Alright guys, here's where we stand.<br/><br/>We're losing our first officer, doctor/cook, and hired gun/muscle. We have already lost two mechanics, a hired gun, and a companion.<br/>That leaves us with:<br/><ul class="bbc_list" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li>Captain/owner (Griff)</li><li>Pilot (Mae)</li><li>Co-Pilot (Vince)</li><li>Stow-away (Cherish)</li></ul>We've lost a total of seven players since the game started and we currently have four. Not very encouraging...<br/><br/>Unknown is our other GM who was planning on bringing in a character, as well as her SO who was possibly going to be joining us as well. Also, Loves is talking to a friend who may be joining us, but I'm not sure what role she'll be wanting to fill yet.<br/><br/>So, we have four, possibly 5 to work with as of right now...<br/><br/>We've just started a new chapter before Christmas break, which lasted longer than we planned, and are right in the stink of things that was sure to make for some interesting role play, but with so nearly half of our existing players bailing, it's going to be damn near impossible to play out the scene as it now stands. We could just scrub this scene we are currently in, skip ahead to the future a little bit, and I can write up the next post as Griff waking up from a bad dream, remembering the events that we are currently play out, how things went bad and how those characters no longer continuing with us parted ways. The only thing about this idea, is that Cherish was going to make her appearance during the scene that we are currently playing, so if we skip ahead, she misses the opportunity to play out her discovery. And to be honest, to have her remain hidden aboard the ship beyond this present scene is just a little fart fetched. I think I can speak for Cherish and I both when I say that we would like to role play her discovery and integration into the ships personnel.<br/><br/>What are y'alls thoughts on all of this. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions on how to proceed without skipping discovery of Cherish?