I think the best way to help Outcast at this stage is to NOT keep bombarding him with questions which aren't absolutely vital and which can't be answered by other players. I was getting overwhelmed by the amount of questions directed at Outcast OOC alone (so not including PMs) and I don't have to answer them!

Also, the point of the long gap between updates is not only to give the GM a chance to write up a decent update, but also so that players can do stuff ICly without rush. Everyone at the Constantinople Conference definitely doesn't want an update today or soon, there's still a lot of IC stuff that's going to happen before update, just you wait...*ominous music*