Well, TTT, I don't think what you said it's really true... Both Pete, Kris and the first Mason Templar were loved by most of the Vanguard writers. The only problem could have been that you kept them alive for too short span of time...
As for the creativity you invested... think of your pulp posts about Chance... those were exceptionally good...
And now, the story, while being much more alive than the last few attempt to round robin, has a slow pace that makes it easy to follow even for busy people like we all seems to be these days.
