User blog comment:Arbington/The Next Cycle/@comment-3228423-20120802021014/@comment-899316-20120803185758

We know that the next cycle survives, however, and that it does so quite peacefully. This is proven by the Refusal ending. Also, we know that the yahg will be key players in the next cycle. Clearly, the yahg didn't just go crazy, break into everyone's houses, and wreck up the place. If they ever attempted to dominate the entire galaxy, which I think is unlikely anyway, they clearly failed, or they're actually a bunch of really great guys once you let them be your overlords.