So just as a small update for everyone: I'm still waiting on a few more folks to arrive with Character Sheets before starting the IC. 

With regards to the IC itself, this roleplay will be operating a little bit differently than many others do, so I wanted to go over how I was planning on running it and hopefully get feedback. Basically, prior to the opening post, every character will receive a mission dossier from the Global Coalition (i.e. I will PM it to you). It is your choice (and by extension, your character's) to share the information that you gain from that dossier with the other characters. Different members of the expedition will have drastically different dossiers, as a soldier's mission and objectives may be quite different than a scientist's mission and objectives. I won't go into much more about that, however, as I don't want to spoil the surprise.

Following that, the initial phase of the expedition (i.e. arriving at the colony, and starting to explore) will be a little more structured. At that point, everyone will be under the command of either the Pilot (for the crew) or the head of the fireteam (for the passengers). These individuals may give orders or missions to members of their groups, and those individuals may or may not choose to follow those orders. This will change later on, and characters will have free reign to do whatever they want, but I wanted to provide an initial structure. Anyway, once an assignment is given, I will PM the individuals in question and relay objective information about where they are headed. For example, say your character was told to go explore a room. You'll get a message from me saying "The room is at the end of a long hallway. There are two dead bodies laying horizontally across the hallway, with blood streaking down from the wall. There is another door to the left, just before the room and already wide-open, which leads to a small office. The office has some notes on the desk. There is a window overlooking the residential area. In the room itself, there is a pile of bodies.." and so on and so forth. Basically, I will give you all of the information your character would see, allowing you to interpret it and take actions based on that information. Those actions would then have potential repercussions. Thoughts?