The birds of Betelgeuse were more advanced than we were when the Peloran made Contact in fact, and had been a space faring race when Caesar crossed the Rubicon.\u00a0 But they had no hyperdrive.\u00a0 That is because of the Betelgeuse star system.\u00a0 It is a Beacon Star, twisting hyperspace far more than normal stars.\u00a0 Our first hyperdrives would have utterly failed at Betelgeuse and so did theirs.\u00a0 Knowing it was impossible their science went in other directions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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