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How do you explain frequency modulation radio to a species that has no organs capable of receiving radio waves? thats impossible!
You can, but they end up using crude mechanical methods to do what every member of your race does from birth.
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I would propose that if science has been unified enough ..., that any technology that follows the laws of physics (...) could be created by any race. it would just require a litte more work for some. organic creatures could be constructed one amino-acid at a time, until you have complex protines and cells. anything that requires a device to operate could be replicated. i dont care if things would have to be reverse engineered by stripping off layers one atom at a time, it could be done.
We could have a normal tech tree organic manipulation, but if it had 20x the reserach cost (inherently unfamiliar territory), and had five more levels to work through (racial-tech children start with innate ability) before Organic Armor I, not many would bother.
Construction costs would be prohibitive, too, especially if you had do build up a device from atomic scale scratch.
Trying to support a military in SE4 using these not-my-racial-tech components would fail miserably.