Ok, after much deliberating, I'm going to share a few more detail with you guys as to what goes on with the Wakaba. Our current plot is almost a year before the Res rescues us. During that time there are a couple big things that happen. We'll RP these events out later, but for the Res plot rescue, these are important facts to know.
1) Our crew numbers pre-disappearance were about 1800. That number dropped to around 1500 when they were taken to wherever it was they ended up. That first big fight saw around 200 more deaths. In the current Wakaba plot, were looking at around 1300 crew.
2) There is a huge fight and the Wakaba crash lands on a planet. Crew numbers after this fight are around 1000 maybe even less.
3) At this point the crew, especially the Nekos, are... suggested/encouraged, strictly not-ordered/volunteer only to have kids. Since from conception to full grown neko is only about 6 months, this is a way to increase the crew and help with repairs and what not.
These major events is to help you figure out how your character might be feeling when rescue does finally come. We'll have been crashed on a planet for at least 6 months. Maybe your character decided to have a child to help increase the crew's numbers. Maybe your character isn't a neko, but wanted to have a child. Depending your race, you might have just a baby or even still pregnant. How does that affect your character? Obviously, there would be some special privileges/rewards/perks for those who now have families. Maybe your character didn't have kids and are jealous of the perks others get? Finally, as another way to help with improve moral, the command staff would have given everyone at least two rank increases.
With these things in mind. If anyone wanted to make a new character and say they were born on the ship they are welcome to. I actually made two nekos that are the children of Thomas and Setsunu. This could also be a good way to add new people who might want to join our plot. Hope this sounds exciting! I know I'm excited about RPing these events out and our getting rescued.