Alteegees

The Alteegees were a civilization of ancient Clonegees that existed from around 16000 BW to 9768 BW. They were both highly advanced and unified, and are known to have been ancestors of multiple Clonegee populations all over the Clonegee Center Group. They were centered in the Plakk Reach, though it is known that they could travel through the universe at speeds much greater than can be achieved with modern hyperdrives. They were the builders of the Spaghetti Pod.

Origins
Though the origins of the Alteegees are unclear, they almost certainly originated from populations in the Clonegee Galaxy. How the Alteegees came to possess technology millennia beyond even current advancements five thousand years before the first great civilizations emerged on other planets is completely unknown. They were at one point nomadic, before settling in the Plakk Reach in 15992 BW.

Height
At its height, the Alteegee civilization carried dominion over the Plakk Reach and presumably had de facto control of most of the explored universe. Their technology included starships that functioned as mobile cities and defense stations, as well as communication across the universe with little to no delay. Remnants of what may have been a local capital are present on WGWG-876012.

Decline and fall
Evidence indicates that splintering and overreaching caused the civilization to decline, though this does not account for what appears to be multiple rapid retreats of the Alteegees back toward the center of the Plakk Reach. The area in the center of the Reach shows some possibility of destruction on a scale barely in reach even to the Alteegees, including the destruction of systems using all the power of the star at the center at once, and the apparent scattering of entire systems, which appear to have had their natural course through the reach altered. The last record speaks of the final dissolution of the Alteegee civilization, most likely in the year 9768 BW.