Okay, here's the score: I'm abandoning this story. When I started, I was unemployed and had unlimited spare time in which to work on this. Now, I have a job and I'm doing so much overtime that I no longer have the energy or the enthusiasm to continue this fic. It sucks, I know, but that's how it is.

I just want to apologize to the people who read my story and liked it and were waiting for some kind of update. Having replayed Half-Life 2 for the first time in years and remembering how Valve strung me and God knows how people along for years without any kind of news on whether they were even going to continue the franchise or not, I realized what an unholy sin I have committed on you all, so I'm sorry.

Anyway, a lot's happened since my last update, namely ME Andromeda, and I like how "Halo" it is; you know, in Halo you could look at the different design aesthetics in vehicles, buildings and ships and instantly know which faction it belongs to. It's the same in Andromeda, with the Andromeda Initiative having a practical design philosophy, the Angara going with the curvy angles, the Kett making their ships organic-like and the Remnant going for a black, Monolithic look.

I also like how the Remnant seem to use Eezo-based tech to its fullest potential; in most ME fanfics, the Eezo tech is portrayed as a dead-end, but in ME Andromeda, we see what a civilization could potentially become without the Reapers to interfere in their development. That's how I see it at least.

Anyway, my story is dead and I'm sorry for stringing you along. So long and thanks for all the fish.