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Over time the mines went deeper, the cities grew bigger and technology advanced, however in most cases most of these advances were never seen out side of the cities as they could not build very many of any new devices, especially if they were a result of high technology. | Over time the mines went deeper, the cities grew bigger and technology advanced, however in most cases most of these advances were never seen out side of the cities as they could not build very many of any new devices, especially if they were a result of high technology. | ||
Advances were slow in some cases and rapid in others depending on the city and the availability of both raw resources and technological devices. Some experts agree that the fact that they were able to develop a space program at all | Advances were slow in some cases and rapid in others depending on the city and the availability of both raw resources and technological devices. Some experts agree that the fact that they were able to develop a space program at all proves that at some point that they had outside assistance as no civilization with such serious restrictions could or would have wasted the amount of time and resources needed otherwise. | ||
Their space program has never been very big and once they did start to build ships they were limited to only a few a year and most of those have always been freighters. This allowed them to slowly develop a series of trade deals with near by species that allowed them to increase their industrial base. Luxury goods became more available as did most technological devices. Now even the small communities could afford to buy devices to make life easier. | |||
Eventually they requested to join the Federation. Debate was spirited and long and eventually they were voted in but it was a very close call with many voting members being concerned that the evident stagnation of their culture and society meant that they were in decline. It was only thanks to the comments of Ambassador Sirok of [[Vulcan]] that enough votes were generated for a yes result. | |||
Since becoming a member of the Federation they have been mostly silent members, taking advantage of all the opportunities | |||