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Pragmatic · 06-18-2009, 09:23 AM

Elder race-levels of science are a notch above mainline species' understanding. Our brightest minds can barely grasp ways of making weak copies, and at fantastically expensive construction costs.

Think "Plains Indians capture Superfortress bomber and attempt to reverse-engineer." No basis for understanding. There's the tech-level penalty, plus it violates all known laws of physics--because they don't know how to exploit some "loopholes" in the laws...

06-18-2009, 09:23 AM	#3
Pragmatic Ceci n'est pas une tag. Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver, WA (Portland Metro)	Re: [Spaceships] In-game reason for limiting superscience Elder race-levels of science are a notch above mainline species' understanding. Our brightest minds can barely grasp ways of making weak copies, and at fantastically expensive construction costs. Think "Plains Indians capture Superfortress bomber and attempt to reverse-engineer." No basis for understanding. There's the tech-level penalty, plus it violates all known laws of physics--because they don't know how to exploit some "loopholes" in the laws...