How developed are the developing species such as the Osoians? Will they have cities and forms of transportation, or how developed is 'developing'?

I mean, again, originally the idea was that it was anything below spacefaring, that the idea of the Fair Chance Act was that all the cultures are going to leave this species alone until they basically take off and get into space, and then they'll be basically met by some Vanduul. And then they can be integrated into the galaxy as a spacefaring species. Now that we're able to do full planetary exploration, which again back in 2012 was a dream, I think we're probably going to shave it down. I don't know. It's an interesting question. It feels like it's easier to make them not as developed technologically, so it's easier to just make a world, and then it's just a type of creature that's running around on the surface of the world, rather than having to develop architecture or vehicles or stuff like that. Like they were in the 1800s, or the equivalent of our 1800s, type thing. So I don't know. It's going to be an interesting question.

The Fair Chance Act overall is very interesting to me, because not everyone agrees with it. There's some people who think it's mean not to lift up a developing species. If we have medicine and they're suffering from a disease, is it really right that we don't help them? That's one of the science fiction stories that I'm really fascinated by, and I hope we get a chance to explore that more as we go.

There are a few developing species in the Genesis system. There's a group of cephalopod-like species who are just beginning to explore the surface of their world. And they have engaged in warfare with a land-dwelling species who doesn't like them. And the people who are observing are like, ethically, should we interfere in this? Because there's a good chance that one could wipe the other out. And does that violate the tenets of the Fair Chance Act on its own? Because it's a very murky issue. Lots of interesting perspectives.