>But more critically given the revisions that Symphony 5 bought on, I'm
>wondering how much of Blades and Fulcrum of Fate have
>been changed by the presence of Saionji as part of the order of the
>black rose.

Not much that I can think of right offhand. The critical events of S5 should be over with long before Road Movie to Naboo, much less Fulcrum and particularly Blades, which happens almost four years later. If there are any changes that need to be made once S5 has reached its endgame, I'll deal with that when the time comes, but I'm not foreseeing wholesale alterations right now. They don't have to come down for retooling like Infamy, as far as I can tell from here.

>I realize some of these questions are old, but now I'm very curious,
>esp. since there's some foreshadowing of Tali's presence in FF3.

... there is? That would have been quite a trick, given that Fulcrum 3 was written a good two years before the release of Mass Effect. :)

>Which leads to the next question - does anyone have a good timeline on
>events? A hell of a lot is happening in 2410.

We've recently pulled together a timeline for the main points, in the process of trying to redevelop the momentum on S5, but much of what's on it would be spoilers if we released it right now.

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