[@Wraithblade6] for purposes of the RP I am going to meet you all on the ship. The techies should enter next to a few prison cells holding Oskar and his band of miscreants. This will neccesitate changing his back story some but I just got home after driving for 12-13 hours. So I will worry about that tomorrow. 

Basically they are condemned prisoners and you just need to convince them to join your jolly band of pirate psychopaths.