The Unnaki

Throughout the Triangulum Galaxy, evidence of an ancient civilization both intrigues and confounds the various races that inhabit this galaxy. While names for this civilization vary between the races, they are commonly referred to as the Unnaki ("Ascended") by the Alastrans who claim descendance from this race (a claim that is disputed by many of the other races). The Unnaki are no longer physically present in this universe, though many races claim to have direct knowledge of, or even contact with, the real beings that comprise the Unnaki race.

What most other races can agree upon is that the Unnaki appear to have been a highly advanced civilization, likely more advanced than any currently present race in the Galaxy. This is evidenced by their complex technologies which remain in fragmented form across various star systems.

The other races fight over these remnants as they are highly valuable for the purposes of reverse-engineering as well as sources of energetic power. Unnaki locations and objects are one of the primary sources of "magic" as understood and used by many of the races in the galaxy.

Temple Structures
Some of the clearest evidence of the Unnaki are the abandoned structures they have left behind on various planets, moons, larger asteroids, and even artificially-constructed outposts. These have a temple-like quality to them, leading many of the races to believe that these locations played a significant religious and/or philosophical role in the Unnaki civilization. Alastrans refer to them as the Temples of Silence, as their large, cavernous spaces are often strikingly profound in their eerie solitude.

While some of these Temples are constructed buildings on firm ground, such as planet or moon surfaces, a few of them are large, artificial bodies that behave like satellites orbiting stars, planets, or other points of interest in a star system.

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Biology
It is inferred that the Unnaki were quite large beings, in comparison to the remaining races in the Triangulum Galaxy, due to the architecture and some of the artwork that they have left behind. The artwork they left behind is highly abstract and difficult to determine how accurate to their biology it is — it appears to be an idealized form of themselves as opposed to an anatomically accurate depiction. They appear to be tall, towering bipeds with elongated, gaunt-looking faces, sometimes with multiple arms (though it is contested whether this is a feature of their biology or an artistic representation of their culture).

Food sources for the Unnaki are believed to have been large (and now mostly-extinct) creatures as well as farmlands, curated gardens, and what appears to be hydroponic facilities.

The Unnaki do not appear to have buried their dead, due to the lack of remains found anywhere across the remnants of their civilization. This had led to the question of what they did with their dead, which various races have their own beliefs and ideas about.

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