Do we really need a whole bunch of people to start with? Why not begin with 3 and have the unit separated, if more people join then we find our other men later a sole survivor joins up with us, another unit is merged with ours to reform the company and so forth. I do think it is futile to try to have such a large RP anyways with the current state of the guild. If they like what they see, the players will join naturally, etc.