02-13-2020, 12:39 PM
(02-12-2020, 06:57 PM)Jargal Wrote: If the civilization has reached space - then great, but for every spacefaring civilization how many have remained on their own planet? And if they chose some other path of development, we may not recognize their artifacts as artificial at all!
A fair number, actually:
T'oul'h
Thyresta
Paulans
Whisper
Kemmerer
Silent Ones
Pipers
Most of these in OA were discovered by exploratory craft. The same method might turn up other non-spacefaring species that have gone extinct.
As far as choosing a path of development we wouldn't recognize - If that's the case then wouldn't archaeologists also not recognize their artifacts and thereby render the issue moot?
Todd