So, as you can tell from the NPC posts (yes, this is a hint to check out
island_npc), your characters are likely to get dragooned into helping out with various necessary tasks. So... tell me what your characters are good at. In particular, the categories are:
Cooking/Food Prep: This ranges from basic washing and chopping, to gourmet technique, though there are likely to be many more characters capable of the former than the latter.
Item Crafting: Especially clothes making, but if you've got a potter, or a metalsmith, or what have you that's awesome.
Construction: Self-explanatory. Mostly involves putting up pre-fabs and lots of hauling.
Agriculture: Knowledge of botany, ecology, etc. is helpful. This one will also require lots of regular ol' labor, no specific skill needed.
Medicine: Both technological and magical healing. Though if your character hails from the far future, their usual tech is unlikely to be available.
Technology: Ranges from removing a virus from someone's computer, to advanced creation of computerized equipment.
Defense/Military: This category is mostly here for completion's sake. Cause this game will totally and most definitely not contain any combat. Definitely.