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I was thinking about super aggressive races in sci-fi. Could an aggressive, conflict-based culture ever advance technologically? I'm thinking of the Klingons from Star Trek, the Krogan from Mass Effect, etc... Would such a species have the ability to build an interstellar empire?
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Brandon Reed It depends on how aggressive. The Klingons have always been a head scratcher for me. You'd expect them to be engaged in constant civil war.
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Road Master They're the ones that really bother me. Everything we see about them says they are not innovative. They are extremely aggressive and have no love for scientists and anybody who doesn't have a purely martial personality. That really does not foster any kind of technological advancement.
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Astra Naughty @road_master Prodigy finally shows a Klingon scientist. I think they’re trying to correct that issue 😂
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David Rachau As long as they don't destroy themselves, I don't see why not.
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Road Master That would be a very realistic concern and possibility. But would such a nature allow time to innovate?
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Road Master I haven't read that yet. So I can't say.
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Sage DeForest I was wondering about this yesterday while playing halo. I would say it's certainly less likely but still entirely plausible depending on the existential rules of the set universe. for instance the materials available on the home planet.
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Brandon Reed Yeah, and also how easy those materials are to find and process.
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Sage DeForest the biggest key is connecting the pedagogy of the material to the science of its processing. discovering the process is often the most time consuming task otherwise the romans would have already had the patio process.
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Russ Hoyt The Borg?
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Road Master Both excellent examples. Can't really say with the Borg. Their origins are unknown. But considering the technological aspect AND the multi-species nature of the organization, I think it's safe to assume they didn't develop that way. Most theories I've heard are based on outside interference.
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Brandon Reed I'd say that the Borg aren't so much aggressive as virulent. They can only reproduce by spreading their infection, and they do enjoy reproducing.
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Road Master I guess the Borg and humanity do have something in common.
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Russ Hoyt Jem’Hadar from Deep Space 9?
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Road Master The Jem'hadar are an excellent case study. They are very aggressive, but not innovative. Everything we know about them says they are an artificially created species. Whether they were entirely fabricated from the ground up or an existing species that was modified, we don't know. (Correct me if I'm mistaken here.) That falls firmly in the realm of outside interference. Not development. But what REALLY makes them such a great example here is that due to their nature, they had to be created with some kind of control integrated into their biology. Even the founders, who the Jem'hadar viewed as gods, had to create them with a HIGE physical weakness to keep them dependent and to die if they threatened or harmed the supply source. I.E. The Founders. The Jem'hadar didn't innovate or create. They only fought. It's what they lived for. What would the Jem'hadar do if dropped on a planet without The Founders?
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