Extant Species

An Extant Species is a lifeform which is still around. Live members of its species can be encountered throughout Charted Space.

• It is contrasted with an Extinct Species, which died out.

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Please refer to the following AAB Library Data articles for related information:
Xenoarchaeology:

• Ancients
  • Ancients Foundation
  • Ancients Site
  • Archeologicals
  • Artifacts
  • Biofacts
  • Ecofacts
• Precursors
  • Ascendants
  • Die Back World
  • Extant Species
  • Extinct Species
  • Primordials
  • Transcendents
• Sophontology
  • Extilligence
  • Intelligence
  • NIL
  • Protosophont
  • Sapient
  • Sentient
  • Sophont

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Description (Specifications)

The term Extant Species and its corollary Extinct Species is used to describe the following lifeforms:

• Non-Sophonts or Creatures at TL-Negative
• Proto-Sophonts at TL-0
• Sophonts at TL-1 or higher (...typically capping at TL-33)

History & Background (Dossier)

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