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Back to normal, from that shattered world of madness!

This year's prank involved taking a few parts of three towns, throwing them into the End, and integrate the USS Voyager as a final destination of a rally going through all areas. As such, players who wanted "rescue" had to make the following steps:
- Start in Central and find the added teleportation point in the TransHub
- Navigate Stone Ville's sewers up to the underground lobby
- Visit the ruins of Sydney and find the exit teleport on the plains near the crater
- Take in the breathtaking view of the USS Voyager before exploring its insides

Every 30 minutes, the following message would be displayed:
THE ENDERMEN ARE TEARING THROUGH SPACE AND TIME!
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! FIND THE RESCUE SHIP!!


The point was to get people moving, and realize that there was something beyond the chunk of Central that they originally landed on. To add a fun element and allow somewhat faster travel, minecarts could be placed anywhere on the ground and used as cars. One could even engage RAMMING SPEED and run over other players, possibly killing them in the process. I can't be the only one who now wants more racing tracks, right...?

As an extra gag and a throwback to the fan-favorite forums' prank of 2006, all players had the "Admin" title. Unfortunately for you, it came with no extra powers.

Here are some screenshots of the state of the server during that terrible day. Thanks to MediaKlepto for them!

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Now, for some numbers:

  • 46 people joined the server that day and were swept in
  • I had to repair the USS Voyager thrice after people damaged the area right outside the teleportation rooms
  • people contacted me, worried about server griefing
  • It took PhantomLesMis all of 4 minutes to realize this was a prank!
  • Kagato75 didn't need more than 1 hour to find the Voyager
  • I had to start over making this special map 3 times due to various technical problems!


For those interested, the USS Voyager was done by Maravrin over the course of about two years. I stumbled upon it randomly a few months ago and held unto that link until I had the opportunity to use such an impressive build. I once considered building something similar, but after seeing this one... it's not going to happen, not at full scale at least!

Of course, the entire server is back to normal. Enjoy... and beware of the endermen's stare!


The admin formerly known as Dr. Cossack.

Looking for me elsewhere? Maybe look at my Fediverse account for some more-or-less random postings! If you're a gamer, check out my Osmium profile. I'm building that tool!