What this place is for, and why it will outlast the fight
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A note from Janus.
"A hearty welcome to those of other worlds visiting our home for the first time." If this is your first time through the gate, that line is for you.
Why This Place Exists
This room was built for the fight in front of us. Amazon closed a door, and we are here to ask, loudly and in the open, that it be opened again. The petitions, the actions, the record we keep on the Decisions board, all of it serves that.
Built to Outlast the Fight
But I want to be honest about why I built it the way I did. The ones who came before me built the gates to outlast them. They did not last. The gates did. A network is not its builders; it is the connections that survive them. "We are whole again that you are among us, and we celebrate you being here again." That is what this place is for: a way to stay whole, together, past any single battle.
So this is not a campaign site that closes when the campaign ends. "Welcome again to those returning. You have been gone too long, and your absence has weighed heavily on our souls." Whether we win the gate back or not, this place remains: a permanent home for the people who never stopped caring, an open record that cannot be quietly rewritten, a hub that holds the lore, the decisions, the star map, and each other.
How We Operate
We do this with intent. "As we leave for distant worlds, we pledge to respect the lands of our neighbours and to act with integrity as ambassadors in peacetime." We argue in the open, we keep our word on the record, and we hold ourselves to it.
Not a Rival, a Complement
And to be plain: this is not a rival to the official campaign. Sign the petition, back savestargate.com, and carry the fight through every channel that will have us. This place exists to organise around that effort and to outlast it, never to compete with it.
Either Way, the Fire Stays Lit
If we save Stargate, this is where we organized it. If we do not, this is where we kept the fire, and where we begin again. Either way, "we will always strive to come in peace as we go in peace, and you will be welcome on our shores forever more."
Get Started
New here? Step through and say hello in the Introduce Yourself thread. It is the easiest place to start.
Our rules, and the pledge you take by joining, live here: The Covenant of the Gate Room.
Chevron seven, locked. Welcome home.
The lines set in quotes are from the Pledge of the Travellers, rendered in Anquietas. Taken from the Atlantis staircase inscriptions.
