I did a search and couldn't find anything regarding exploration and multicrew but maybe this has already been answered. Scenario: Our Carrack crew consisting of myself and friends (ie not NPCs) are many jumps from the nearest respawn point and have just discovered an unknown wormhole we jump through and find a multi planet system. This system will take days to scan and catalogue and we don't want to have to travel back (maybe taking hours) so we all agree to logout there. What happens if I now want to play but the ships owner is not online? Will we be given the option of: a) Not playing? b) Respawning at nearest outpost (where I have no ships) meaning the Carrack now is missing vital crew members? c) Trusted to fly the Carrack without the owner? d) Switching to another character elsewhere in the verse until the captain is online? What happens if vital crew members (who logged out on board) are not online when the captain wants to play do they automatically become NPCs or is he potentially unable to play due to risk of ship loss (ie missing gunners, engineer, navigator, etc)?