Ed was nice enough to restart so this surprise restart/crash was much less likely to occur, then with no notice an hour or so into the air assault adventure .... wham! Connection lost for Taz and I. After the restart Ed did on 30 DEC 2013, there are probably even more structures gone forever. I know of at least one Level 2 house (Sorry, Iwazzio) not surviving the restart.
As per discussion with Ed, the PCGN Orgins server rental contract expires on 7 JAN 2014.