Starmourn is a free science fiction MUD
The Starmourn sector is a post-Earth space adventure where alien races unit against the ever-present Ishvana threat. Explore a fully original universe and forge your legacy. The stars await you, spacer.
Wetwiring cures you, so you can focus more on the fight.
Starmourn's healing system requires no curatives or potions. Wetwiring is the colloquial name for a network of microscopic machinery that runs through your character's body and cures afflictions on a cycle.
In a fight, damage lands on five key subsystems: Muscular, Internal, Sensory, Mind, and Wetwiring. Your main focus is tracking your subsystem statuses, restoring them when you can, and knowing when to run from the fight. Taking too much system damage can result in afflictions, and you'll have to MEND or REGENERATE to resolve them.
Five Wetwiring Subsystems
No curatives or potions
Diagram of the documented mechanic. Sepsis is the internal system's feedback affliction. Mend resistance, and the balance every mend costs, are why spamming a mend is the wrong instinct.
LOOK Directory list of 3,1 ICE/ @antivirus @honeypot Routes/ north west [106/140 s] INFECT ANTIVIRUS UseSync(3.00) Infect.Result("antivirus", 11) [99/140 *] OpsLoss(3,@antivirus) [96/140 s] OVERWRITE ANTIVIRUS Load("Overwrite self-replicating_antivirus", 300) [92/140 *] OpsLoss(4,@antivirus) Overwrite.Result("antivirus", 24) antivirus.Delete() PasswordUpdate("D") -> Display($pass) -> DE*****
Hacking is a unique skill with powerful rewards
Hacking is a crucial skill in the Starmourn sector for accessing locked areas, embezzling bonus marks, and more! Find a terminal, leave your physical body behind, and enter the grid as a virus.
The grid's map is generated anew with each hack and gets revealed one circuit at a time as you move, and the goal of the hack is to uncover a secret password. Fighting ICE (Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics) like antiviruses, firewalls, scanners, honeypots, and glitches will reveal letters in the password if you defeat their unique behaviors.
There is no Wetwiring in the grid. Your health is called ops, and your attacks are unique to the Hacking skill tree which you level up by hacking increasingly challenging grids.
Since Crew Hacking arrived in May 2026, a crew of spacers can breach one grid together with: HACK CREW OPEN <terminal>
Pilot a fleet of starships you built
Starmourn's starship classes range from zippy little interceptors to dangerous battleships and destroyers to massive superhaulers. Outfit the ship yourself in the shipforge with weapons and components to maximize your output, then team up with another player to mod and amplify it even further.
Space exploration is powerfully built out with unique PvE and PvP content to explore. Take to the stars and fight unique alien incursions, defend your Faction in conflict events like Cosmpiercers, destroy Pirate refineries, and more!
If guns and lasers aren't your thing, the space economy is a massively lucrative venture. Collect gaseous minerals and crush asteroids to refine raw materials into finished products, or blow up massive asteroids for a big boon in marks and prestige. Once you earn enough marks, build your own refineries and defend your title as a Tycoon of Industry.
In addition to Habitations, your starship serves as a base of operations and home on jets. Outfit each ship with customizable layouts, room descriptions, and decor to make them your own.
Fleet Mining shipped in May 2026: mine with other players using a mothership with ore crushers or gas compressors fed by smaller harvester ships.
Learn more: Starship basics The economy
Five classes with completely different skills
Each class runs on its own resource and its own idea of a good fight. Fourteen playable races sit on top of that, from amphibious Amaians to the winged, leonine W'hoorn.
Still shipping
Starmourn launched in December 2018 and has been a fully volunteer-run Legacy Game since July 2023. Keep up to date on development and events news on the blog:
Have something nice to say? Go on ‘n say it! You no longer have to wait for annual fanmail in Starmourn to share a nice note with your fellow players. The new Esteem system allows you to offer praise for other players’ roleplay or to simply share a positive comment or good vibe to let…
Rumor has it that HETE has run into a new bug in their records system and speculation abounds! How might it affect spacers in the Starmourn sector? You’ll have to log in to find out! April’s primed for good times, laughs, and silliness to kick off the most foolish of seasons. We’ll post details here…
It’s wild to believe that Starmourn is already turning SIX years old, but here we are! Let’s celebrate in style – Everyone who logs in this month will receive a free Rainbow Tesseract and a 6th Year Commemorative badge! TOUCH the badge for a sentimental look back at some of our friends from the new…
And with that, another Winterflame season has come to a close! Thank you all for celebrating another warm-hearted winter festival with us here in Starmourn. The SS Ironbeard has already returned home for a much deserved rest, and Factional elements will be slowly put back into storage over the next sync or so. For everyone…
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