[quote=@RedXIII]
I think you could probably go either way.  

If you start pre-crash, it gives people a chance to introduce their characters under raw, undiluted circumstances in a session of introductory exposition.  If you do it post-crash, they can introduce elements of their characters in a sort of 'Lost' style, where they can feed bits and pieces of their life pre-crash (in flashbacks and recollection) as the RP goes on; a mix of exposition and present-based reaction.

I don't think there is a right or wrong there, but I would personally lean toward the post-crash scenario.  Others might have differing opinions.
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I want to do the post that you described,  so I wrote it that way.