John M. Kahane <102664.773@compuserve.com> asks:
> What was going on, who was this fellow, and what happened to him?
> Who were these two species, have we seen them before, and are
> they part of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds (given the hints of
> their proximity to Brikiri space)?

Thanks. The two aliens in the start of the episode were a
Brakiri and a Gaim.

"Interludes" for me marks a slight transition in the story, from
one "shape" to the next up...the demarkation between the hero-cycle and
the myth-cycle in the arc.

jms