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'''PATeam''' are volunteers who slave for Jolt to keep the community alive. They are also invariably and often unjustly wrong in the communities eyes about anything PA related.  The team was created in Round 4 (please verify) to replace [[PACrew]].

Originally PATeam was lead by [[Zeus]] until the takeover by [[Jolt]] (between [[Round 8]] when Planetarion went bust and [[Round 9]]) after which [[Spinner]] took over, followed by [[MrBrick]] until approximatley the end of [[Round 10]] and [[A2]] from then until between [[Round 12]] and [[Round 13]] Many people have been part of PATeam over the years including:

[[A2]],
[[Appocomaster]],
[[Aryn]],
[[Ashknight]],
[[Azrael]],
[[Biffy]] (Jolt),
[[Blixxard]],
[[Fudge]] (Creator),
[[Harshak]],
[[Ice-Lady]],
[[Jakey]],
[[JammyJim]],
[[JonnyBGood]],
[[KaneEd]],
[[Karmulian]],
[[Kal]],
[[Keef]] (Jolt),
[[Kloopy]],
[[Konsul]],
[[Legolas]],
[[Lunar Lamp]],
[[Mist]],
[[Mit]],
[[Mong]],
[[MrBrick]],
[[Mushroom]],
[[NB3]],
[[Noctu]],
[[Oreo]] (Creator),
[[ph8]],
[[Phil^]],
[[Pishmishy]] (Jolt),
[[Prince]],
[[Spinner]] (Creator),
[[TheRealMig]],
[[Wakey]],
[[Vish]] (Creator),
[[Xontas]],
[[Zeus]] (Creator),
[[Zokum]],

==Structure==
This has varied over time and some have accused the team of spending more time on internal politics than the future of the game.  Initially [[Zeus]] was in charge with other members at least one level below him.  Post-takeover the balance of power shifted between [[Spinner]] and the newly appointed creators [[Kloopy]] and [[Prince]] who had both left the team by the end of June 2003 (end of [[Round 9.5]]).  [[MrBrick]] took over and ran the team in a similar style to Zeus until disagreements with the team caused his departure at the end of [[Round 10]] (Christmas 2003).  From then on the team was split into departments under [[Karmulian]] (public relations), [[Mit]] (coding), [[Phil^]] (support), [[JammyJim]] (forums) and [[A2]] (IRC and internal team management).  At this point [[biffy]] was employed by [[Jolt]] and became the liason, replacing [[Keef]].  Towards the end of [[Round 12]] [[Kal]] took over the reins.

==Alliance affiliations==
Traditionally members of PA Team have been required to leave their alliances prior to joining in order to maintain impartiality.  This generally means that members of PA Team do not actively play in the round except from the 1:1 admin galaxy.  However every round there have been accusations of PATeam favouring one alliance over another. These accusations are usually from the alliances diametrically opposed to the ones supposedly favoured.

==Admin Tools==
Different members of PA Team have different levels of access to the [[admin tools]] that can be used to control the game.  These range from being able to set the [[MOTD|Message of the Day]], to searching for, and dealing with cheating accounts, to starting and stoping the [[ticker]], and finally being able to configure the entire universe setup.  Members of the [[multihunter]] team also have access to parts of the tools in order to gather evidence and determine whether or not to close a planet.  In order to maintain impartiality no-one with access to admin tools is allowed to play the game except from 1:1.

==Length of Service==
Time spent in the team varies depending on performance within the role and whether the person gets on with everyone else.  At the end of [[Round 12]] the members with the longest service so far are [[JammyJim]], [[Mushroom]] and [[Aryn]]

==NDA==
[[NDA]]'s (Non Disclosure Agreement) were insisted on by [[Jolt]] towards the end of [[Round 10]] after various incidents of leaks or team members speaking out of turn on the forums. All new members and multihunters are required to sign one.  The issue had been known to bring the team to the brink of destruction.  There have been plans at various points to bring the entire support, mod and #planetarion ops under the system, but these have so far been rejected.

==Membership==
PATeam members have generally been selected by the current members based on who they know can do the job, and since the takeover by Jolt, who is willing to sign the [[NDA]].  At various points the team included all of the forums moderators and #planetarion staff. The group that includes the mods, #planetarion ops and the #support staff are more commonly known as [[Planetarion Reps]] or the 'reps'.

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