I'taka

The I’taka was an ancient species that thrived in the galaxy for hundreds of millions of years. They tool it upon themselves to teach other, younger species to use tools, grow crops and much more. They spread out from their home planet, Ta’meina into other worlds, establishing alliances with other advanced civilizations and colonizing other worlds. Dispute about how to raise the primitive races they encountered started a disastrous war that ended with the near extinction of their species. After that, the I’taka were so devastating that they refused to participate in war ever again. After millions of years and the younger races developed and conflict with each other, most I’taka left the galaxy in search of a haven.

History
On the beautiful and luxurious planet Ta’meina, the I’taka evolved in around 100,000,000 and 150,000,000 BBY. They spent thousands of years letting themselves evolve and grow in technology until their curiosity forced them to explore the galaxy. At first, no I’taka could discover any life besides themselves. They were about to give up hope when an explorer named A’nii’ehm fond a small sample of microscopic organisms in desert soil. This started a massive wave of exploration that lasted until 97,000,000 BBY when the entire galaxy was explored. They found some other species that were nearly as advanced as the I’taka were, but none who were more advanced. Together, a group of about twenty different species formed an alliance called ‘The Interplanetary Alliance of colonization’ or ‘The Interplanetary’ for short. For millions of years, The Interplanetary helped primitive species across the galaxy figure out how to use tools and grow crops. They spread their gifts of help to over a million planets across the known galaxy, but feuds about how to raise the primitive started to rise. Discovering new forms of life constantly fueled the flame, which soon erupted into the first interplanetary war ever known.

It lasted for millennium, devastating civilizations galaxy-wide and corrupting many people. It was the I’taka versus the other nineteen members of The Interplanetary. The war lasted until 94,000,000 BBY and ended with the destruction of The Interplanetary. Four of the nineteen species who fought against the I’taka were driven to extinction and the other fifteen were banished from the galaxy. The I’taka once again ruled the galaxy in peace. After hundreds of millions of years, they severed all ties to the younger species and watched them develop on their own By then, they had discovered the key to immortality and therefore, had no children or families of any kind. They watched the creation of the Sith and the Jedi, the rise and fall of many civilizations, and from time to time, would help. A notable example was when a lone I’taka destroyed an entire fleet belonging to the Sith of Octil during the Octil Civil War. After the Free Sith Empire reorganized itself into the Free Republic, the I’taka decided that the galaxy was advanced enough to survive without them, and so they left into the deep, dark vastness of space.