Completely agree with all points. It’s my favorite gaming franchise and you’re exactly right. The point of the different endings was that it was the end. The galaxy moving forward is what you decided it would be.

As for Andromeda, it’s worth a play sometime. It got a lot more hate than it deserved. It’s not amazing, it’s not trilogy level, but it was a fun romp and a decent way to kill some time. Just go in with those expectations. They didn’t disrespect the cannon or betray anything, it just didn’t have that spark of the trilogy.