[spoiler]To be honest the reason I didn't beam you guys up was because I wanted to keep the number of active players in the station paralleled to the number of active players on my freighter, otherwise the whole game would be taking place on my ship and therefore I would be getting a shite ton of flak from Ktan...[/spoiler]

That's a load of shit

Not from me, rather the Plague. The game ends when everybody either quits or dies.