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Posted - 2006.08.02 07:44:00 -
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 Originally by: Frezik
...Not entirely from square one. The Amarr developed stargates by finding an old one in their system. The Gallente and Caldari (who share a home system) didn't find an in-tact stargate, so they had to mostly reinvent the science. There are no ancient stargates in the Minmatar home system (an interesting oddity in itself), and they never did invent the technology until the Amarr conquored them...
My understanding is that the Minmatar had interplanetary slip gates like the deadspace gates but nothing that would get them out of the system. The Ray of Matar also suggests advanced nano-tech or similar. The Matari didn't invest that heavily in space travel as they were blessed with a fertile world and they had no need to head to the stars in search of new land or resources. Tribal warfare probably went a long way to keeping the population at a managable level and the focus on conflict rather than global co-operation (something the other 'empires' got to long ago) is probably what make the Brutor so strong or the Sebeistor so cunning.
It is interesting to note that the Matari have a lot of focus on bloodline and the Voluval hints at the ability to tap family traits through tech. The Brutor and Vheriokor tribes are both branches of the lost Starkmanir tribe, it will be interesting to see if this becomes key in reviving that bloodline in a lab and somehow replacing the lost elders thereby unifying the tribal council.
Another thing I am interested in, and its a shame I never got into the COSMOS stuff, is this sleeper tech and the other four. Has anyone done enough of COSMOS to piece the story together? I often wondered if the Matari had no gate and a paradise world because they came on a sleeper ship and sent a terraformer ahead of them. From another Earther colony?, just not via the Eve Gate. All the other empires seem to have suffered early hardships based on reliance on the gate while the Matari seem to have been quite comfortable. There is reference to a sacred plain on Matar where the first colony ship landed but nobody confirms where it came from.
I'm pretty sure the Gallente / Caldari had gates around the same time as the Amarr? I thought the Caldari turned on the Gallente and started froming the state around the same time as the Amarr invaded Matar?
As for the Jove, who really knows except the Jove. Perhaps they are aliens who spliced human genes onto themselves? perhaps they were the first here and were less reliant on the gates supply lines when it collapsed. Therefore more Earther tech survived with them.
If anyone can tell me about the Sleepers / Talokan etc that would be great. If not I guess I'l have to go look for myself after the slavers are defeated. 
I do hope all these gaps get filled in over time. Who knows, one day we may find our way back to Sol and discover our origins. No idea what state it will be in, maybe just a dead system or a nova's heart. I don't think Sol is anywhere near us though.
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