Precursor

Precursor races are races of great age that preceded the current interstellar order.

• By great age, it is meant thousands, millions, or even billions of years ago.
• This is a sophontilogical term widely used in exobiological academia.

Description (Specifications)

Precursor races are also known as ancients, primordials, antediluvians, elder races, forerunners, old ones, and a variety of other terms.

• Many precursor races are believed to have possessed technology considerably more advanced than the current technological frontiers being pushed at TL-E (15) in Charted Space.
• The search for advanced artifacts from these races has always attracted great attention.
• These lifeforms or the remnants of their societies and civilizations often contain great treasure troves of reverse-engineerable technology enabling fantastic technological breakthroughs.

History & Background (Dossier)

While the Ancients, Kursae, and Slavers are the only major races widely recognized within Charted Space, rumors of other precursor races circulate widely.

• Some of these advanced and rumored races of great age include the Aakho, Primordials, and Ykiuh.
• Who knows what can be found in wildspace and other uncharted space beyond the borders of Charted Space?

Known Precursor Races

Canon:

• Ancients
• Kursae
• Slavers

Non-canon:

• Aakho
• Primordials
• Saie
• Ykiuh

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science