First up - obligatory thanks and offer of money...
Now, I was thinking....
There are so many of us willing to volunteer time and expertise - more than are probably needed.
If we each grab our own copy (all avail on BT) and start playing/learning while servers are down - that might be best.
In short, we may not be able to help directly with Torchbearer/Excelsior, but there is no reason we can't each become a SME on running City of Heroes.
I know I've grabbed code/binaries/vm and when I get back home (on vacation right now), I'm going to start tearing into this and learning....
Worst case, "MyGroovyServer" will have one hero running around until we throw a lan party...