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Actually, 2 more things:
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[*]I know that the gaitori were one of the most advanced races during the Obain/gaitor war. But the designs you're turning out look as technologically advanced as modern Ishiman/Cantharan designs. Were the gaitori _reduced_ in technology when defeated?
Yeah. When the romans were defeated by the barbarians, their legions fell, their cities burned, their civilization collapsed.
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No, some technological advances by the romans were merely incorporated into barbarian society rather than destroyed. The Cantharans didn't fully wage a war of extermination on Gaitor, they just waged a crusade by destroyed their fleets and overthrew their governments, leaving their now "enlightened" populaces and economy relatively untouched (just setting back Gaitori advancement significantly).
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The intro and ending mentions 150 years (earth time) between departure and return of the Apollo/Ares. For the crew of the Apollo/Ares it was 6 years tops from departure to return.
At least that's what the intro says
Uhm, no again. The planned trip was 300 years (150 years there, 150 years back). The Apollo got to Ishima entirely by itself, and returned to Earth with Ishiman aid, meaning it was at least 151 years from departure to return (leaving at least 1 year for a massive interstellar war + travel time + liberation of a major homeworld). If anything, I would assume 155 or 156 total. Not 6.
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