Friendly forumite Granger -- who, I am guessing, suffered a bit from the two brownouts we had a while back -- has been kind enough to send and donate a UPS to us. Today, me and loftar headed over to the local UPS, and picked it up.
And here we have it in all its glory, adorned, as is only right and proper, with a sock specifically selected for the purpose. We're trying it out on "The Jeff" (After Thomas Jefferson. Our development computer.) at the moment, but we hope to plug it in on the real server this Friday. While it might not allow the server to keep on ticking through a nuclear war, it will at least be quite enough to prevent damage from temporary dips in the power supply, and, pending some configuration and whatnot, it will hopefully allow the server to at least perform clean shutdowns in case of an extended power out.
We are, of course, equally grateful to everyone who has donated. Every little helps. It's quite a kick to know that the game we've spent so much time building has a small but dedicated little community around it. These UPS babies aren't, however, entirely cheap to buy retail -- it is easily the single biggest donation we've received thus far -- so a special thank you felt in order.
In short: Haven vs. Brownouts: 1 - 0 (Obviously we reset the scoreboard when we start winning)
Thank you, Granger. You rock, and have a cape coming your way.