Thanks!! I was a little nervous about Zechs--as far as I'm calculating, by canon he's actually Solo's age in this story. Doh! But OZ and the Alliance seemed pretty backwards, hiring children as soldiers anyway. Even in the series, Zechs was pretty young, at least to me looking back. xD
Anyway, yesh! The plague chapter is coming. If all goes well, it'll start on the next one. I'm going to extend it over three chapters or so if I'm lucky.