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Well, I believe a hearty 'Congratulations' are in order to commemorate the completion of this magnum opus - for there really is no other word in my lexicon that more adequately encapsulates this story. The quality of the writing and of the characterizations, your style of prose... it just suits this...

1. As has been mentioned, Apocalypse battleships certainly excel at killing other capital ships and at orbital bombardment - given the estimated yields of lance battery strikes, this is not surprising - with their extraordinarily powerful lances, but their average gun decks means that they are somew...

For what it's worth, there is a Battlefleet Gothic mod in the works for Sins of a Solar Empire, and it's still quite extant. Granted, it will lack the elegant, fluid-like ballet of the Homeworld engine, but the fact that it has already progressed to the alpha stage is encouraging, as I for one would...

Words seem inadequate, Noble Ire, when one attempts to summarize one's feelings upon reading such an unbelievably epic conclusion to this story. Though I am glad that all of the main characters, even Barclay, survived the journey, I feel compelled to say a little requiescat in pace for Aayla, Tassad...

Aha, Barclay lives! That made my day, Noble Ire. Alas, I doubt we'll encounter the Arbiter again in this fanfiction, but I can at least take some small comfort at the pleasant thought that Flitch met his end on High Charity. Though I've steeled myself for the possibility that he might turn up again....

Masterfully done, Ire. I had an inkling as many as ten chapters ago that the Forerunners were indirectly responsible for all this, and even so, you did not disappoint in the great reveal. It gives me a vaguely pleasant feeling to know that at least one of my predictions was correct, though I was a ...

Wow. That was amazing work, IO. This has definitely been the best installment of the tales of Nalifan to date. I do so enjoy reading about the exploits of suitably puissant high-level magic users in D&D. A pity that Mystra's upcoming death will render most of that wonderful magic impotent, at le...

kind of becoming a trend in Scifi now a days to create an uber race that hath passed before but designed that which we see. Its a sweet way of promoting the intelligent design model withoutt addressing the debate over teh existencce of God. I must concur; it seems that cannot even throw a rock thes...

Nichts zu danken, Ire. I think most of us can forgive the wait between chapters easily enough. Real life does have a way of complicating the best laid plains. Star Trek is actually quite conducive to that sort of frantic, close-quarters combat, I've found. I tried to emulate the battles of the Domin...

My apologies for the long absence, Ire, but school and other commitments have been absolutely insane this year. You've certainly made some impressive progress these last few months. The battle for Earth was more than suitably epic in scale, and that goes doubly so on the space front - that particula...

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The basic shattering of the Empire by Tamburlane was something I considered more or less inevitable, and so was the fast that the union with Hungary could not last forever. At any rate, by the present date of the timeline, the core Imperial territories have been restored, and though the Empire is w...

Quite an impressive body of work, I must say. Of all the various "Byzantium survives" timelines I have read over the years, this is one of the more plausible I've encountered. Some further clarification on the status of the Byzantine navy would be most helpful -- you mentioned it in passin...

Oh yes, things are most certainly going to get interesting in so many ways. Aayla has been very naughty while Lord Vader has been away, and I imagine that the Dark Lord's wrath upon discovering what she has wrought with be terrible; his retribution swift and sure. One thing is certain -- the Star Tr...

Ah, I do so enjoy watching Shinji deconstruct Asuka's psyche and build her back up again. As others have said, you really seem to be emphasizing the rarely seen "good" aspects of the Gods of Chaos, which frequently tend to get, ah, overlooked in the Imperial-centric Black Library literatur...

Yes, don't I know it. It's impossible to make sense of some of these 'non-sequitur' episodes because they were never elaborated upon and were in many respects simply ignored as far as the storyline is concerned. Personally, I tend to lean towards the subterfuge angle (there were quite a few parties ...

Wow, a fellow gets preoccupied with finals for a week or so and look at what happens. It took me a while to catch up to your prodigious pace, Academia, but I really must applaud you -- this is one of the best AU Evangelion fanfics I've ever read, excepting Chris', of course. And yes, you do have my ...

Get over yourself - *ALL* AU NGE fics turn Shinji into a total pimp. :P Oh, I'm quite well aware of that. Don't get me wrong -- it's not so much the romance I am objecting to (I don't "ship" any particular pairing in NGE) so much as the fact that I have a completely irrational hatred of A...

Ah, I take it you based the design for Unit 01's new armor upon the unused F-Type equipment ? It's a shame that I have no artistic talent whatsoever, else I would have tried to draw a folio of Shogoki in all its newfound Egyptian glory. I find that visual aids are most helpful at times like these. :...

True, true. Though, to be fair, Rei III wasn't all that old when Gendo tried to initiate Instrumentality, so perhaps that decay was a defect of that particular clone body? We do know that Ritsuko hates Rei, after all, and she did murder all of her sisters. Anyway, I have an irrational hatred of all ...

Hmm, that is a problem. Maybe you can let Shinji and et al participate, but only as, say, observers? Is Shinji powerful enough to knock Jet Alone over with a burst of telekinesis and blame it on a sudden gust of gale-force wind, perhaps? Anyway, I suppose it's not quite that important if you do deci...

Indeed. Watching Chaos!Shinji almost effortlessly corrupt everyone around him is simultaneously amusing and horrifying; "Dark Side corruption" has nothing on this. Really, though; it is almost enough to make one wish the Emperor would show up in some form or another and slap some sense int...

My apologies, Academia. I figured that answering a question that had been addressed to you in your very own fanfic thread was the height of presumption on my part (this isn't a 40k discussion thread, after all), and as it was a bit of a non-sequitor in any case, I did away with it. You already answe...

And what happened in that Inquisitor novel? The astropath received a code to initiate Exterminatus, and passed it on, but refused to pass on the message to belay the previous order? More or less. Moma Parsheen was a vindictive old witch who decided to get back at her former employers by refusing to...

By Tzeentch, what a great chapter. You once again prove that you have a knack for capturing the desperation of a last-stand space battle. This could very well give ROTJ a run for its money. :wink: Incidentally, Noble Ire, would you be willing to divulge some tiny hint as to how you intend wrap up th...