Fiction:Farengeto Trade Coalition/Precursors

The Farengeto sector has a long history of civilizations. Though its stars have shifted the region has been home to an unusually large number of civilizations in its history.

Unatri
The Unatri are a far older race than even they realize. Thousands of years before the present age the Unatri first reached for the stars, exploring what is now Farengeto space. They spread across the sector, a study of Modian religion claiming that the Unatri had even visited the Modian homeworld in ancient times. But just as quickly as it rose their civilization disappeared and collapsed, for unknown reasons. Their homeworld regressed to a pre-industrial state, and all of their colonies but Enan died off.

It would be millennia before their civilization recovered and once again attempted to industrialize. However, with the world's resources depleted by their predecessors, their second industrial age failed and Unatri civilization began its second collapse.

By the time of First Contact with the Modians the Unatri had once again regressed and stagnated into an agrarian society, completely ignorant of their history. With Modian assistance they would rediscover and reclaim their legacy, though it would not be until the 29th Century that they would discover the truth about their ancestors.

Farengeto
The Ancient Farengeto were an aquatic race had long been a subject of interest in the Republic that would adopt its namesake. The Farengeto were an aquatic race that lived 52 million years ago. According to theories of the time the Farengeto were an advanced race who built a civilization that spanned the sector and lasted a million years.

Though the narrative played an influential role in the development of the Farengeto identity, in the 29th Century it would be finally disproven with the discovery of The Vault in 2800 and first contact with "The Archivist" AI. Though the Farengeto developed an industrial civilization they never developed spaceflight or made substantial surface colonization, most of their apparent interstellar empire linked to the later Vault Races. After centuries of stagnation their civilization suddenly collapsed for unknown reasons.

The Vault Races
The Vault Races refer to the the collection of at least three races that existed over the several million years following the collapse of the Farengeto civilization which actively contributed to the "Vault Project". Though often separated by millennia each apparently found and contributed to the project. The Vault's origin and purpose is unknown, though it is known contain a complete historical and genetic record of the Vault Races in its archive.

The Vault was discovered on the second moon of Farengeto in 2800. The Vault is maintained by "The Archivist", an Artificial Intelligence installed during the initial stages of construction. Though The Archivist shared some of its knowledge much of the Vault still remains locked, including all information on the races that built it and the unknown circumstances of their collapse.