How do you explain it?

[NullAshton]

Races on average will discover advances at around the same time. It's just for ease of programming that that happens.

[Glyn]

I was looking for more of a plausible pseudo science explanation to a rather improbable set of coincidental events that is the basic starting scenario of Space Empires.


The theory that “races will develop technology at a similar rate” implies that for any two races to be at the same tech level that would have had to have started at about the same time in the past. Another lose end that needs explaining.

[DarkHorse]

The odds would be greatly against it, in the absence of a common origin for the races. It is a fairly common theme (or plot device) in science fiction. Even Star Trek pulled that one out at one point, in TNG.

[Captain Kwok]

Well the game explanation is simple: for play balance.

In SE:III and likely in the upcoming SE:V, players are able to choose their starting techs, which helps eliminate the problem of all the races having the same tech. You can use a good start with 100,000 research points to achieve the same sort of thing in SE:IV.

[Atrocities]

I explained it quite nicely in the back story for the STM.

[AngleWyrm]

Glyn said:
The theory that “races will develop technology at a similar rate” implies that for any two races to be at the same tech level that would have had to have started at about the same time in the past. Another lose end that needs explaining.

Interstellar contact. The prime directive (Don't help anyone) is irrelevant, people will learn from each other anyway. Diplomats, Pirates, and other tradesmen will spread the technology around.