All I'm advocating is that Eviledd take the time IC to have Michael delegate the team to accomplish their goal. I think that activity is stagnant largely for the fact that no one is really having their character take charge; everyone's looking for a more absolute directive to come from somewhere. 

I'm just suggesting two groups to start with since we can use that as a means to brush off the character whose players have dropped while still acknowledging the [characters'] presences; it also lets us integrate their departure into the completion of the mission, which can help expedite the process a bit, so the RP can really take off. I'm sure that no one wants to spend five months on the tutorial, if you will.