Fvovitiovip
We first became aware of the Fvovitiovip in 2785. They inhabit the stormy planet Vipxitivip Fxixitivip in the Ftiviviokil system. They are arrogant, gentle, and analytical.
The Fvovitiovip have learned how to catch water-dwelling creatures such as the vimvivitip, which is now a staple part of the Fvovitiovip diet.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to cultivate crops. One especially popular crop is vipkixoxip, a kind of colorful fruit that grows well in the jungles of Vipxitivip Fxixitivip.
The Fvovitiovip make use of stone tools in a variety of contexts, especially when hunting the wild fxivivikip.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to construct permanent dwellings and other structures. They seem to favor limestone as a building material.
The Fvovitiovip have developed a simple system of writing, which they use primarily for storytelling.
The Fvovitiovip have mastered the control of fire. They use it to cook their food, and to light their villages at night.
The Fvovitiovip have discovered how to forge molten metal into jewelry, tools, weapons, and armor.
The Fvovitiovip have built elaborate pipe and sewer systems to supply their larger settlements, such as Fvixotivip, with fresh water and a hygenic means of waste disposal.
In 2881, the Fvovitiovip population reached 25 million individuals. Many of these dwell within permanent cities, the largest of which is known as Fvixotivip and has a population of 30,000.
In 2900, an emerging religion known as Oviom became the official religion of the largest Fvovitiovip state. Adherents of Oviom wear plain blue caps to mark themselves as believers.
Due to its role as the birthplace of several major Fvovitiovip religions, including the especially prominent Oviom faith, the city of Fvixotivip is regarded by many of the Fvovitiovip as a holy site. The archbishop of Fvixotivip is considered the de facto leader of the Oviom church as a whole, and pilgrimages to the city are commonplace.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to watch the skies and recognize patterns in the movements of stars, which they use to navigate over great distances and keep track of time.
The Fvovitiovip have domesticated a species of small scaly creatures. The pets assist their Fvovitiovip owners with pest control in exchange for food and shelter.
The Fvovitiovip have developed a sophisticated understanding of basic mathematics, such as arithmetic, algebra, and geometry.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to use lenses and mirrors made from polished crystal, glass, and water to redirect and focus light.
Some of the Fvovitiovip have begun to experiment with alchemy, systematically searching for new ways of combining and manipulating ingredients to yield useful chemicals, compounds, and medicines.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to make use of more sophisticated construction techniques, relying on sturdy structural elements such as arches and buttresses to support larger and larger buildings.
The Fvovitiovip have developed a simple printing press, and mass-produced versions of important texts have begun to circulate widely throughout the world. Poetry is especially popular.
In their efforts to understand the motion of planets in the sky, free-falling bodies, and projectiles, the Fvovitiovip have developed a new branch of mathematics which is immediately recognizable as calculus.
Through systematic observation and categorization of the various living things on Vipxitivip Fxixitivip, the Fvovitiovip have begun to develop a more sophisticated understanding of biology. Some theorists have even put forth the idea that dramatically different-looking organisms, such as the fxivivikip and the vimvivitip, may in fact be descended from a single common ancestor.
The initially controversial hypothesis that diseases can be caused by microorganisms has begun to catch on among the Fvovitiovip, leading to the widespread adoption of public health policies which have greatly reduced the spread of disease.
In 3173, many of the disparate Fvovitiovip city-states were united under a single banner by an individual known as Itop. The city of Fvixotivip has been made the capital of the resulting empire, which rules over approximately 41% of the entire Fvovitiovip population. Like many other Fvovitiovip states, it is governed by direct democratic vote.
The Fvovitiovip have learned how to build ships and sail them across the oceans of Vipxitivip Fxixitivip to explore and trade over increasingly greater distances.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to construct wind and water mills, which redirect the forces of the natural world to perform repetitive mechanical tasks such as grinding grain and pumping water.
The Fvovitiovip have successfully tamed electricity, and are now beginning to deploy it throughout society. Electric lights are widespread, electric motors are used to drive factories, and the growing need for electric power has led to the construction of power plants near every major center of Fvovitiovip population.
The Fvovitiovip have developed a practical and cost-effective steam engine, which can be fueled with wood or coal.
The Fvovitiovip have developed flying machines which can carry them into the skies above Vipxitivip Fxixitivip.
The Fvovitiovip have begun harnessing the power of electricity to send messages across very great distances with unprecedented speed. Due to the overhead of encoding and decoding messages, long-distance communication remains far from instantaneous, but it is now possible for individuals on opposite sides of Vipxitivip Fxixitivip to exchange several messages over the course of a single day.
The Fvovitiovip have discovered that electromagnetic waves may be used to transmit information, enabling the development and widespread deployment of media for audiovisual broadcasting.
With the development of the transistor, the Fvovitiovip have begun to construct more sophisticated electronic circuits.
The Fvovitiovip have discovered a way to manufacture gunpowder, which they primarily use in warfare.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to develop rockets.
The Fvovitiovip have arrived at a sophisticated understanding of genetics, which has enabled them to craft new forms of life by deliberately modifying the genes of existing organisms.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to build general-purpose programmable computers.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to connect their computers into a single vast network, enabling communication and collaboration on a truly global scale.
The Fvovitiovip have taken their first tentative steps into space, launching craft capable of supporting several individuals into orbit around Vipxitivip Fxixitivip before retrieving them safely.
The Fvovitiovip have developed an accurate model of the internal structure of the atom, which has also enabled them to understand the phenomenon of radioactivity.
In 3395, following decades of negotiation, the various sovereign Fvovitiovip nations came to an agreement concerning the establishment of a unified planet-wide government for all of the Fvovitiovip.
The Fvovitiovip have developed a form of artificial general intelligence which rivals many of their own intellectual capabilities.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to understand quantum physics.
The Fvovitiovip have constructed their first cost-effective quantum computers, dramatically improving their collective ability to perform certain types of calculation.
Through their investigations of quantum phenomena, the Fvovitiovip have discovered a means of sending and receiving messages which travel at speeds exceeding that of light itself.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to experiment with the use of "intelligent materials", in the form of swarms of programmable nanobots.
The Fvovitiovip have begun to establish permanent colonies on worlds other than Vipxitivip Fxixitivip. Although still largely unable to travel outside of the Ftiviviokil system, the distribution of Fvovitiovip civilization across multiple worlds greatly reduces the risk that they will collapse due to any crisis of merely planetary scale.
The Fvovitiovip have successfully tested their first faster-than-light starship. No longer are they trapped within the gravity well of the Ftiviviokil system: they are now free to take their place alongside us as fellow wanderers among the stars.
In 3456, the Fvovitiovip joined us.