Time to sell your pearl necklaces, darlings.
from today's news post:
Here are the items that will be available:
ITEM
Interesting that they're retiring the two T5U ships completely.
Information about the return of the Lohlunat Festival is on its way soon. As part of this year's summer event, we will be retiring the Risian Lohlunat Pearls and introducing a new item for earning your summer starship.
Before this happens, though, we want to give you the opportunity to trade in any leftover Risian Lohlunat Pearls for something special. Beginning on Thursday May 14th (just after Maintenance completes) we're opening access to the "Summer Buyback" store. This special store, accessible from your Event Reputation Store button, will be offering a selection of unique prizes in exchange for your existing Risian Lohlunat Pearls.
Here are the items that will be available:
ITEM
| 1 Specialization Point | 200 pearls |
| 1/2 Specialization Point | 78,200 XP equivalent | 125 |
| 1/10th Specialization Point | 15,640 XP equivalent | 30 |
| 500 Specialization XP | 1 |
| Event Buyback Tech Upgrade - Universal (Large) +25,600 Tech Points / No Research / No Dilithium Cost | 50 |
| Event Buyback Tech Upgrade - Universal (Small) +12,800 Tech Points / No Research / No Dilithium Cost | 30 |
| Elite Queue R&D Material Reward Package All varieties. Player chooses contents. | 15 |
| Starship Emote Pack: "Smile" and "Sad" | 40 |
| Starship Emote Pack: "Thumbs Up" and "Thumbs Down" | 40 |
| Starship Emote Pack: "Live Long and Prosper" | 40 |
| Starship Emote Pack: "Rock, Paper, Scissors" | 40 |
STARSHIP EMOTE PACKS
Each of these packages unlocks one or two new powers, which can be slotted into your Starship Power Trays. Activating any of these Powers will display a brief holographic symbol above your ship while in System or Sector Space. All share a brief cooldown period, so as to discourage noisy over-use of this new feature.
Our hope is that having a few quick communication options at your fingertips may help even total strangers communicate with one another with ease, while flying among the stars.
While these will remain exclusively available on the Summer Buyback Store for the time being, these Emote Packs will eventually also become available for Gold-Pressed Latinum.
SPECIALIZATION / XP PACKAGES
Purchasing any of these items will immediately reward the buyer with either 1 Specialization Point, or an amount of XP equivalent to the fraction (1/2 or 1/10th), or the amount (500 XP) indicated. These cannot be traded, and only players that are already Level 60 will be eligible to purchase them.
While the lowest denomination package may be purchased in bulk, it’s important to note that larger packages are more cost-efficient.
ELITE QUEUE R&D MATERIALS
These packages are exactly identical to the rewards given upon the completion of an Elite Queue. Players will be able to choose which Material they prefer to receive, by purchasing the corresponding pack: Craylon Gas, Argonite Gas, Dentarium, Trellium-K, Plekton Particle, or Radiogenic Particle
As with the standard Elite Queue R&D prizes, all of these packages include all of the following:
10 Common R&D Materials
10 Uncommon, Rare or Very Rare R&D Materials
7 Rare or Very Rare R&D Materials
3 Very Rare R&D Materials
Common, Uncommon and Rare Materials are Random, while the Very Rare will always correspond to the Material type purchased.
FAQ:
Interesting that they're retiring the two T5U ships completely.
