Benefactors, the

Benefactors, the

believed to be an offshot of the Earlies. Either one of the first species seeded by the Earlies or a sentient species uplifted / assisted by the Earlies. The Benefactors were active billions of years ago (Opposing the work of the Seeders, just like the Earlies) Scholastic evidence suggests they reached TL 11 and  uplifted many pre industrial sentients.