Vuvag
We first became aware of the Vuvag in 2287. They reside on the warm planet Vuvub in the Sagabka system. They are duplicitous, adaptable, and enthusiastic.
The Vuvag have learned how to catch water-dwelling creatures such as the zavub, which is now a staple part of the Vuvag diet.
The Vuvag have begun to cultivate crops, including a kind of sweet vine known as kivib.
The Vuvag 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 Vuvag make extensive use of stone tools in a variety of contexts. This has dramatically improved their efficiency in hunting the wild vaivim.
The Vuvag have developed a simple system of writing, which they use primarily for storytelling.
The Vuvag have developed a sophisticated understanding of basic mathematics, such as arithmetic, algebra, and geometry.
The Vuvag have domesticated a species of small furry creatures. The pets assist their Vuvag owners with navigation in exchange for food and shelter.
The Vuvag have begun to construct permanent dwellings and other structures, making especially extensive use of clay as a building material.
The Vuvag have learned how to build ships and sail them across the oceans of Vuvub to explore and trade over increasingly greater distances.
The Vuvag have mastered the control of fire. They use it to cook their food, and to light their villages at night.
The Vuvag have discovered how to forge molten metal into jewelry, tools, weapons, and armor.
The Vuvag 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 Vuvag have begun to experiment with alchemy, systematically searching for new ways of combining and manipulating ingredients to yield useful chemicals, compounds, and medicines.
The Vuvag have developed a simple printing press, and mass-produced versions of important texts have begun to circulate widely throughout the world. Scary stories are especially popular.
The Vuvag have begun to use lenses and mirrors made from polished crystal, glass, and water to redirect and focus light.
The Vuvag 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.
Through systematic observation and categorization of the various living things on Vuvub, the Vuvag 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 vaivim and the zavub, may in fact share a single common ancestor.
In 2567, many of the warring Vuvag tribes were united under a single banner by an individual known as Vazam the Magnificent. The resulting empire has its capital at Kakab and rules over approximately 44% of the entire Vuvag population. Unusually for the Vuvag, it is governed by direct democratic vote.
In 2584, an emerging religion known as Vazag was declared the official religion of the largest Vuvag state. Adherents of Vazag wear brightly colored clothing to mark themselves as believers.
In their efforts to understand the motion of planets in the sky, free-falling bodies, and projectiles, the Vuvag have developed a new branch of mathematics which is immediately recognizable as calculus.
The Vuvag have built elaborate pipe and sewer systems to supply their larger settlements, such as Kakab, with fresh water and a hygenic means of waste disposal.
The initially controversial hypothesis that diseases are caused by microorganisms has begun to catch on among the Vuvag, leading to the widespread adoption of public health policies which have greatly reduced the spread of disease.
The Vuvag have developed a practical and cost-effective steam engine, which can be fueled with wood or coal.
The Vuvag have discovered a way to manufacture gunpowder, which they primarily use in warfare.
The Vuvag have begun to develop rockets.
The Vuvag 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 Vuvag population.
In 2728, the Vuvag population reached 25 million individuals. Many of these live within permanent cities, the largest of which is known as Kakab and has a population of 70,000.
Due to its role as the birthplace of several major Vuvag religions, including the especially prominent Vazag faith, the city of Kakab is regarded by many of the Vuvag as a holy site. The high priest of Kakab is considered the de facto leader of the Vazag church as a whole, and pilgrimages to the city are commonplace.
The Vuvag 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 Vuvub to exchange several messages over the course of a single day.
The Vuvag 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 Vuvag have begun to construct more sophisticated electronic circuits.
The Vuvag have begun to build general-purpose programmable computers.
The Vuvag have discovered that electromagnetic waves may be used to transmit information, enabling the development and widespread deployment of media for audiovisual broadcasting.
The Vuvag have developed flying machines which can carry them into the skies above Vuvub.
In 2856, the Vuvag successfully detonated their first prototype nuclear weapon. It remains unclear whether the Vuvag scientists who worked on the bomb understand the sheer destructive potential of the weapon they have created.
In 2860, a single nuclear weapon was deployed in an attack on a medium-sized Vuvag city. The incident did not escalate into a full-scale nuclear war, but the city was almost completely obliterated, resulting in the deaths of some 171,000 Vuvag.
The Vuvag have taken their first tentative steps into space, launching craft capable of supporting several individuals into orbit around Vuvub before retrieving them safely.
The Vuvag have begun to connect their computers into a single vast network, enabling communication and collaboration on a truly global scale.
The Vuvag have begun to understand quantum physics.
The Vuvag 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.
In 2924, following decades of negotiation, the various sovereign Vuvag nations came to an agreement concerning the establishment of a unified planet-wide government for all of the Vuvag.
The Vuvag have constructed their first cost-effective quantum computers, dramatically improving their collective ability to perform certain types of calculation.
The Vuvag have begun to experiment with the use of "intelligent materials", in the form of swarms of programmable nanobots.
The Vuvag have begun to establish permanent colonies on worlds other than Vuvub. Although still largely unable to travel outside of the Sagabka system, the distribution of Vuvag civilization across multiple worlds greatly reduces the risk that they will collapse due to any crisis of merely planetary scale.
The Vuvag have developed a form of artificial general intelligence which rivals many of their own intellectual capabilities.
Through their investigations of quantum phenomena, the Vuvag have discovered a means of sending and receiving messages which travel at speeds exceeding that of light itself.
The Vuvag have successfully tested their first faster-than-light starship. No longer are they trapped within the gravity well of the Sagabka system: they are now free to take their place alongside us as fellow wanderers among the stars.
In 2976, the Vuvag joined us.