Sartins

The Sartins are the most dominant and intelligent species on the planet Aketi. They are a Type-II civilization as measured on the Kardashev Scale.

History

Sartins first appeared on Aketi about 3.5 million years ago on the dark, icy side of the planet. They had thrived here for 1.2 million years until about 1.8 million years ago when the dark side of the planet had experienced a sudden global warming event that had pushed the evolution of Sartins towards the brighter, stormy side of the planet. On the night side, Sartins had used their bioluminescent lights on their foreheads to see in the constant darkness. Since they moved towards the day side, they no longer use it but it still serves a use in darkness.

About 1.7 million years ago, the global population of Sartins was 6 million but had very suddenly diminished to less than a hundred thousand when the super-volcano Taka had erupted. Until 1.6 million years ago, the population had gradually increased by the thousands every year.

In the last 210,000 years, Sartins had developed intelligence with an average IQ of 10. Sartins had become hunters and gatherers. About 7,500 years ago, Sartins began agriculture such as farming plants and animals. Sartins began constructing shelters and villages about 3,000 years ago and only 1,800 years ago Sartins had begun to construct cities with skyscrapers as tall as 500 meters.