Charonites are an ancient race native to the planet . They are a race of peaceful carnivores that are now nearly extinct. Their race once controlled a mighty space faring empire dedicated to terraforming planets and populating them with artificially engineered organisms, as well as studying life as a whole. Their empire began to decline when their sun started to die, and would eventually turn into a black hole. Before this could happen, they built six massive towers in the shape of a double-helix. These towers still exist today and are somehow able to maintain stable orbit around the black hole, as well as the atmosphere and other life-sustaining aspects of the planet. Today Charonites survive in small tribes spread around Charon. Each tribe contains no more than 1,000 individuals. These t