<div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">ATTENTION</span></strong></div><br/>It is my sad duty, as your GM, to inform you all that I have made the decision to actively search for a replacement to play the role of our ship's mechanic.  It has been two weeks since I last heard anything from PearlRuby. I only hope that she is alright and nothing bad has happened to her.<br/><br/>While I realize that her character hasn't really had much of a need to post lately, I have had to change things up and deviate from our coordinated game plan. This is not a big deal, but we are looking at leaving Persephone in the near future and we will need a mechanic to install our new catalyzer at the least, preferably to accompany us in case something else goes wrong. I know that some people are very particular about having others play their characters for them, so I will not god mod her character for this reason. Suffice it to say that I feel it would be in our best interest to advertise a need for a new mechanic writer/character sooner rather than later so that I could have time to review character sheet submissions and so that whomever I decide on will have some time to play a little catch up.<br/><br/>I will be writing Hayes off the ship and out of the game in such a manner that, should she return, she may still rejoin us. Taking that into consideration, I will probably be looking to fill the mechanic position as more of a hybrid role character, someone who can keep us up and running while also being able to assist proficiently in another role. This way, if Pearl DOES return, our new writer won't be redundant and out of a job. Would anyone like to have their character being somewhat knowledgeable of ship mechanics who might be able to assist whoever we find to replace our whiz mechanic, Hayes? It's not required, but I figured I'd put it out there to see if anyone bites.<br/><br/>Does anyone have any questions, comments, or suggestions on this subject?