First things first:
I have just installed Discovery 4.86 and, having encountered my problem, spend some time reading both the announcement and help sections in the forum. If I missed the crucial post, please link instead of yelling. :$
The Problem:
The characters on one of my accounts are missing. (Four characters)
I'm not sure if this is still relevant since Cannon apparently spent a great deal of time fixing this kind of thing, but all four were parked in Omicron Minor.
Lost characters are:
CFC_Infinity (Sekhmet Bomber)
CFC_Mu1 (Nyx Fighter)
CFC_Atalante (Geb Capital ship)
CFC_... [Name escapes me right now] (Hathor Gunship)
In the interest of full disclosure: I don't actively play at the moment, however, I have made a point of it to log in regularly to each of my characters. This has worked for several months now. So you may be tempted to think my characters simply fell inactive, but I find that hard to believe.
I have three accounts (10 auxiliary characters beside the four main ones I inconveniently lost). Since I always checked all accounts at the same time, they would all become inactive together. However, the first and third (The missing one is the 'middle' one in terms of checking) account survived, blessing me with merchants and miners galore, and nothing to shoot with in these new times.
Many thanks for any help given,
Komarov
P.S.: Just to clarify: I do have account code and signature - naturally - and use the account manager - again, naturally.