We're about ready to make a timeskip to the next day. With this, I'll narrate up how the former day closed and will proceed to make most of the characters whom were 'disabled' active again.
This should give Kai, Sumaru, Sayuri, Camellia and most of the other wounded the freedom of coming to, getting out of bed and coming to term with what happened to them.
Please note that once the timeskip is done, the period immediately ensuing until the mission's "end" (until Kotori debriefs her senior staff and interviews a few people) is largely going to determine whom gets to stay on Miharu and whom will be 'reassigned'.
For some player characters like Kel's Miyoko, Krisslanza's Yuril and Moonman's Sanjuro, this is a chance for them to pitch back in and be as active as the rest of the plot seems. If you have no reason to actually post, or can justify 'absence' via vacation and such, you will need to tell me. Either I can accommodate you, or help you.
Please understand that Miharu currently holds a fairly large number of players, but some of them barely show any activity. Because of that, some people interested in participating on Miharu have to be rebuffed because "we're full". As the coming missions are going to be easier, less spec-ops fare, the opportunity to open the door and allow new blood in is present... so, some cleaning up may be in order... if you'll forgive how callous that sounds.
Do know that deadweight players in SARP are typically dealt with harshly. I have a policy, however, of trying to keep those inactive characters in the background until a mission's end either to avoid killing them or to give them a timespan in which they could 'jump back in'. Kurohoshi Masako is an example of a character whom was kept on ice, but was able to be recovered - Masako was used as a 'offscreen' NPC for most of Mission 3, and her player Matt still managed to pick her up to become active again.
So, the inactives are going to be reassigned elsewhere on some excuse. Their players will be able to pick them up later if they wish, though there won't be anymore insurance that Miharu will be able to accept them again.
You'll notice that Aoiko, Lin's character, died. That's one point where I broke my own rules, because Lin had a fairly bad track record; joining plots, participating in a little, then dropping out/becoming inactive only to hop plots again to repeat the process. I saw very little goodwill behind the character, or enthusiasm at roleplaying her alone (funny, when I had Kotori back on Wes' Sakura I didn't have to be prodded or begged into posting - I was already enthusiastic about participating); and I decided to deal with her indefinitely. If the player wishes to reclaim her character at a later date, Lin will have to make up an excuse having her character restored.
Anyhow, I figured I owed an explanation for that.
So, the cards are on the table. I'm looking to have this post do more than just spur people into posting just once 'to be safe' after the timeskip. Make no mistake: I'm looking forward to seeing them -active- again.
In addition, if some of you wish to transfer to other plotships, now may be a good time to get this done. Maybe Miharu doesn't have enough power armor action for you? You could try the Senbu. Maybe the Eucharis' faster posting clip and shorter-paced missions would be more appealing for you. Just let me and the plot's GM know, and we'll try to accommodate you.
That is all. Expect the timeskip to come about somewhere around this weekend.