@pastwarranty I’ve used PCs from games years ago as NPCs - but only if no one in my current game played in the old games. I’ve even used characters that I played years ago as NPCs.
Though once I had the new group’s ship land next to their previous character’s ship at a frontier star port.
The table chatter when they realized who they were next to was hilarious. Especially since the last group had all died when their ship was destroyed… 🤣