While I am absolutely fine with this route, I am extremely interested in what the Towarri and Yazmin versions would have looked like. Some part of the effectiveness of Crusade relies on Yazmin's video log and Leizi being seen as the shadiest member of the group. In a world where she's alive, that would have made it a lot harder. Slandering Uiara seems to be about as effective as trying to nail Jell-O to a wall. I'm certain they would have tried, and still found a way to make Nora seem like at fault, but it would have also been interesting to see a version where we run Project Prometheus openly (see: Bitterman's discussion about what everyone's perks would have been) because everyone loves us.
And Towarri, I would just love to see the version of the Faust scene and her going "Cut the crap, Crown-Over-Moon. I know what you want, and I know what you're up to."