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It's why I didn't say you had to stick to the default origins, starting worlds, etc.
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Sounds good to me!  I'm going with an origin based off Awakened.  Basically, a fresh new biological evolved intelligence has arizen, on a planet that previously contained a scientific outpost of a long dead precursor race, which helps them get off-planet and galactic-civilization-ready.  Hence the heavy focus on exploration and discovery