Nice.
Now let's make voting easier:
THE CORE (most useful, least to be missed):
1) FEDOR VYCK, SCHOLAR & GENTLEMAN ~ Duelist & Diplomat, might stab us in the back if we take him, might plot against us if we don't
2) SENESCHAL GALLEAT ~ Fussy administrator, probably useless, unless the worst enemies we encounter are endless lists and calculus
3) MELINOË, THE EYELESS ONE ~ Fallen Angel, useful and bound to our will, tho could become bound to someone stronger we might encounter on the ship
4) THE CHIRURGEON ~ A reasonable woman, squishy healer type
5) 8 MEN INQUISITORIAL SQUAD ~ The Vigil’s best (not all that good), cannon fodder
ENGINEERING (medium usefulness, situational on us encountering mechanical things):
6) VAANTROP, CHIEF OF WORKS ~ Stolid and solid, and definitely not a dwarven engineer
7) ASSORTED MECHANICS
THE CREW (low usefulness, hard to impossible to replace in case things go wrong, except the cabin boy):
8) THE CAPTAIN ~ Would like to have been a pirate, stuck at being commanded by landlubbers
9) RIVERNECK, SECOND-IN-COMMAND ~ Dreams of the Deep, totally not possesed by Cthulu
10) APANAGIAS, COOK ~ Good with a cleaver, yells "FRESH MEAT", everytime someone enters the kitchen
11) MATCHES, THE CABIN BOY ~ A mistake, also voted as "most probable to be revealed as OP deus ex machina"
12) ASSORTED SAILORS
Voting goes by points. Yes = +1, No = -1, Don't Care = 0
Any Choice with a score of above 0, come with us.