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  • The Prime Directive dictates that there can be no interference with the internal development of pre-warp civilizations sirkowski

    Advisor: Was it cruel to let poor kids in India play with my iPod? Boing Boing 2009

  • "The Prime Directive dictates that there can be no interference with the internal development of pre-warp civilizations"

    Advisor: Was it cruel to let poor kids in India play with my iPod? Boing Boing 2009

  • That there can be no interference with the internal development of pre-warp civilizations.

    VOTD: The Many Bloody Deaths of Total Recall | /Film 2009

  • But there have been pre-warp societies that are otherwise technologically advanced and wealthy.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » How Federal is Star Trek’s Federation? 2007

  • The Prime Directive governs contact with pre-warp societies.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » How Federal is Star Trek’s Federation? 2007

  • An exotic substance laced with energy, veracite was used by many pre-warp civilizations as a power source, but the side effects of proximity to it—mainly the disruption of any technology with a duonetic field—made it anathema to most spacefaring species.

    Distant Shores Edited by Marco Palmieri 2005

  • An exotic substance laced with energy, veracite was used by many pre-warp civilizations as a power source, but the side effects of proximity to it—mainly the disruption of any technology with a duonetic field—made it anathema to most spacefaring species.

    Distant Shores Edited by Marco Palmieri 2005

  • An exotic substance laced with energy, veracite was used by many pre-warp civilizations as a power source, but the side effects of proximity to it—mainly the disruption of any technology with a duonetic field—made it anathema to most spacefaring species.

    Distant Shores Edited by Marco Palmieri 2005

  • The primary reason a ship like the Boreth even had that capability was in the event contact was made with an emergent, pre-warp technological culture.

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • The primary reason a ship like the Boreth even had that capability was in the event contact was made with an emergent, pre-warp technological culture.

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

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