: ...because they remind me of the incredible potential there is for
: interesting stories and ideas in the Haloverse and the way that potential
: never gets capitalized on. This is probably because most writers hired to
: write for Halo aren't science fiction writers and are uncomfortable with
: ideas that fall outside their experience of mainstream SF like Star Trek,
: et al. So the more alien races like the Lekgolo just disappear for the
: most part so we can get more of the same old UNSC vs. Covenant formula.

: When we do see Lekgolo in an unusual context, they're just a mindless monster
: of the week with no agency (ref: Nightfall). As this thread shows, they
: have potential to be much more than that.

I have a few sketches and a short story called "The Lekgolo Man" from around the time I did that Shield and Sword thing that went to some pretty abstract places. If I go back and revise the crap out of it I may post it here, along with some other odds and ends I've never finished.

I got sick of Spartans/ODST/Marine squad stories in the EU a long time ago. The Marvel comics and a short story or two in Evolutions just hovered around that shtick and killed my interest. I enjoyed the characters of ODST and Reach of course, but the Legendary ending of Halo 3 gave me daydreams full of strange, elusive science fiction...