In the initial scene list, I had Vicki go along with. Then I realized that I can’t really set her up as having a safer, more stable life and have willing and able to go on this mission with no advanced warning.

Speaking of first drafts, Vicki and Bryn actually made it to the first draft of chapter one as crew members, until I realized just how bloated the cast was. The outline also included yet another crew member, an Earth-born member of an amphibious alien species, named Frida.