Not necessarily. It could be a bot set up to throw us off his trail by refreshing SV every 24 hours or so, while he secretly cavorts with top-heavy warships in the Pacific...
I am alive, but for the quest, I cannot say. Most quests are declared dead long before such time passes between updates. I'm only calling it not dead since I'm writing between a dozen to a couple hundred words a day on the update, but in overall terms, those might as well be cadaveric spasms.
Thank you for replying to my post. While the time may be somewhat disheartening, the fact that you are still working upon the update is more than enough for me.