This raises some interesting questions about how the Federation Council would treat an interstellar race that hasn’t cracked warp. Thing is, by the time they are in contact with other warp-capable alien species like the Asgard, trading information and technology, they would probably then themselves be considered warp-capable, even if it was bootstrapped, so the window of time where they are traveling to other worlds and immune from the prime directive is extremely brief.
It’s interesting, this is true in the early days of the show but around season 4-5 it’s clear that while the humans (of earth) are still technologically primitive, they essentially are making use of huge swathes of the American military industrial complex. Especially in terms of r&d. Theyre also not beholden to centuries of rigid doctrine around combat. So even though a staff weapon is far more technologically advanced than a gun using gunpowder, the gun is more ergonomic, more usable, more accurate, comes in specialized forms, etc etc. Plus they can implement novel tactics like shooting laser guided missiles through the gate and painting targets with a laser.
While sg1 are foreigners they are technologically primitive so the prime directive wouldn’t even apply to them.
This raises some interesting questions about how the Federation Council would treat an interstellar race that hasn’t cracked warp. Thing is, by the time they are in contact with other warp-capable alien species like the Asgard, trading information and technology, they would probably then themselves be considered warp-capable, even if it was bootstrapped, so the window of time where they are traveling to other worlds and immune from the prime directive is extremely brief.
Basically once they get the x302 with the sort of working hyperspace drive. That would count as their Zefram Cochrane moment.
It’s interesting, this is true in the early days of the show but around season 4-5 it’s clear that while the humans (of earth) are still technologically primitive, they essentially are making use of huge swathes of the American military industrial complex. Especially in terms of r&d. Theyre also not beholden to centuries of rigid doctrine around combat. So even though a staff weapon is far more technologically advanced than a gun using gunpowder, the gun is more ergonomic, more usable, more accurate, comes in specialized forms, etc etc. Plus they can implement novel tactics like shooting laser guided missiles through the gate and painting targets with a laser.
That show was pretty cool.