Captain Horatio Benedict

After the first Y’All attack, the Klack declared all spacefaring cultures of the Upward Sector enemies of the Klack Empire.

This changed when Captain Horatio Benedict, CO of the USS Memphis, and his crew fought gallantly against overwhelming numbers of Shiss and Yamta raiders to protect the Klack Queen Barge on the 5th of May 3858. The queen invited Benedict and his crew to Klackt, the throne world no outsider had ever set foot on, and the USS Memphis was allowed to explore and record Klack space and culture with unlimited access. At the end of that year, Captain Benedict resigned his commission and stayed on Klact. The queen later married Benedict and made him her first mate. Even though Klack and Humans are biologically incompatible, he was considered “Klack” and received the highest honors. The Queen decided to make the Klack Empire part of the Union the day after Benedict died of old age.

Rule 49[1] of the "Fifty One Rules of Klack and War" was added shortly after Captain Benedict and his crew fought gallantly to protect the Queen Barge.

Notes:

[1] Rule 49 is perhaps the most famous. "Terrans mad at your society - bad news for its long term survival. Terrans mad at your enemies - good news for your society (as long as you don't make them mad at you as well.)" That rule basically states that "Sometimes there is a need to set aside long standing policies when you find a potential ally fighting a common enemy." When the "Fifty One Rules of Klack and War" came to the attention of the Immortal Admirals, it was added to the informal collection of eight books that were called the "Captain's Treasure".