@theznar Necro I know, but I just wanted to say it was nice to read that about Star Wars: Uprising. I co-developed it with my old wizard buddy Tarison (I was Xenon, co-head-wiz), and it was easily the high point of my Mu* career. I'm glad others remember it as fondly as I do, especially those earliest days when I was still involved.
Having seen some Evennia global suite code that's under development, I totally agree. I'm not proficient at Python (yet), but just looking at it... CLEAN, VISUALLY APPEALING CODE... =P
Lilith... hmmm, that actually sounds halfway familiar, though I can't remember exactly how. Funny how the names stick with us after so many years. 
Xenon's Playlist
May as well join the party.
The vast majority of my active MU*ing took place between 1996 and 2000. There were so, so many games, but these were the ones I played for longer than a week:
Space: Above and Beyond MOO
(Can't recall names) - This was my very first online text game.
Robotech
(Can't recall names) - I remember being rather pissed that my 12 year old brother
became a Veritech pilot, but 21 year old me - born and raised on Robotech - was relegated to a Destroid. lol
BattleTech 3056
(Can't recall names) - My first source material obsession. I still have a large collection of technical readouts thanks to 3056.
Shadowrun: Seattle
(Can't recall names)
Elendor
(Can't recall names)
My primary focus quickly became games centered around the Star Wars theme:
Star Wars: Minos Cluster
Nikto: A space reporter. No, really.
Silvin: Galactic gangster - enforcer for The Company.
Star Wars: A New Threat (aka SW2)
Nikto Talos: Rebel Admiral, one-time leader of the pirate "Viceroy's Fleet".
Khalim: Dark Jedi feature, apprentice to Emperor Palpatine.
Star Wars: Brak Sector
Juke Warrens: Drifter and troublemaker.
Star Wars: Uprising
Xenon: Head builder & original co-founder, sadly it's a zombie game now.
(Among many others... I at least tried just about every Star Wars game that was live during the mid-late 90s.)
Oh, and as I just registered here today (never knew musoapbox existed)... greetings!
I've seen Fading Suns mentioned a couple of times and I totally agree... done nicely, that would be so much fun.
A gritty, urban WH 40k game... more Eisenhorn-esque than Space Marines.
A non-twitchy CBT game, pre-Clans.
A grittier, darker, more localized (i.e. doesn't take place across the entire galaxy) Star Wars setting. Perhaps a couple of systems along a trade route, or an out of the way mid or outer-rim sector. Militaries would be limited (though would have their uses), the Empire would assert itself more commonly through the activities of Imperial intelligence apparatus, business connections, etc. (Disclaimer: I've been slow-building such a game... always build the game YOU want to play, right?)
Lots of other cool ideas on here, many of which I'd give a shot, but these are the one's I'd be particularly interested in. At least this week.