The interrogation of the Planet Dige natives proceeded swiftly.
Aside from the fact that all the captives had visibly gained weight—clearly, life in Federation captivity offered better food than a post-apocalyptic wasteland, there were no major incidents.
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the biology and linguistics teams, the Federation quickly cracked their language and gathered a wealth of detailed information.
The first major revelation left everyone stunned:
This civilization possessed an incredibly long history. According to their records, their civilization was 120,000 years old.
One hundred and twenty thousand years! That timespan completely eclipsed the history of humanity and even the Nix civilization.
Yet, despite this vast stretch of time, their technological progress had barely crawled forward, falling far behind the Nix, who had only existed for a few millennia.
