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Whee, another fit of conflicting ideas!

I don't know what's better: an empire controlled by an extradimensional entity(favors strength and power, i have made so much progress on its sheet), or a frail, 2020-tech civilization with a dying homeworld that is searching for a new place to live (favors story depth).
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Frail, 2020-tech civilizations are always fun. Especially once they find ancient ruins or something.

I had a late 90's civilization at one point, but it ran across some ancient ruins and ended up destroying a star system.