Two old, old, oooold friends of mine who I had been doing a series of sci-fi roleplay encounters with, upon them learning that I was a Freelancer fan they asked me if I knew about Discovery, got me into it and got me playing with them....
Then they both quit D:
One because he thought: "There's too many new rules from when I first started playing"
And the other because she was bored without her husband XD
But me? I stayed, 'Cause I was really enjoying the roleplay encounters I was having in game and over time I made some pretty good friends here.