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While the Vetuckers and Swall <span class="mu-i">may</span> have the ability to use Starsight and it may be worth investigation, there is a slight other concern. As of right now, Jaxtians make up the vast, vast majority of people in the Hegemony, and as such more are going to be of the small rare class that can become Starseers- and secondly, the ability to become Starseers is a <span class="mu-i">point of prestige</span> among Jaxtians, as the skill was thought to be impossible to species not inherently capable of it. You are sure the knowledge of Jaxtian starseers may give you some more prominence and status among other races in the galaxy.
Of course, the <span class="mu-s">Seekers</span> once also possessed the ability, though it has been hundreds of years since their disappearance from the galaxy. Likely the knowledge with how they accomplished their Starsight was lost. You know that their computers, self-aware and with full freedom unlike your own AIs that are throttled for safety reasons, were almost symbols of religious worship over there, and the Seekers were deeply spiritual. Despite previous Supremes wanting to make these distasteful witchdoctors their allies- the results speak for themselves. You know that the Vetuckers were once deeply religious as a people, which could hint at some latent ability for Starsight.
After all, it is known that the ability to cope with loss and overcoming of trauma, character growth, abstract thinking, and a few other similar traits are linked to the ability to develop Starsight. So much so that some members of the Hegemony have even developed it <span class="mu-i">without</span> losing their eyesight, though such a gift is rare even after many years of trying to replicate it. And the current generations of Vetuckers and Swall are both literal survivors of their own genocides, born from tubes that seem to in some way assist with their mental stability and progress. If your concern was with keeping the status of Jaxtians high in the new Hegemony you are creating, then maybe it's best if it's something you don't know... but at the same time, the potential gains in starship routes, not to mention new potential insights or developments into FTL technology from races with entirely different brain chemistry could also be huge...
What are you going to do?
>Fully test Vetuckers and Swall for their Starsight ability
>Only test Vetuckers
>Keep it a Jaxtian only tradition
