[@crossfire] Option 1 for people who have stated that they may return. Those who are gone for good can either be 2 or 3. Captured units or casualties will be interesting especially if we run into something we may not have been expecting.

Also, this is just my personal opinion but... Isn't our new AI companion a little too overpowered? He has a 720 round assault rifle that can punch through multiple targets, can use heavy weapons, can use snipers, can hack, can tear a human in half or punch a hole through their ribs and torso, and has enough armor plating to be a tank character. I know you already accepted them but, can't we tone it down a bit? Because this robot is essentially a one-man army and I don't see anything less than some eldritch space horror being able to take him down. I feel like this may cause problems during points in the story where we are supposed to be desperately fighting for our lives because we can just have him do all the hard work.