I've been posting as I go, and most of what I've written is from the point of view of characters who have no idea at all about the big picture. They've been finding things out, gradually, and I've written some stuff from the point of view of the villains who know all about the aliens because they're allied with them.
The leader of the group of canonical villains has precognition. The way I've set it up as working is that he foresaw that the aliens would be coming and realized that working with them would be healthier, in the long run, than fighting them. He also saw that, of the numerous factions of aliens that could find Earth, this lot is the best bet in terms of humanity surviving. He believes that successfully fighting off this invasion would lead to something much, much worse.
The aliens pretty much take over any new habitable planets they find. They're expansionist and pretty certain that their civilization is the best possible and that it should be spread to enlighten the barbarians. This particular faction of aliens believes in assimilating native populations. Some factions just wipe them out and resettle the world with their own people.
There's a good chance that, if the villain group plays their cards right, they can end up running Earth as the deputies of the folks in charge of the alien empire. To some extent, that will mean they can insulate Earth from some of the negative effects of having been conquered. The actual invasion will take a couple of decades because it will start with infiltration.
All what I've just laid out is known to my readers by this point in the story.
I'm not sure I can work this in gradually. Either I do a chapter set on the capital world now, or I don't do it at all. None of the other characters are going to go there during this story. The antagonist's personal development is absolutely key to how the story comes out, and his few days on this alien world are a good time to throw him off balance and make him think. My primary focus for the chapter would be on him and on how what he encounters affects him. I can't spare more than a chapter for it, not if I'm going to move the rest of the story forward rather than have it tread water, waiting for him to return. I can't do much with the other characters until after he gets back.
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The leader of the group of canonical villains has precognition. The way I've set it up as working is that he foresaw that the aliens would be coming and realized that working with them would be healthier, in the long run, than fighting them. He also saw that, of the numerous factions of aliens that could find Earth, this lot is the best bet in terms of humanity surviving. He believes that successfully fighting off this invasion would lead to something much, much worse.
The aliens pretty much take over any new habitable planets they find. They're expansionist and pretty certain that their civilization is the best possible and that it should be spread to enlighten the barbarians. This particular faction of aliens believes in assimilating native populations. Some factions just wipe them out and resettle the world with their own people.
There's a good chance that, if the villain group plays their cards right, they can end up running Earth as the deputies of the folks in charge of the alien empire. To some extent, that will mean they can insulate Earth from some of the negative effects of having been conquered. The actual invasion will take a couple of decades because it will start with infiltration.
All what I've just laid out is known to my readers by this point in the story.
I'm not sure I can work this in gradually. Either I do a chapter set on the capital world now, or I don't do it at all. None of the other characters are going to go there during this story. The antagonist's personal development is absolutely key to how the story comes out, and his few days on this alien world are a good time to throw him off balance and make him think. My primary focus for the chapter would be on him and on how what he encounters affects him. I can't spare more than a chapter for it, not if I'm going to move the rest of the story forward rather than have it tread water, waiting for him to return. I can't do much with the other characters until after he gets back.