Hahaha, I was eyeing the moon for destruction as well AND thinking about having an intelligent race show up to end the war.

Same here, but I was content to just stick the hint of Newtonium's "terrifying potential" into that period, and let someone else take it from there.

And likewise with the aliens, but I settled for the "mystery messages" from within the Grave of Luna instead

You make it sound like cleaning the bathroom. "No one else was going to do it, so I guess I'll have to."