To clarify a few things brought up in Chel's post  .I could incorporate this into my post, but I'd rather avoid the confusion.<br/><br/>The Colonel and Co. have rounded up all the<em>able-bodied</em>civilians from the beached pods.  There are still surviving pod groups in the jungle, both military and civilian, that they haven't reached yet.  The survivors of Raine's pod are part of the group that is with the Colonel.<br/><br/>The Colonel is rounding up the citizens so they can take shelter in the CACC pod.  He has left a couple of his men and women behind at every pod that had wounded and dead: triage and burial servitors.  He intends to round them all up sometime the next day, with proper materials (i.e. stretchers) to transport the wounded.<br/><br/>Although the basecamp on the beach was good for an immediate shelter, it's awfully exposed.  Remember, Novus has two suns and two moons, so its tides are going to be noticably stronger than Earth's.  Why do you think the beach was so broad, from treeline to waterfront, wide enough even that rocketing spacecraft could easily land on it?  The basecamp would be flooded daily.<br/><br/>Also, I vouch for making NPC characters, even though they<em>are</em>minor, controllable only by the person who created them.<br/><br/>On an unrelated note, I like Linco.  He seems to be a bit insane.  Well...  A lot insane.  I'm not sure I'd have him watch my kids.