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Lots of good ideas. Would allow very quick exploration of galaxy if you could pay the TF to allow your ship to refuel at TF planet/base. Maybe you would have to "gift" it to TF (along with payment), who would fleet it with a base to refuel it, then "gift" it back.

Actually, I wish you could make agreements with a player to allow refueling or safe passage for a specific ship/fleet. This would be more realistic. As it is, you have to get a Military Alliance, which gives total access to each other's space -- something you both are usually opposed to. So the TF helps with this.