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TrekMUSH: Among the Stars Official Wiki
Welcome to the official wiki of the ATS TrekMUSH, the oldest Star Trek-themed MUSH still running. This wiki site provides both IC and OOC information about the MUSH for the benefit of both new and veteran players alike. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the information stated within is to be considered OOC information only.
The MUSH
Beginning in 1993 under the name Future Realms, ATS has stood the test of time (and the MMORPG age) as a bastion for those Trekkies who want an open-ended experience living in a Trek-themed universe. The home of the ASpace virtual space system employed on many Trek-themed MU*, ATS continues to move forward with new systems and new ideas as it celebrates the twentieth anniversary of its launch.
With an active playerbase of over one hundred individuals settled in five nations (or orgs as they are referred to in-game) and a diligent staff, ATS is always looking for new players to join us in playing Star Trek and perhaps even bringing some unique, new thoughts on how we can continue to evolve and remain the most successful TrekMUSH ever. If you have the time and the desire, please join us at ats.trekmush.org:1701. The history of ATS splits from the series after Deep Space Nine's episode "The Way of the Warrior", and has it's own rich history and backstory spanning over 20 real life years.
Some pieces of history to note include the extinction of the Q, and the MUSH universe being locked from the rest of the multiverse due to a long list of reasons which we encourage you to find out ICly and through the game history page.
The Options
As we indicated, there are five nations (orgs) from which to choose on ATS and they are listed below.
Romulan Republic (OPEN NOW!)
Along with the five orgs, there are twenty-six races to choose from when creating a character, a simple yet robust die-based combat system, a mission-based trade system that also allows for independent commodity trading, and a merits system that allows players to achieve ranks in their organizations at their own accord and upgrade their personal ships to classes which fit their style of play. Roaming the space lanes, players will come across Orion pirates, Hirogen hunters, the dreaded Borg and others looking to fight, trade or simply meet over drinks.
Creating a Character Background
Most of the character creation process is fairly straightforward. There are a few rules to follow in creating your background.
- Your character must have a maturity level equivalent to 22 Terran years of age.
- Your character must not be a time traveler, inter-dimensional traveler, or posses superpowers.
- Your character can be intelligent, but keep it realistic. A 20 year old who can engineer anything likely will not be approved.
- Your character may not be related to any copyrighted Star Trek character.
A helpful list of common tropes that Admin see ad nauseum include:
- Both parents deceased from mysterious shuttle accident.
- Having a ship component blow up and remove a limb.
- Loss of entire family in mysterious accidents.
You may wish to avoid these if possible.
Current Events
Migration to Penn 1.8.6p0 has been completed! With that comes lots of new features, including xterm256 support, KEEPALIVE flag, @chan/recall, @Monikers, Dynamic Border system, Too many bug fixes to list, and a streamlined registration process. With the migration, we have some new cool things, such as Smarter AI, Dynamic nebulae and anomaly system, science merits which tie into the nebulae and anomaly system for exploration, Leaderboards, and a re-imagined cloaking system.
We have lots of plans in store for the game, and cannot wait to share our new visions with you!
The Staff
Like most MUSH, the ATS staff is a collection of roybits (referred to as admin) and wizards (referred to as assholes). However, unlike some MUSH, the orgs of ATS have no official staff themselves. Below you will find a list of our admin and wizards.
Admin
- Dane - Don't let his sarcastic nature fool you, he knows what he's doing, and his primary responsibilities are: Ships and Space @Tickets, and Logistics.
- Orlene - You may know her already, she is our RP Admin. Her responsibilities have now been expanded to include building. She also is our main Wiki maintainer.
- Sachaelte - New kid on the block. She is responsible for facilitating RP, building and coding.
Wizards
- Atuarre - Founder of the MUSH, server-operator, coder, creator of ASpace, and writer of some of the most memorable plots in ATS history
- Kingu - The nice wizard, coder of a lot of the admin-specific stuff, the one people aren't afraid to page
- Venar - Codes a lot of the code which integrates with Atuarre's code, maker of fine ATS-historical action figures
- Zenithar - CoderGod. Creates and maintains game-wide systems, hardcode and softcode, and spacecode. Not to be trifled with, is known to stuff you into a box, or mogrify your speech until you cry.
Admin Requests
Go to Admin Requests and edit it with any requests you may have for moving pages, images, blah, blah, blah.
Game History
Go to The Extensive Game History to learn about what has happened in the game since we opened. Remember, we part ways with canon at DS9's "Way of the Warrior". This is still a work in progress, please pardon our dust. If you are a veteran player, and wish to contribute, PLEASE DO! Orlene can't do this all on her own!
