State of the City

Greetings, my fellow Augustans. I'm writing this post in cooperation with the other duly-elected Judges, /u/scramble0 and /u/isit2003, as well as presumed Mayor-elect /u/citylion1, to discuss the current plan for the continuation of MtA.

Is the government defunct?

No, the the government continues. Server activity is at a low point for a variety of reasons that I won't attempt to address in this post. However, we want to assure everyone who does wish to continue playing Realms that the Augustan government will continue to function in its present capacity on this server for the foreseeable future.

We presume Citylion to be the next Mayor of Mount Augusta. The previous Mayor term ended some days ago, and the upcoming Mayoral election has only a single eligible candidate, /u/citylion1. We are assuming him to be mayor-elect as a matter of continuity. We plan to still create the necessary election threads in this subreddit per current law.

The voter tree sign has been updated. A new sign has been put up for October 18 and registration continues as normal (under current law) in the voter registration thread. As you renew your voter registration, you will be granted your appropriate roles in the new Discord (see below).

Is the City safe?

Yes, with caveats. Some petty raiding has occurred due to low activity, partially decayed structures are particularly vulnerable. However, people who are not involved in the conflict and are playing within MtA and the Wycliffe AN have been respected as non-combatants by both sides in the current war.

If you are an ally of one of the sides in the war, however, the government of MtA cannot guarantee your safety within our borders.

Discord

• A new Discord for MtA can be found here: https://discord.gg/Dms8gpY
  The previous Discord was deleted by its maintainer, and while we used the old classics discord for a day or two, a new MtA discord has been set up. This discord isn't limited to Realms, but will also be used for continuity if and when MtA moves to a new civ server. Please register or renew your registration in the voter registration thread to be given current roles!

Infrastructure

• Work on metro rail lines, while slow, does continue.
  • The line from the Midtown station to the Wycliffe AN now extends all the way to the portal room, and has been upgraded to take advantage of 12m/s minecart speeds.
  • A new short express line from Midtown to Downtown has been installed.

Commerce

• Rokko Mart continues to operate, with a full set of exchanges for Iron, Diamond, Gold, and XP to and from Stamina. In fact today is the closing day of a Free Blast Furnace Weekend.
• Mining activity continues to be low, however someone is still buying minerals. If you are sitting on ores or minerals or feel like mining, now is a great time to sell and earn some stamina.

What's next?

We anticipate draft legislation in the coming days to simplify certain parts of the voter registration and citizenship process, and ensure that Mount Augusta continues to live up to its ideal of being an open and welcoming society, for newfriends and oldfriends alike, despite these trying times.

In addition, while several successor servers have been announced recently, the creation and maintenance of a full civ server is a significant undertaking, and it is unlikely that another stable civ server will be available soon. However, if one does become available in the future, we will discuss whether MtA will move there officially at that time, both on Discord and Reddit.

In the meanwhile, even if you will not be playing Realms anymore, we invite you to join our discord and connect with your fellow Augustans, and take part in discussions about the continuation of Mount Augusta.

Thank you.

Lex Paciferat.