Woo hoo more interest! First my apologies especially to Cap valiant, had some family stuff pop up and have not gotten back to him.
I like the ideas so far. Some of my musings have been along the lines of the no start buffs unless something fits the character concept on all new characters. Kinda plan the 1 to 10 levels where we then come together and "form" the group. Try to find a manufactured "organic" ways to come together. Hell we could just run positron or dfb as the formation arc and figure out how to get there. Plan individual meetups until the lvl 8 or not.
As for roles/archtypes, yes something like that except less focus on Ironman type but having a tech guy would make sense. Don't want to recreate either team just the spirit. Like the idea of the different perspectives of a tech guy trying to talk with a god and an alien while someone is doing yoga in the background trying to block out the noise of the yammering idiots kind of scene.
I'll start getting in touch with people tonight and go from there.