My story outline is coming along real nicely and I think it might actually be finished before early August. I'm also made peace I'm essentially just making a native English loose, liberal adaptation of Legend of the Galactic Heroes (or at least a vastly condensed version up to vol5/6), and maybe, if anything, it might make people read/watch the novel/either anime and come to appreciate it. When I think of it that way, I feel a little happier with what I'm doing.