[quote=@Darkspleen]
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Hence why I consider it part of the curriculum for being a "developed" country in this sci-fi RP.
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From the general description of the setting in the OP I don't imagine everyone actually has FTL travel themselves or developed it, since the premise of the RP is the existence of artifacts including FTL gates left behind by a pre-existing alien race. So no one really has free FTL in the since they can warp-drive to whatever system they want, they have to use the abandoned gate left behind by the Precusors to pull it off.