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On Dragon Wings

*Set in the world of the Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey.* The survival of Pern has always been precarious, with the Red Star raining devastation on the planet and nothing but a few thousand dragons to defend the world. But things never seemed more like they were balanced on a knife-edge than at the beginning of the Ninth Pass, when a scant 300 dragonriders stood between the Pernese and annihilation. With no alternative but to survive, the people of Pern managed to persevere through the darkest days of the early Pass and now see a steadily brightening glimmer of hope as the riders for Fort and Benden begin reopening Igen, bringing more of the Northern Continent under the protection of dragonkind. Our story is one of a hopeful tomorrow, where the heroism and sacrifices of individuals in the here-and-now will reap rewards in the future. Pern will find its way forward, guided by the actions of everyday heroes. Our game is set in an alternate version of the Ninth Pass of Pern, where the plan to bring forward the Oldtimers failed. That was more than fifteen years ago, and all of the canon characters have died or faded into obscurity, leaving things on the shoulders of a new generation of heroes.

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pern.gaslightswitch.com 4201answering since 16 Aug 2026

7 connected

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Connect screen

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Connections by hour

Busiest Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 15:00–23:59.

times in UTC · 8-week rolling average

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Players on by day, in UTC. 8-week rolling average.
day quietest busiest at not measured no count
Mon6 14 15:00– –
Tue4 15 01:00– –
Wed5 14 16:00– –
Thu6 14 01:00– –
Fri6 15 15:00– –
Sat7 17 17:00– –
Sun5 17 17:00– –

How many, over time

No measurement in this range.

days in UTC · 4 Mar 2026 – 1 Jun 2026

Nothing counted in this range.

Reachable

reachable · last 90 days

Reachable 100.0% of the 26 days we have measured. No day we measured was unreachable. 64 days predate anything we measured.

90 days ago today
reachable
100.0%
longest outage
none in the window
last cause
nothing recorded
  • reachable
  • degraded — answered, could not finish
  • unreachable
  • not measured
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  • 13 Jun – 15 Aug: 64 days not measured

What changed

  1. 16 Aug 2026 endpoint recorded as pern.gaslightswitch.com 4201 (handshake)

Capabilities

None of the 1 disagree.
capability measured declared age
MSSP ✕ absent – silent

Declared by the game

codebase
AresMUSH
status
Open
website
https://pern.gaslightswitch.com
genre
Sci-Fi
name
On Dragon Wings
description
*Set in the world of the Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey.* The survival of Pern has always been precarious, with the Red Star raining devastation on the planet and nothing but a few thousand dragons to defend the world. But things never seemed more like they were balanced on a knife-edge than at the beginning of the Ninth Pass, when a scant 300 dragonriders stood between the Pernese and annihilation. With no alternative but to survive, the people of Pern managed to persevere through the darkest days of the early Pass and now see a steadily brightening glimmer of hope as the riders for Fort and Benden begin reopening Igen, bringing more of the Northern Continent under the protection of dragonkind. Our story is one of a hopeful tomorrow, where the heroism and sacrifices of individuals in the here-and-now will reap rewards in the future. Pern will find its way forward, guided by the actions of everyday heroes. Our game is set in an alternate version of the Ninth Pass of Pern, where the plan to bring forward the Oldtimers failed. That was more than fifteen years ago, and all of the canon characters have died or faded into obscurity, leaving things on the shoulders of a new generation of heroes.