Alien races

AYUR
"The enigmatic driving force behind the ICAI and arguably its most advanced civilization – the Ayur, consider the galaxy literally as their garden, and emerging species and cultures as seeds they are meant to care for. An attitude that is bound to offend prouder races, yet somehow the approach the Ayur take in their interventionist projects is usually careful, patient and subtle enough to keep aggressive responses to a minimum. Their impressive power and technology also make open resistance look like a bad idea to begin with. Common belief has it that they were the first galactic species to develop FTL travel, but that topic is one of many Ayur never comment on…"

-dronethegame.com

XENME
"Frequently called “bone-men” by humans on account of their macabre looking exoskeletons. Our closest neighbors in the galaxy, the Xenme, have proven to be easy to deal with simply because of how similar they are to us in many regards. Much less aloof and introspective than the Ayur, they are driven by desires and motives humankind can directly relate to. This also means they are our main competitors in many areas, and so one time out of two human DRONE teams find themselves confronted with Xenme in the border regions."

-dronethegame.com

INTEGRITY OMEGA
"No one knows which race originally built the vast network of robotic A.I.s that refers to itself as Integrity Omega, which controls and exploits about 20% of the galaxy’s solar systems. A prevalent theory among human scientists is that I.O. began millennia ago with automated exploration and construction drones that were meant to evaluate and prepare planets and systems for future colonization. However, the species that sent them out, went extinct before they could actually set out for the stars."

-dronethegame.com