There are legends that speak of the Silent Ones -- ancient ancestors of the cheetah-like Savanites, who predate even legends of a great Savanite Empire in the distant history of Sinai. The Silent Ones supposedly had great cathedral-ships that ferried them across the stars, and ruled a celestial empire, before they came down to Sinai. Their culture was one that revered the Star as a deity ... but portrayed this entity in a more warlike aspect.