that makes perfect sense!! and thank you for giving me all that depth, it helped spark some ideas in my brain for sure. the idea that a few crew members left after one mission and suddenly some new ones need to be ushered in gives him the perfect cover so that he's not just randomly showing up, so to speak. i went ahead and commented on the commander's post to ask them if they'd be cool with a kinda-shady character joining the ranks, if so this is definitely the way i'm leaning!