: Or maybe it's something else. I know a guy who could debate you for days on
: end on this subject. Hell, I'd love to hear you two do a podcast!

I'd love to hear about them too. We're definitely looking for podcast guests in the near year, and we've got a bunch of topics that could use some spirited debate.

: The collapse of the Covenant Empire and the search for a new way forward has
: so much story potential, it saddens me that we haven't had a good book
: series that explored it. We need an author who realizes that faith doesn't
: make you an idiot, and the Sangheili can't be exclusively a warrior
: culture. The Covenant has been around for 3,500 years. What were they
: fighting all that time? Perhaps they have other pursuits, and the war with
: the UNSC brought the warrior culture to the fore?

I think you'd need a series that took place in the time period we get hinted at in Broken Circle/Shadow of Intent, *and* that focused on the non-military aspects of the culture. If we're always following warriors around, you're going to get that sort of emphasis.

*Mutters about a Sangheili "Old Man and the Sea" ripoff*