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The '''Old Ones''' were the eldest of all races, possessing an advanced civilization long before the development of the major races of the current age. They were the first race to achieve a galactic civilization. Only the [[C'tan]] star gods in their incorporeal state rival them in their age.
The race remembered now known only as the "Old Ones" possessed a slow, cold-blooded wisdom. Their science was such that it was indistinguishable from sorcery. Their understanding of the warp allowed them to exploit the psychic dimension to manipulate their surroundings and perform amazing feats of psychic engineering. With their knowledge of psychics, they managed to enter, map and control the vast [[Webway]] which allowed them to travel to almost any point in the galaxy in a matter of seconds.
Unfortunately, they found themselves to be nearly alone in the galaxy. They terraformed worlds which were otherwise uninhabitable and unable to spawn life. Through guidance they engineered*<sup>1</sup>: many new races from primitive stock, which they continued to nurture.
