World Weavers started as an on-line club called SF. It was started by Greg Swedberg and Mark Pickett on June 30, 1991 in the Arts Club on the Prodigy service. The club grew rapidly and then shrank again. There was little stability.

At that time, role playing on the Prodigy bulletin boards was against the rules but many Prodigy members ignored the rule and did it anyway! The games were played under the science fiction discussion topic and in the television section where Prodigy members discussed Star Trek. Many clubs were established and posts for the clubs soon took over a such a sizable portion of the board that there were complaints.

Finally, Prodigy established a separate Star Trek topic. Still, it was technically against the rules to role play. Eventually, however, the clubs became so popular that Prodigy bowed to pressure and started a Game Club with a Star Trek RPG topic. All the role-playing clubs were asked to move and SF did so.

In October, 1992, Swedberg, after being criticized for how he handled the club's affairs, decided to resign as Fleet Admiral and he appointed then Captain Pickett as a new Fleet Admiral. Joe Ramirez, was an Admiral at the time and there was considerable objection to him being passed over. After vigorous discussion, both Pickett and Swedberg left and Joe was promoted by popular acclaim. Beginning at that time, SF started making major changes.

Shortly after that, Joe asked Admiral Jack Gerber to assist in a wider area of responsibility. Jack gradually became the club manager. Outside pressure prevented Joe from carrying on the duties of Fleet Admiral and he eventually resigned in favor of Jack who took over as Fleet Admiral in April, 1992.

In early 1993, Prodigy announced that they would begin charging for time spent on the boards. A search was initiated for a new home. There was an abortive attempt to move to National Videotex, but that turned out not to meet the club's needs at a reasonable price. The club then moved to Mnematics.

After a brief stint there, we had to once again pack up and move due to sudden and unexpected changes in the service. This time we were determined to find a home where we had reasonable security. We found our new home on Usenet where SF established a newsgroup called alt.starfleet.rpg.