[@TheUnknowable]

I do have a couple more questions, if you don't mind.

1) What kind of small arms are prevalent in the setting? Energy weapons of some kind presumably exist, but would they be the sort of thing our crew would be armed with, or would we be largely relying on more primitive firearms (or slugthrowers, if you prefer)?

2) Has Earth been significantly altered by its enslaved status? By which I mean, do the old political divisions still exist? Do the former governments still exist on paper, or have they been done away with entirely in favor of some kind of Imperial alien administration? Also, what is life on Earth (and other places humans inhabit) like? Is it endless toil and misery for everyone, or are some humans given preferential treatment in exchange for cooperation and collaboration? Have the aliens tampered with human law, education, even culture?

Oh, and do you want the interested to go ahead and write up CS's, since you posted the form in the OP? I've got an idea for a character, I think.