The VirtuPets Space Station was actually founded by the evil Dr. Frank Sloth. In fact, August 16, 2000 marks the first date when Dr. Sloth arrived. Immediatly, neopets everywhere started disappearing!
It all started when the Space Faerie arrived saying she had just received this coded message from space. She sensed that a great evil was approaching and made a plea for help.
Meanwhile, Dr. Sloth had set up his own VirtuPets shop. He was advertising that he had his own pets and demanded that all neopians abandon their neopets and adopt his instead.
On August 17, a strange event was caught on footage that showed the beautiful Neopia sun being eclipsed by a sinister space ship of some kind....that ship turned out to be the
VirtuPets Space Station! It semed that Dr. Sloth had made it his mission to conquer all of Neopia. More and more, reports
came in about frightening encounters with Dr. Sloth. And then finally, Dr. Sloth made a public announcement: "Down with NeoPets! VirtuPets Forever! "
Suddenly it was discovered that neopets were reported missing and that evil versions of pets have been cropping up around the site. The Space Faerie was desperate to discover what was happening. Finally, the secret
message was decoded by the Island Mystic. It turns out that Dr. Sloth was secretly capturing innocent pets and transforming them into hideous mutatations so that they could help him rule Neopia!
The Space Faerie came up with a plan and rallied all of Neopia to stop Dr. Sloth. She needed items to help get a launch pad ready to fight the VirtuPets Station. As if all that wasn't bad enough, the Space Faerie then discovered that Dr, Sloth had
captured and enslaved a nearby race known as grundos. In trying to save them, the Space Faerie herself was captured and held prisoner in Dr. Sloth's Control Room. Her energy
nearly drained from the fight, she broadcasted an emergency message to neopians saying that everyone should adopt one of these poor grundos and free them from Sloth's tyranny. She would only
be freed if neopians could adopt 20,000 grundos.
Neopians everywhere were enraged by what was happening, especially after Dr. Sloth laughed at their attempts to stop him. He continued to gather his evil mutated army together and then on one terrifying day, he aimed his mutatution ray gun to all of Neopia! All the owners of Neopia joined together and started freeing the enslaved pets. As their numbers grew the
Space Faerie's strength returned. Dr. Sloth was not concerned however, because a few freed slaves were nothing compared to
the enslavement of a whole world. But just as Sloth was about to press the button, The Space Faerie became free and in a burst of light, she channeled the mutation ray back at Dr. Sloth's Space Station, overloading it and causing it to explode!!! The mutation ray was destroyed, along with Dr. Sloth and all his vile minions! All of Neopia celebrated. But had Dr. Sloth
truly been destroyed? As it turns out, no.... but that is another story that will be told another time.
Eventually, the now abandonded Station became transformed into a haven for the freed grundos and has since become a popular
tourist attraction for those pets wanting to "leave this world for a while." But no one has ever quite forgotten the treachery of Dr. Sloth.
Space Games
Advert Attack! - It's the latest game from Virtupets Studios - Super Race. It's a no-holds barred race to the finish where you control Ace
Zafara and try and sprint faster than the computer-controlled Race Robot.
Evil Fuzzles From Beyond the Stars - Mutant Fuzzles are attacking the Virtupets Space Station!!! You play Zygorax, a third class maintenance worker responsible
for waste disposal... but instead of neocola cans and juppie stalks, today you have to dispose of something far far scarier...
Gormball - Yes, its the great new fun game thats sweeping the outer quadrants. Grab a Gorm-Ball, and get ready to be amazed! Only
10 NP per game. And thats not all, you can win NP, prizes, and ancient evil alien artifacts!
CodeBreakers - Can you solve the puzzle and break the ancient alien codes? Try to decipher the mysterious runes and place them in the
correct order. Watch out, the codes get tougher as time goes on. Hosted by Inigmah the Space Brain
Splat-A-Sloth - Two mischievious Grundos in the space station have set up a game - Splat-A-Sloth. A sock that looks remarkably like Sloth
will come firing out the end of their tube, and its your job to hit him with a rolled up copy of the Neopian Times. You only
get one go at it... so what are you waiting for ....Splat That Sloth!!!
Space Shops
The RoboPet Shop - Buy a metal pal who's fun to be with! 
Space Weaponry - The finest VirtuPet weapons this side of Ursa Minor!
Space Armour - Defend your VirtuPet with our shields and other defence items!
Grundo's Cafe - Gargarox, the Grundo Chef, has two loves in his life, making bizarre new recipes and playing Gormball. Sadly he is not too great at either, but he tries very hard. This innovative cook will mix anything together. He brought
Spotted Pudding, Beef Rouladen and Scrambled Eggs A La King to Neopia, along with some of his less popular dishes. Food that
is ... literally out of this world!
Space Discount Card - Get your Virtupets Discount card now and you can save loads of Neopoints whenever you buy an item from any official Neopets
store. Thats right, you can save points when you buy anything from that limited edition Welsh Usuki doll, to a cute little
Warf, or that Million Degree Sword your Neopet has been lusting after :)
Tourist Attractions
Space Adoption Agency - Yes, you can be the proud owner of a Grundo, one of the slave pets of Dr. Sloth. I don't know why you want one, however.
They are horrible, slobbering little things, and they cry at night. Oh well, guess you know best!
Neopet Version 2 - NPv2 was a competition that ran in November 2001. It has been completed, but feel free to check out the plot and watch the
animations :)
Grundo Warehouse - Ahh, been buying some of that new-fangled Neopets merchandise have you? Well, if you are looking for your rare item you
are in the right place! Type your RARE ITEM CODE and let's see if you have won a prize. If its a correct code, I'll pop out
to the warehouse out back and see what you have won. Good luck!
Space Stories & Trivia
The Neopedia has some great articles about the Space Station and it's inhabitants. Here are a few for you to read:
- Dr. Sloth - Evil Scientist and leader of Virtupets Corp. Will stop at nothing to destroy Neopia.
- Aisha Myriad - Learn how the Alien Aishas created their most devious weapon.
- The Space Faerie - Watches over the Space Station making sure that Neopia stays safe from Dr. Sloth.
- The Spider Grundo - This poor little grundo was enslaved by Dr. Sloth and turned into a hideous, evil mutation.
- The Grundo Chef - Grundo Chef has two loves in his life, making bizarre new recipes and playing Gormball. Sadly he is not too great at either,
but he tries very hard.
- Grundo's Gym - A little story set in Grundo's Gym.
- Inigmah the Space Brain - Known by most Neopians for his role as the host of the game Code Breakers, Inigmah the Space Brain is very private individual, to say the least.
- The Astro-Villa - Take a trip to The VirtuPets Space Station to visit the grand opening of the new Astro-Villa Hotel.
Space Station Loudspeaker Announcements
The loudspeaker booms:
- 'Next Thursday will be a holiday to celebrate our leader Dr. Sloth'
- 'VirtuPets Good. NeoPets Bad. VirtuPets Good. NeoPets Bad.'
- 'Remember, all pets must be checked in upon arrival.'
- 'Remember, laughing is prohibited. A smile costs nothing, but will get you a fine.'
- 'Will the owner of a blue Vac-U-Jet registration number C338H, please report to the main desk.'
- 'Little Freddy, please report to the vacu-store!'
- 'Donna please call reception, Donna please call reception.'
- 'McCoy to the Sickbay, McCoy to the Sickbay...'
- 'Grundo Leader Mr. Garb, please report to the Battle Level'
- 'INTRUDERS SPOTTED ON LEVEL 4!!!'
- 'Breakfast on Friday will be cancelled due to a space-gerbil infestation'
- 'Lunch in the dining hall will consist of space eggs and spam!'
- 'We have the nicest space pellets this side of Ursa Minor. Come to Grundos today!'
- 'All garbage disposals on the detention level will be shutting down after lunch'
- 'Will the owner of a blue Vac-U-Jet registration number C338H, please report to the main desk.'
- 'All plumbers on deck, please report to the sewage level'
- 'Remember, it's only 3 weeks till lint inspection. Make sure your tumble dryer is clean today!'
