After the initial shock wore off, a heated debate broke out in the conference room as the council tried to extract every piece of data from the footage.
"Judging from the video, these reptilian natives—let's just call them 'lizardmen' for now, are still in an incredibly early developmental stage. They haven't even transitioned to a feudal era yet."
"We don't know if they've mastered basic metallurgy, or if they've even reached their own Bronze or Iron Age."
The speaker was Hazel, a lead astronomer and theoretical xeno-sociologist.
Xeno-sociology was still a largely hypothetical science, a bleeding-edge field. Though based entirely on theoretical models, its conjectures would naturally refine as humanity expanded its footprint across the stars.
