Mission: Dawn - working on chapters 2 and 3

I "officially" started work on chapter 3 in January. Writing for chapter 3 gives me a psychological boost; I feel like I've made more progress. I still have some work to do on chapter 2 mind you, so I'm dividing my writing time between both chapters.

I've revised the ending for the scene called Celebrations - Part 2. The previous ending forced me to get into certain plot points that seemed to soon for me; I didn't know the characters well enough yet to make them do the things I was going to have them do. The revised ending gives me more space to explore the characters before I start testing them.

I had initially intended to have Dawn arrive at Planet 542 at the end of chapter 2 but have decided to postpone that until the end of chapter 3. The reason for this is that I want to include the story of Dawn's encounter with a gaseous phenomenon while en route; this encounter is a setup for something important that will happen much later in the story. However, it would be too much to tell the story that is unfolding in the village on Planet 542 and Dawn's story and pack it all into one chapter.