And it went over so well, my imagination took over to fill in the blanks of the epilogue.
•Fwiffo's the celebrated badass of the Spathi race (been with us since day 1 to the final hour); enough to be a member of the High Council. Even the mythical Black Spathi Squadrons ought to see Fwiffo with some respect.
•The Thraddash humbling themselves in the final hour helps spare them from their original fate (caused by yours truly to free the Chmmr) of the Ilwrath tearing them apart until a mutual extinction, as per canon. My Allaince saves them the last moment after scattering Ur-Quan forces, and moments before the Ilwrath's arrival; both races are spared, even the hateful zealots that are the Ilwrath are spared and slave-shielded as punishment and study (maybe knock some sense back into them to what the Pkunk once knew; a once holy and enlightening race of spiders). Just as well, despite their complaints to us about us stealing their precious Aqua Helix, the Utwig showed them that it's still in good order, and in a better place, fulfilling the role the Thradassh's 20 Cultures have been protecting their entire existence. Knowing this, and understanding the strength of the Utwig, along with their insight and education, the Thraddash redevelop into Culture 21, not only respecting Captain Zelnick again like Culture 20 did (along with suggestions of slapstick comedy, greeting with poems, and generally being themselves again, with their strength properly respected), but also taking heed of the Ultron as well, knowing the Aqua Helix is a part of it now, and they are able to rest assured, and be guided; preventing anymore future Culture clashes. Culture 21 being the final, and clarified/enlightened, culture in their history.
•The Utwig and Supox forces keep the rear guard (as they have since I returned the fixed Ultron to them), and box in the Ur-Quan post-ending, and mop the floor with them during their panic and confusion. The Utwig continue using the Ultron to correct the Ilwrath in their misunderstandings, and re-educate them on Dogar and Kazon (and the nature of the Umgah Caster, courtesy of Fwiffo; and further assistance in re-education from their old prey, the Pkunk (seeing as the Pkunk still felt no ill-will against the vicious spiders that ravaged them for years on end.)), and how it was all a lie; and even share the Ultron with them to prove their point; thus preventing the Thraddash from being destroyed by them. Incidentally, the Thraddash learned from the Ultron as well, noticing their precious artifact is integrated as a key component of it. Being amazed at it all, they finally took a chill pill, much to the Alliance's relief.
•The Mycon, after the Syreen's revenge, were much easier to manage and contain, as they wouldn't terrorize anymore worlds in the name of Juffo-Wup. They were promptly punished after the war, and contained in a slave shield for further study, so to keep them from causing anymore trouble, and preventing a repeated fate for other races like the Syreen.
•The Druuge, after my screw-over (twice: first with the 1610 fuel incident, second with procuring the Precursor bomb) still contemplate the Utwig artifacts and their grand misfortunes, still not understanding the intention they had (based on my notes, it was a legit gift they gave, but the Druuge are still blinded by greed to see the actual value of what they really gained in return for the Ultron. The Utwig may be zealots themselves, but they're badass overall when they're not mopey and nihilistic.).
•The teaming up with the Arilou and ORZ yields some rather awkward behaviors during the final hours between the two, and afterwards (more to be revealed in Project 6014?).
•The Yehat and Pkunk (uner new Pkunk rule), as usual, are the awesome avians that they are, doing their part keeping the galaxy safe (with the assistance of the replenished Shofixti race), and providing support to the Chmmr.
•The Umgah lie low, but still crack jokes during the new era of peace. Seeing as they're nice, and their latest joke was to become enemies with the Alliance, the Chmmr set new standards of joking for them to adhere to (EG- No world devastation for kicks, nor manipulating cult-races (like the Ilwrath) into causing mass-death and destruction), or else they get punished for being assholes (which is also not much a stretch, knowing how these dudes look.).
•The Slylandro and Melnorme get word of the developments, and the Slylandro give their prayers to their old friends the Ur-Quan, and demand the Alliance to take it easy on them post-war.
•As for the VUX, they reluctantly are thankful that ZEX (a xenophile that LOVES humans) is no more, but they still find humans the most repulsive things they've ever met, and still want nothing to do with the Alliance whatsoever. They are still justly punished for their contributions to the Ur-Quan's war against the Alliance of Free Stars.
•The Zoq-Fot-Pik rejoice that they're still alive after all this, and told about seeing the explosion from their
AOI, like a supernova next door. It also happened to coincidentally occur during a particular Frungy game, where a star player made his game-winning shot, and won the game for the nation during the World Cup. Making for a hell of a picture for the covers of magazines and newspaper front-pages.
•And the fate of the Dynarri? Extinct. They got their revenge (even though I knew the little bastard was going to stab me in the back alternatively; good riddance. If I got his implications and intentions correctly, he originally would have stolen back his Sa-Matra (based on exposition from annoying him, and warnings from everybody about the Dynarri), and used my ship as a means of finishing off the Ur-Quan, once and for all (hypnotize the entire Ur-Quan and Kohr-Ah races to unite in a single spot, and fire off the Sa-Matra, or spare it's ammo, and detonate the flagship on the collective forces, efficiently rendering the Ur-Quan extinct. Sorry pal, ain't gonna happen on my watch. The Ur-Quan deserve better.), but we also prevented a repeat of the Ur-Quan, as our favor to them to see that, despite wrecking their Sa-Matra "Grand Trophy" thoroughly, we still sympathize with their cause as to why they did what they did the whole game (since I let myself get complelled by the Dynarri at least once to know what they felt or experienced; and to also know why the Dynarri must be exterminated. Mean little hypnotoads. I even motivated them to double their efforts (in their fight against the Kohr-Ah; Go Green!), and spare humanity in the process for our assistance telling them about a Dynarri that returned (and I promptly used against them during the final hour). They were thankful for my help, and I genuinely felt like they really meant well about their cruel practice of enslavement.). We're just regulating how they go about it now since most of them were far beyond reason (Enslavement or death? A bit harsh, but we can apply alternatives, and still help those poor bastards out. They may have been our enemy, they may have done terrible things, but they deserve a fair second chance, given the crap they went through for generations, including this recent one.). Without the Sa-Matra, instilling some sense back into them should be a far simpler task now. The Kohr-Ah might be a bit more of a challenge.
...The prologue to 6014 fills in the rest of the blanks from there.
Oh, and how did we survive the explosion that nearly tore the escape pod in half (according to Talana)? I had an Arilou Skiff in my fleet, just in case. He stayed behind to witness the explosion with the Chmmr, and to bail me out, since they had the means to (being
IDF beings, they had the skills and tools to be my rescue ship for my damaged/destroyed escape pod). Being on the front-lines made them the 'First Response' team. Also helps that they're skilled medics as well; so immediate first-aid made sense, and explains how we survived at all.
Oh, and for kicks, post-Chmmr+bomb modifications to my ship, I filled in the remaining 6 module slots I could still use with 6 HI-EFF fuel tanks, filled to the brim (610 fuel for the final battle). Why? Because I wanted to contribute more to the explosive blast the Chmmr already added in. Thanks Druuge for that fuel BTW. Whether you wanted to or not, you contributed to the Alliance effort. Evil was forced to do good. Take that, for being such dicks to the Burvix people (committing genocide by throwing them under the bus and saving their own asses).
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