Tellus

The Tellus were a major sentient species inhabiting the galaxy. Adaptable, enduring, and resourceful, the Tellus are considered to be hardy survivalists. It is widely known that the Tellus are direct descendants of the legendary "godlike" races, specifically the Praecursors, and later the Novus and Aether. However, after the virtual extinction of all Novus and Aether, the fraction of those that survived were the rare individuals not able to access the Force. For many generations, the forerunners of the Tellus were forced to adapt and survive without the reliance of the Force sensitive members of their species, until several generations ago, when a series of galaxy-wide celestial phenomena, the climax of which saw the return of the power of the Force to the new generations of the Tellus being born. Currently, some point-five percent of the approximate one hundred billion Tellus are Force Sensitive, which makes their numbers roughly at five hundred million.

Interesting, however, the Tellus are unable to utilize the Force at the magnitude of their ancestors, with even the best and most talented of the Force sensitive Tellus only able to wield a fraction of their forerunner's powers. Nevertheless, many in the galaxy see the Tellus and their growing numbers of Force wielders as a threat, which eventually led to the attempted genocide of the Tellus by the Saith Dominion and the establishment of the Tellus Coalition. Like their more recent ancestors, the Force Sensitive Tellus have found themselves with internal strife and divided into pantheons. Unlike the other galaxy, the Tellus are the only known species in the galaxy able to call upon the Force, which is part of the reason for many of them seeing themselves as gods of sorts.