IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk; you'll find the whole diversity of human interests, ideas, and issues here, and you'll be able to participate in group discussions on one of the many thousands of IRC channels, or just talk in private to family or friends, wherever they are in the world.

Getting started!

To join the Hapes Consortium chatroom you must first download the program at www.mirc.com. When you've done that, type in a nickname and an e-mail address with which you would like to be known. This should include your rank.

To set your IRC up you will use the three icons under the "file". The folder and hammer are the options. Go in here first, next to SERVER you need to click the ADD button.Description: Star Wars Chat




IRC Server: irc.swc-irc.com
Port: 6667
To view the password login via the members area.

Click ok and then click the folder icon with #+ on it. Here you can goto ADD again.
Room: #cmg-hapes and in the password field you must fill in the password, to get this just mail your CO.

Ok, hit ok and then the lightening icon to connect! When you are connected the channel folder will pop up and you can double click #cmg-hapes.

How do I register my nickname?

In the chat dialog section simply type in /nickserv register password

Advanced Users

For all you advanced users, there are a few commands that could make your life a lot easier. Autojoin channel. If you goto the OPTIONS then IRC and then PERFORM you can enter the following:
/nickserv identify YOURPASSWORD (this one is to identify your registered name, meaning you can be OP'd if you are a +. )
/join #cmg-hapes CHANNELPASSWORD ( this would be for autojoining the hapes room. As it is passowrd protected you must ask your CO for the password)

hapes rooms:

#cmg-hapes - official members room
#hapes-Embassy - official hapes-embassy
#olanji - official olanji channel