third-level civ mentioned in 04/28 update

[a*******ssetup]

Could someone explain the third-level civ stuff mentioned in the announcement please? There were two items on the topic that for some reason after reading it I didn't have a firm understanding of what what described.

[Katitoff]

Weren't there supposed to be enemies at some point?

Edit: just read the announcement, its glorified leaderboard.

[C_Fear]

The main goal of the game is to build a lot of dyson spheres.
In the narration, the tutorial voice over mentions this is part of an effort to build a third-level civilisation for the CentreBrain.
What the developers have created seems to be a graphical visualisation of player progress towards this goal. I suspect they're going to show how many dyson spheres are in the Actual Universe and that a player will be able to colour his region on that graphical visualisation.

[Cyb3r14n]

Is it related to the Kardashev scale?
A Type III civilization, also called a galactic civilization—can control energy at the scale of its entire host galaxy (all stars).

[Bobucles]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale
DSP starts you on a planet with the ultimate goal of harvesting the sun. That's a type II goal.
Add a bunch of other players doing the same thing across the galaxy, and that leads into a type III.