---
type: User Story
title: "US-001: Start, pause, and administer the game"
description: Give server operators safe control over the Tyrant game's lifecycle and state.
status: done
---

# US-001: Start, pause, and administer the game

As a **server operator**, I want to start, pause, resume, and inspect the game so that it can coexist safely with maintenance and other server events.

## Acceptance criteria

- [x] An administrator can start the first game by assigning the initial Tyrant.
- [x] The administrator may assign the first Vigilante or leave the role vacant for the configured Vigilante arena challenge.
- [x] An administrator can pause and resume the game without deleting game state.
- [x] Pausing freezes progression, cooldowns, daily-use timers, inactivity checks, and pending-selection deadlines.
- [x] Role and class effects are suppressed while paused and restored when play resumes.
- [x] Administrative commands require the `spigottyrant.admin` permission, granted to server operators by default.
- [x] Administrators can inspect lifecycle state, roles, classes, Followers, purchases, levels, cooldowns, participation, pending selections, and the configured Vigilante arena location.
- [x] Destructive administrative operations require explicit confirmation.

## Related

- [Tyrant game state machine](../concepts/game-state-machine.md)
- [Configure and persist game state](us-012-configure-and-persist-state.md)
- [Claim the Vigilante role in the arena](us-019-claim-vigilante-in-arena.md)