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==Ancient Humanity==

'''Synopsis''': Claiming a mix of spiritual and physical descent from one of the Ancients, humanity has swept across a large swath of the galaxy. Various human empires and churches are fixtures of the universe, with offshoots of humanity being not particular uncommon and several having prospered quite well. Humanity has a tendency to consider itself directly related to the baseline (the Phoenix Kings were identical, superficially at least) for the universe and see the plethora of other species sharing their rough form as (poor) relations or otherwise offshoots from some distant point in the past. This does not endear them to those they share the universe with.

===New Humanity===

'''Synopsis''': Part of the program of conquest of Ancient Humanity is seeding planets to generate "independent" human populations. A program that started before Ancient Humanity could regularly travel in the Darkness Beyond bodily, it continued a pace and has only recently slowed. The program seeds seemingly compatible worlds with biological and chemical agents that provoke the re-evolution of humanity there. These New Humans are largely identical but lack the advantages of genetic engineering and millennia of wealth accumulation that Ancient Humanity has. Most New Humans populations that achieve sufficient advancement submit to rule by their ancestors, largely as the alternatives to being a client planet are far less pleasant.

===Neo Humanity===

'''Synopsis''': The collective term for all post- and trans- human expressions, these include groups that splintered long ago and aren't truly compatible any longer as well as more recent and deliberate offshoots. Neo Humanity tends to congregate in more cosmopolitan and less traditionalist spaces, and doesn't dominate any particular large body politic. However, strains of thinking that lead in their direction are common among other branches of humanity and it is Neo Humanity that most non-humans prefer engaging with.