diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Map/Body/Planet.pm b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Map/Body/Planet.pm
index 4d936e04..cd085240 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Map/Body/Planet.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Map/Body/Planet.pm
@@ -675,6 +675,60 @@ sub found_colony {
     return $self;
 }
 
+sub convert_to_station{
+    my ($self, $empire) = @_;
+    $self->empire_id($empire->id);
+    $self->empire($empire);
+    $self->usable_as_starter_enabled(0);
+    $self->last_tick(DateTime->now);
+    $self->update;    
+
+    # award medal
+    my $type = ref $self;
+    $type =~ s/^.*::(\w\d+)$/$1/;
+    $empire->add_medal($type);
+
+    # add command building
+    my $command = Lacuna->db->resultset('Lacuna::DB::Result::Building')->new({
+        x               => 0,
+        y               => 0,
+        class           => 'Lacuna::DB::Result::Building::Module::StationCommand',
+    });
+    $self->build_building($command);
+    $command->finish_upgrade;
+    
+    # add parliament
+    my $parliament = Lacuna->db->resultset('Lacuna::DB::Result::Building')->new({
+        x               => -1,
+        y               => 0,
+        class           => 'Lacuna::DB::Result::Building::Module::Parliament',
+    });
+    $self->build_building($parliament);
+    $command->finish_upgrade;
+    
+    # add warehouse
+    my $warehouse = Lacuna->db->resultset('Lacuna::DB::Result::Building')->new({
+        x               => 1,
+        y               => 0,
+        class           => 'Lacuna::DB::Result::Building::Module::Warehouse',
+    });
+    $self->build_building($warehouse);
+    $command->finish_upgrade;
+    
+    # add starting resources
+    $self->tick;
+    $self->add_algae(2500);
+    $self->add_energy(2500);
+    $self->add_water(2500);
+    $self->add_ore(2500);
+    $self->update;
+    
+    # newsworthy
+    $self->add_news(100,'%s deployed a space station at %s.', $empire->name, $self->name);
+        
+    return $self;
+}
+
 has total_ore_concentration => (
     is          => 'ro',  
     lazy        => 1,
diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/ColonyShip.pm b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/ColonyShip.pm
index e2be787b..aa1732aa 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/ColonyShip.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/ColonyShip.pm
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use constant build_tags             => ['Colonization'];
 
 with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::Planet";
 with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::Uninhabited";
+with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::SpendNextColonyCost";
 with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Arrive::TriggerDefense";
 with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Arrive::Colonize";
 
diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/ShortRangeColonyShip.pm b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/ShortRangeColonyShip.pm
index 3814885a..6ef06450 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/ShortRangeColonyShip.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/ShortRangeColonyShip.pm
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use constant build_tags             => ['Colonization'];
 
 with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::Planet";
 with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::Uninhabited";
+with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::SpendNextColonyCost";
 with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Arrive::TriggerDefense";
 with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Arrive::Colonize";
 
diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/SpaceStation.pm b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/SpaceStation.pm
index fd6c3fc8..563e7794 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/SpaceStation.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/DB/Result/Ships/SpaceStation.pm
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ use constant pilotable              => 1;
 use constant build_tags             => [qw(War Intelligence)];
 use constant type_formatted         => 'Space Station Hull';
 
-with 'Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::NotAllowed';
+with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::Planet";
 with 'Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::Uninhabited';
+with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::SpendNextColonyCost";
+with "Lacuna::Role::Ship::Arrive::ConvertToStation";
 
 no Moose;
 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable(inline_constructor => 0);
diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Arrive/Colonize.pm b/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Arrive/Colonize.pm
index c9ee4352..be135be5 100644
--- a/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Arrive/Colonize.pm
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Arrive/Colonize.pm
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ package Lacuna::Role::Ship::Arrive::Colonize;
 use strict;
 use Moose::Role;
 
-after turn_around => sub {
-    my $self = shift;
-    $self->body->add_happiness($self->payload->{colony_cost})->update;
-};
-
 after handle_arrival_procedures => sub {
     my ($self) = @_;
 
@@ -56,18 +51,7 @@ after can_send_to_target => sub {
     my $empire = $self->body->empire;
     confess [1009, 'Can only be sent to habitable planets.'] if ($target->isa('Lacuna::DB::Result::Map::Body::Planet::GasGiant') && $empire->university_level < 19);
     confess [ 1009, 'Your species cannot survive on that planet.' ] if ($empire->university_level < 18 && ($target->orbit > $empire->max_orbit || $target->orbit < $empire->min_orbit));
-    my $next_colony_cost = $empire->next_colony_cost;
-    confess [ 1011, 'You do not have enough happiness to colonize another planet. You need '.$next_colony_cost.' happiness.', [$next_colony_cost]] unless ( $self->body->happiness > $next_colony_cost);
     return 1;
 };
 
-after send => sub {
-    my $self = shift;
-    return if ($self->direction eq 'in');
-    my $next_colony_cost = $self->body->empire->next_colony_cost(-1);
-    $self->body->spend_happiness($next_colony_cost)->update;
-    $self->payload({ colony_cost => $next_colony_cost });
-    $self->update;
-};
-
 1;
diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Arrive/ConvertToStation.pm b/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Arrive/ConvertToStation.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9e15555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Arrive/ConvertToStation.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package Lacuna::Role::Ship::Arrive::ConvertToStation;
+
+use strict;
+use Moose::Role;
+
+after handle_arrival_procedures => sub {
+    my ($self) = @_;
+
+    # we're coming home
+    return if ($self->direction eq 'in');
+    
+    # can't convert because it's already taken
+    my $empire = $self->body->empire;
+    my $planet = $self->foreign_body;
+    if ($planet->is_locked || $planet->empire_id) {
+        $empire->send_predefined_message(
+            tags        => ['Alert'],
+            filename    => 'cannot_convert_to_station.txt',
+            params      => [$planet->x, $planet->y, $planet->name, $planet->name],
+        );
+    }
+    
+    # can't convert because it's claimed
+    elsif ($planet->is_claimed && $planet->is_claimed != $empire->id) {
+        my $claimer = $planet->claimed_by;
+        $empire->send_predefined_message(
+            tags        => ['Alert'],
+            filename    => 'cannot_convert_to_station_staked.txt',
+            params      => [$planet->x, $planet->y, $planet->name, $claimer->id, $claimer->name, $planet->name],
+        );        
+    }
+    
+    # let's claim this for our very own!
+    else {
+        $planet->lock;
+        $planet->convert_to_station($empire);
+        $empire->send_predefined_message(
+            tags        => ['Alert'],
+            filename    => 'station_founded.txt',
+            params      => [$planet->id, $planet->name, $planet->name],
+        );
+        $empire->is_isolationist(0);
+        $empire->update;
+        $self->delete;
+        confess [-1];
+    }
+};
+
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Send/SpendNextColonyCost.pm b/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Send/SpendNextColonyCost.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63fea3d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Lacuna/Role/Ship/Send/SpendNextColonyCost.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package Lacuna::Role::Ship::Send::SpendNextColonyCost;
+
+use strict;
+use Moose::Role;
+
+after turn_around => sub {
+    my $self = shift;
+    $self->body->add_happiness($self->payload->{colony_cost})->update;
+};
+
+after can_send_to_target => sub {
+    my ($self, $target) = @_;
+    my $empire = $self->body->empire;
+    my $next_colony_cost = $empire->next_colony_cost;
+    confess [ 1011, 'You do not have enough happiness to colonize another planet. You need '.$next_colony_cost.' happiness.', [$next_colony_cost]] unless ( $self->body->happiness > $next_colony_cost);
+    return 1;
+};
+
+after send => sub {
+    my $self = shift;
+    return if ($self->direction eq 'in');
+    my $next_colony_cost = $self->body->empire->next_colony_cost(-1);
+    $self->body->spend_happiness($next_colony_cost)->update;
+    $self->payload({ colony_cost => $next_colony_cost });
+    $self->update;
+};
+
+1;
diff --git a/var/messages/cannot_convert_to_station.txt b/var/messages/cannot_convert_to_station.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fd03e20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/messages/cannot_convert_to_station.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Coming Home
+~~~
+We arrived at {Starmap %s %s %s} and found that it had already been colonized. We were forced to turn around and come home. We're on our way now.
+
+%s Station Mission Commander
diff --git a/var/messages/cannot_convert_to_station_staked.txt b/var/messages/cannot_convert_to_station_staked.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38608bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/messages/cannot_convert_to_station_staked.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Coming Home
+~~~
+We arrived at {Starmap %s %s %s} and found that it had already been claimed by {Empire %s %s}. Their Stake prevented us from landing, so we had no choice but to turn back.
+
+Regards,
+
+%s Station Mission Commander
diff --git a/var/messages/station_founded.txt b/var/messages/station_founded.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b92f60c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/messages/station_founded.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Station Operational
+~~~
+We have established the station at {Planet %s %s} as you requested. Awaiting Parliamentary delegates.
+
+Regards,
+
+%s Station Mission Commander
diff --git a/var/www/public/changes.txt b/var/www/public/changes.txt
index 997e0664..67ad8938 100644
--- a/var/www/public/changes.txt
+++ b/var/www/public/changes.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  - API: Running spy missions require the new captchas.
  - API: Added send_fleet() to spaceport to allow sending multiple ships to a single target at once. This requires a valid captcha.
  - API: Added mission_count to spy status.
+ - Fix: Formatting problem with trade accepted.
 
 2.4700
  - Rule: Spies now have a minimum recovery time of 1 hour.