The RPG was originally formed out of an organization called "Virtual Trek" (abbreviated "vTrek") operating on The Microsoft Network (MSN) in May 1995. When an affiliation agreement was signed in 1996 with organization head Chad Morrett for the group to provide role-playing games on Star Trek: The Continuum, the organization's publicly advertised name changed. The establishment of this organization, and attempts to make it successful, contributed to legal action by Paramount Pictures against America Online in 1997.