Fiction:Farengeto (Ancient)

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Many millions of years ago, an ancient spacefaring species emerged on the planet known as Farengeto. In this ancient era few spacefaring civilizations existed, so the Farengeto species declared a policy of non-interference as they travelled, protecting future intelligences. Over the years their influence spread, spanning an estimated 1000 systems at it height, but despite their size their technology almost pushed them into Tier 2. Little is known about their civilization other than this.

At some point a terrible supervirus spread through the Farengeto, killing all infected. Despite their technology they could not stop the virus, and were driven to extinction. The fact the virus only affected the Farengeto has lead many to theorize that the virus was bioengineered, though this has not been proven. No Farengeto were known to survive the plague.

In the present day only relics of their ancient civilization survive. Their homeworld is now the capital of the modern.