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The Avetza
The "modern" stuff would probably be the Revival Age which concerns the likes of the Dukal Dynasties and the Atavin Diamond Tree stuff, so I'll do that first.

Atavin Diamond Tree
On their home planet the Avetza had the "Atavin Diamond Tree". This was a tre so large it reached 70km up and reached into the vaccuum of space. These trees are made from natural processes which gather up large amounts of carbon and condense it under the weight of the tree, then send it up the tree to grow the main structure. They have zeppelin-like balloon sacks which reach up into the air to keep it from falling over, and at the top of the tree is a large rough flower which blocks out radiation from entering the atmosphere. They reach down into continents and nearly reach the mantle.

When Atavin was destroyed the Avetzas way of life crumbled, except they saved some large seeds they found of these trees and are now trying to find a place to plant them on another suitable planet, which is obviously a difficult task considering how hard it will be to find another planet similar to Atavin, and then get there with the seed.

The Koliada could help them find a planet and transport the seed.

Dukal Dynasties
This leads directly into the Dukal Dynasties, as eventually they do manage to plant the seed and the different royal families all converge on the same star system. Only one planet has the Diamond Tree, and now the other are vying for power around them.

There are five dynasties, upheld each by a "duke" and "duchess" with each having separated into a slightly different culture during their time in space. Now that they have started to live close to one another the rivalries have started.

These dynasties were set up by the last reigning Diarchy (monarchy with two in power through two different leading families) in the hope that they could spread out into the galaxy and be independent from one another and prosper, however since they converged they all have a claim to the power over the Avetza people and aren't afraid to battle for it.

There would be may royal families each with their own people to defend (or ignore) and there is a lot of detail that could be put into each dynasty, if I had the time.

The Koliada may be involved in the politics here if they helped one of the seeder ships and not the others. There will be blaming for who put who in power and if they favour others.

Other interesting periods
Atavin's destruction was caused by the Skojan invasion and the Estin front on them.

The Skojan invaded and began to convert Atavin into another hive in their hexillions (overall the Skoja have a population of 56.7 Septillion I think I placed it at, across the galaxy) and this made for a horrifyingly one-sided war effort and the Avetza retreated into space with a small minority of survivors, only for the Estin to intervene and destroy the planet by creating black holes around it. The Koliada could try to rescue some Avetza and delay the destruction of the planet.

There is also before that period, where we have the last ruling Diarchy, in which one of the leaders is very young, has questionable lineage but is liked by the people, and the other has definite rights to power but is hated by the people. The latter wants to kill the former. Many assassination attempts and other such things happen around this period. Some members of the Koliada crew could be offered a positio of gaurdsmanship or offered mercenary positions.

That is really it for "modern history" which would be around the same period, but otherwise points in history could include the Great Iskolorians which is a mighty nomadic civilisation which spans a large desert. The Koliada could interact with trying to refuel with a somewhat primitive civilisation in technological aspects.

Oh, one older event which could technically be in the modern time period is that a sleeper ship was sent off a long time ago by a faction of an Avetza war who were losing. They left an abandoned colony on Atavin's moon and in the current time period are 730 light years out of reach of Atavin. If the Koliada found them it would be a huge displacement for the Avetza on the ship, especially if they are brought into current Avetza culture

Cannak
The pirates who drug themselves religiously. I haven't really mapped them out so much so perhaps there is any number of pirate supply bases, but they offer extortionate prices or ask for favours such as transporting illegal traceable drugs to other members of their faith. Otherwise I'm not really sure.

Darwol
Perhaps a member of the Koliada crew dies while on Sawej and the Darwol attempt to recreate their nerve patterns to reconstruct the brain, which then interacts with the crew.

The Darwol themselves are sea-faring and live under a very thick sheet of ice, with not much technology for they don't need it. They also lack a proper sense of self, which may make interactions interesting as they see each individual of the crew as a part of the Koliada as an organism.

Demon civilisation
I'm not sure what your question is here...

The demons in GC are an ancient civilisation of order who attempt to enlighten other species, however their galaxy was destroyed by a cosmic event and they hid away in another dimension, only recently coming back through.

Xemanamex
a civilisation on par with the Demons who made themselves into robotic yellow cubes who are attempting to transcend the universe and bring everyone else with them. They may attempt to capture the crew of the Koliada and forcefully ascend them.

Estin
Most probably they will attempt to study the Koliada and perhaps experiment on them.

The Koliada could also come across the devastating aftermaths of some Esti experiments, which include planets being split into pieces and stuff similar to biological warfare testing, and perhaps a grey goo scenario at some point.

Nuuska
CPO's? A trade of information will be most likely, though the Nuuska don't like to give information away easily.

Skojan
A more interesting point about the Skojan may be how they were once a great galactic empire of technological prowess, and how they manufactured entire planets to be sleeper-ships to open up later on, but they de-evolved inside them.

It could be that discovery which makes an interesting story, rather than just fighting an invasion of the off.

Uulish
These are meant to be creatures so strange you can't actually describe them, so maybe one makes it onto the Koliada and the crew tries to eject it, but whenever they see the creature they start to go mad or become entranced by it.

Zortak
The system they live in is also particularly close to a trade route which may get them interacting with other civilisations. It may be a trade route of the Cannak as well, which may make an interesting interaction between tribes, their heroes, and space pirates.

Baaska
That seems like a reasonable story.

Baaska/Skojan/Nuuska Event
One of the Baaska sleeper ships turns out to be heading towards one of the Skojan manufactured planets. Once arriving they find out about the seemingly endless catacombs underneath the surface of the planet which house the sleeping Skojan. After learning what the Skojan really are, and that this is just one of many manufactured catacomb planets they try to escape, accidentally waking up the planet catacombs. The Koliada can perhaps rescue them, and then try to break into a Nuuska Archive World to learn where the other Catacombs are to prevent others from reaching them.

The Nuuska of course don't want the secrets to be revealed and will attempt to stop them from reaching the database which concerns the Skojan and their locations. The Koliada crew may attempt to help these Baaska by breaking into the Archive world where they will find out about the locations, and perhaps the history, of the Skojan.

Oh, and as a note, if Kray has offered up his Klymu (I'm not sure he has) one of their moons is a Catacomb planet of the Skojan.

end note
I think that has detailed all the plans I have in my head at the moment with which the Koliada could interact. I'll post again if there are other questions or ideas that come up.