When we originally started writing the survivors logs, I sent out an invitation for anyone who wanted to write one of the survivors to create them then, prior to rescue. All who wanted to do so were welcomed, and it would then be up to them whether they survived to be rescued or not. Eric created four (one of whom was subsequently lost to the shadow creatures.) Christina created one (Fidelma Kayla), and the rest I ended up creating on my own. Four of the survivors are characters I previously created and wrote aboard the Avalon B, and one of the new ones I've become a bit attatched to (Michael Tran), however Lt. Milton Preston, Ensign Matthew Fielding and Ensign Benjamin Duran are "adoptable" if anyone wants to develop and keep them permanently. I'd rather not have them just "borrowed", because it tends to lead to inconsistencies in character that really just bug me, but if you honestly want to develop and keep one of them long term let me know. If you just want to write a log interacting with them but aren't looking to develop a new character, please don't just "borrow" them. Instead, contact me ( or Eric or Christina, depending on which character(s) you're hoping to interact with) and we can do a joint log. thanks, Deb