I have an idea I typed up and then my browser went crazy, so here I go again.<br/><br/>We had that possible plot in which the mission was the aim of sabotage, maybe we could up the bet, and make it that now the martians are targeted with a virus (the one that affects the computers in people's heads and puts them in stasis), somehow bare with me I just got the idea it affects the inactive characters, that way all the inactive characters get on hold and can come back if the player wants to. (or someone else takes them)<br/><br/>If any of the inactive characters is essential Chrystal could NPC it<br/><br/>This also could give us a plot in which the remaining ones have to deal with an undermanned base and some of us have to convince people on earth that the mission can keep running as it is.