"i think it would be ironic if we were all made of iron" :P (caboose rocks) anyway, about the MAC guns and all that stuff, REACH had about 20 of 'em and held out pretty well, BUT! i was thinking about it and in the begining of The Fall of Reach when dr. Halsey and Keyes go to inspect john, it was on Reach, but Reach is a military planet, and why would there be any civilians on a military planet?? and why would a military planet (as important as Reach is) why would it have more protection (that is MAC guns) than Earth would, that is, OUR HOME PLANET!!! which is waaaaaaaay more important than any other planet, no matter what planet it is.... so saying that Reach has more MAC guns than Earth is just silly :P anyway, brilliant, you rule, keep up the good stuff oh and by the way, one thing that i'm confused about your story are the dates... some of the dates look too familiar to me from the original books...