Kuvfcig
We first became aware of the Kuvfcig in 2789. They reside on the rainy planet Cwivci in the Ciovfcuv system. They are elegant, honorable, and honest.
The Kuvfcig have learned how to catch water-dwelling creatures such as the gwibgi, which is now a staple part of the Kuvfcig diet.
The Kuvfcig have begun to cultivate crops, including a kind of sour fruit known as keivfgig that grows well in the rainforests of Cwivci.
The Kuvfcig 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 Kuvfcig have developed a simple system of writing, which they use primarily for poetry.
The Kuvfcig use stone tools for many things, especially when hunting the wild kwivgi.
The Kuvfcig have developed a sophisticated understanding of basic mathematics, such as arithmetic, algebra, and geometry.
The Kuvfcig have domesticated a species of small flying animals. The pets assist their Kuvfcig owners with pest control in exchange for food and shelter.
The Kuvfcig have mastered the control of fire. They use it to cook their food, and to light their villages at night.
The Kuvfcig have begun to construct permanent dwellings and other structures. They seem to favor wood as a building material.
The Kuvfcig have discovered how to forge molten metal into jewelry, tools, weapons, and armor.
The Kuvfcig have begun to use lenses and mirrors made from polished crystal, glass, and water to redirect and focus light.
The Kuvfcig have learned how to build ships and sail them across the oceans of Cwivci to explore and trade over increasingly greater distances.
The Kuvfcig 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.
Some of the Kuvfcig have begun to experiment with alchemy, systematically searching for new ways of combining and manipulating ingredients to yield useful chemicals, compounds, and medicines.
In 2994, the Kuvfcig population reached 25 million individuals. Many of these live within permanent cities, the largest of which is known as Gwibki and has a population of 48,000.
The Kuvfcig have developed a simple printing press, and mass-produced versions of important texts have begun to circulate widely throughout the world. Tales of heroism are especially popular.
Through systematic observation and categorization of the various living things on Cwivci, the Kuvfcig 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 kwivgi and the gwibgi, may in fact share a single common ancestor.
The Kuvfcig have built elaborate pipe and sewer systems to supply their larger settlements, such as Gwibki, with fresh water and a hygenic means of waste disposal.
The city of Gwibki has become renowned among the Kuvfcig as a center of commerce and trade. In particular, the intricately decorated jewelry produced there is highly sought after by traders around the world.
In their efforts to understand the motion of planets in the sky, free-falling bodies, and projectiles, the Kuvfcig have developed a new branch of mathematics which is immediately recognizable as calculus.
The idea that diseases are caused by microorganisms has begun to catch on among the Kuvfcig, leading to the widespread adoption of public health policies which have greatly reduced the spread of disease.
In 3112, a rapidly growing religion known as Kwivgi was declared the official religion of the largest Kuvfcig state. Adherents of Kwivgi wear distinctive concealing cloaks to mark themselves as believers.
The Kuvfcig 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 Kuvfcig 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 Kuvfcig have developed a practical and cost-effective steam engine, which can be fueled with wood or coal.
The Kuvfcig 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 Kuvfcig population.
The Kuvfcig 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 Cwivci to exchange several messages over the course of a single day.
The Kuvfcig have discovered a way to manufacture gunpowder, which they primarily use in warfare.
The Kuvfcig have discovered that electromagnetic waves may be used to transmit information, enabling the development and widespread deployment of media for audiovisual broadcasting.
The Kuvfcig have developed an accurate model of the internal structure of the atom, which has also enabled them to understand the phenomenon of radioactivity.
With the development of the transistor, the Kuvfcig have begun to construct more sophisticated electronic circuits.
The Kuvfcig have begun to understand quantum physics.
The Kuvfcig have begun to develop rockets.
In 3287, many of the disparate Kuvfcig city-states were united under a single banner by an individual known as Kuibcwiviv the Merciful. The resulting empire has its capital at Gwibki and rules over approximately 23% of the entire Kuvfcig population. Like many other Kuvfcig states, it is governed by a council of aristocrats.
The Kuvfcig have developed flying machines which can carry them into the skies above Cwivci.
The Kuvfcig have begun to build general-purpose programmable computers.
The Kuvfcig have begun to connect their computers into a single vast network, enabling communication and collaboration on a truly global scale.
The Kuvfcig have constructed their first cost-effective quantum computers, dramatically improving their collective ability to perform certain types of calculation.
The Kuvfcig have taken their first tentative steps into space, launching craft capable of supporting several individuals into orbit around Cwivci before retrieving them safely.
In 3351, the Kuvfcig successfully detonated their first prototype nuclear weapon. It remains unclear whether the Kuvfcig scientists who worked on the bomb understand the sheer destructive potential of the weapon they have created.
The Kuvfcig have developed a form of artificial general intelligence which rivals many of their own intellectual capabilities.
Through their investigations of quantum phenomena, the Kuvfcig have discovered a means of sending and receiving messages which travel at speeds exceeding that of light itself.
The Kuvfcig have begun to experiment with the use of "intelligent materials", in the form of swarms of programmable nanobots.
The Kuvfcig have begun to establish permanent colonies on worlds other than Cwivci. Although still largely unable to travel outside of the Ciovfcuv system, the distribution of Kuvfcig civilization across multiple worlds greatly reduces the risk that they will collapse due to any crisis of merely planetary scale.
In 3401, following decades of negotiation, the various sovereign Kuvfcig nations came to an agreement concerning the establishment of a unified planet-wide government for all of the Kuvfcig.
The Kuvfcig have successfully tested their first faster-than-light starship. No longer are they trapped within the gravity well of the Ciovfcuv system: they are now free to take their place alongside us as fellow wanderers among the stars.
In 3406, the Kuvfcig joined us.
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