The Ancients, the race that built the vast jump gate network billions of years ago is labelled a Type III Civilization.
This means that the race has achieved varying degrees of interstellar travel and has begun colonization beyond their solar system, but their psychosocial maturity is underdeveloped. The most common races such as the Boron, Teladi, Split, Paranid, Xenon, Argon and Terran are at most labelled a Type II Civilization, but are generally a Type I. In the X Universe each sentient race is categorized under the “Kardashev Scale” a scale that goes from Type 0 to Type IV depending on the civilization’s level of development. Knowing how to interact with a species is tantamount to success, and failure to heed to their wants and needs, or make them angry can lead to conflict. Some are allies, some are enemies, and some want to be left alone. There are many races in the X Universe and come in a variety of temperament and allegiance.