I also have no experience animating titles, you guys saw the blocky-alien-esque reveal I did... That's about as far as my skills go.

It'd be awesome if one of you with the knowhow could do it. Otherwise I may just stick with the resources that I have.

As for the ending, I found some recent save files on my laptop. Some of which shortened the ending with shaw dying/no lifeboat etc. I still really like this direction, but when I'm back in the editing chair, I wouldn't be surprised if I go back to the original ending I had.