[Septimius Severus]

Unless you have an unorthodox team strategy (knowing Chris he probably does), or your Ashdod and/or willing to take risks, or employing SC pretenders, the first few turns are generally routine with not much happening. So failing anything else, if the build for Arco has been discussed, a pretender could be uploaded by the Usurpers teammates. The Usurpers could use that time to find a sub, take turns playing for the missing player, etc. I don't want to go that route but we may have no choice.

Captains (or acting Captains) generally have overall responsibility for subs/replacements on their team. As well as the player who is absent to some degree. This is why I encourage the lineup of alternates ahead of time and the continuing communication of team members. We all know how fickle fate can be. Dom3 games can run for long periods so a stalwart crew is essential for a team game. Sometimes/oftentimes captains must be proactive.

I am hearing something from Gandalf regarding Mictlan's pretender. Something about a forgotten password? Algae, what is going on? A single password for all team pretenders is a good idea in my opinion.

Jorus, Tonno, tells me he has acquired a legit copy of the game. His banning here, though would not necessarily affect his being able to play in our game (once he has gotten his game straightened out), we have our own team forums and such.