▁he ▁sacrific es ▁his ▁entire ▁fleet ▁to ▁fire ▁a ▁M ole cular ▁Dis ruption ▁Device ▁at ▁the ▁bug gers ' ▁home world . ▁The ▁Device ▁dest ro ys ▁the ▁planet ▁and ▁the ▁surrounding ▁bug ger ▁fleet . ▁Maz er ▁inform s ▁End er ▁that ▁the ▁" sim ulations " ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁fighting ▁were ▁real ▁batt les , ▁direct ing ▁human ▁space craft ▁against ▁bug ger ▁fle ets ▁via ▁an ▁an sible , ▁and ▁that ▁End er ▁has ▁won ▁the ▁war . ▁End er ▁becomes ▁more ▁de pressed ▁on ▁learning ▁this , ▁real izing ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁committed ▁gen o cide . ▁ ▁When ▁he ▁re co vers , ▁he ▁lear ns ▁that , ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁bug ger ▁war , ▁Earth ' s ▁powers ▁fought ▁among ▁themselves . ▁He ▁stays ▁on ▁E ros ▁as ▁his ▁friends ▁return ▁home ▁and ▁colon ists ▁vent ure ▁to ▁other ▁world s , ▁using ▁E ros ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁station . ▁Among ▁the ▁first ▁colon ists ▁is ▁Valent ine , ▁who ▁apolog izes ▁that ▁End er ▁can ▁never ▁return ▁to ▁Earth , ▁where ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁explo ited ▁by ▁Peter ▁and ▁other ▁polit icians ▁to ▁ful fill ▁their ▁own ▁purposes . ▁Instead , ▁End er ▁joins ▁the ▁col ony ▁program ▁to ▁populate ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁bug gers ' ▁former ▁world s . ▁There , ▁he ▁disco vers ▁the ▁d orm ant ▁egg ▁of ▁a ▁bug ger ▁queen , ▁who ▁reve als ▁that ▁the ▁bug gers ▁had ▁initially ▁assumed ▁humans ▁were ▁a ▁non - sent ient