Barrayar had what we call the Time of Isolation. The Firsters, the original colonists, arrived through a wormhole in space that promptly collapsed. By the time we made contact again with the rest of the galaxy centuries later, they'd invented things like artificial gravity and uterine replicators, whereas our strongest military force was horse cavalry.
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Date: 2012-08-16 05:06 am (UTC)From:Barrayar had what we call the Time of Isolation. The Firsters, the original colonists, arrived through a wormhole in space that promptly collapsed. By the time we made contact again with the rest of the galaxy centuries later, they'd invented things like artificial gravity and uterine replicators, whereas our strongest military force was horse cavalry.