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* ''Literature/ChildrenOfRuin'': Senkovi used uplifted octupi to help terraform a planet, leaving them with the full technology of the human empire to build upon when he eventually died of old age. And since the rest of the human empire had fallen (Senkovi's project only survived by random luck), they had the highest technology base in the galaxy, compared to the humans left on Earth and the spiders being uplifted on Kern's World. The book points out that it's extremely unlikely that the octupi would have become technologically advanced without the boost; their planet is an ocean world with little opportunity for low-level industry, and their water-filled ships would never be able to escape the gravity well without the space elevator that Senkovi left for them. Once they ''are'' in space, though, they prove extremely adept at thinking three-dimensionally. They don't need gravity even for comfort, because they can survive indefinitely like that with no side effects.
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** The Vorlon and Shadows tend to share bits of their technology with the Younger Races to further their own agendas. The Shadows will leave behind some destructive devices and at times send envoys from their older followers to teach their newer followers to build lesser copies of their technologies, while the Vorlon, being much more cautious, simply [[PortalNetwork left around a few jump gates]] so that the Younger races could reverse-engineer them and even develop [[FasterThanLightTravel jump drives]]. [[spoiler:The Vorlon sharing shielding and power sources with a Minbari faction to build the White Star is a hint on how bad things were getting]].
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*** The Vorlon raised the ancient Minbari from pre-civilization into an advanced society. When the Vorlon set the record straight, the cultural shock was such that the Minbari murdered the Vorlon on the planet before being bombed back into the stone age. The Vorlon now heavily limit just how much technology they're willing to share with anyone.
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*** The Vorlon raised the ancient Minbari from pre-civilization into an advanced society.society while posing as gods. When the Vorlon set the record straight, the cultural shock was such that the Minbari murdered the Vorlon on the planet before being bombed back into the stone age. The This is why the Vorlon now heavily limit just how much are so cautious about sharing their technology they're willing to share with anyone.- and will immediately correct anyone who mistake them as gods.
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*** Some human scientists once engaged in a limited version of this trope on a planet with various bronze age civilization. [[LowCultureHighTech The disparity between technological and cultural level]] caused a series of devastating wars of expansion between growing empires while diseases accidentally introduced by the humans were making the damage worse, and only Earth Alliance outright taking over the planet and introducing their medical technology prevented a complete societal collapse. The Earth Alliance Senate then quickly regulated any form of technological uplift on other species to prevent a repeat.
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* In ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'', many Terragen polities have done as such to both Xenosophont clades and lost Terragen colonies. The To'ul'h for instance have largely integrated into Terragen society. And there are also colonies that [[SpaceAmish forsook technology]] under the protection of a greater polity such as the Metasoft Version Tree's Baseline Preserves or many of the domains of the Caretaker Gods, though there is one story where a Caretaker manipulates eir charges into acquiring an [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Encyclopedia Everythingia]] from a visiting anthropologist.
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* In ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'', ''Website/OrionsArm'', many Terragen polities have done as such to both Xenosophont clades and lost Terragen colonies. The To'ul'h for instance have largely integrated into Terragen society. And there are also colonies that [[SpaceAmish forsook technology]] under the protection of a greater polity such as the Metasoft Version Tree's Baseline Preserves or many of the domains of the Caretaker Gods, though there is one story where a Caretaker manipulates eir charges into acquiring an [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Encyclopedia Everythingia]] from a visiting anthropologist.
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* In ''Fanfic/FuryAndFlame'' the presence of the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Nation]] in [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Westeros]] results in this as [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage Stannis and Azula]] build the Royal Navy with steam ships and bring industrial manufacturing to Dragonstone. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It doesn't change the fact]] that the Seven Kingdoms remain a MedievalEuropeanFantasy ruled by a DecadentCourt and [[AristocratsAreEvil power hungry lords]] making this very much a case of LowCultureHighTech scenario.
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** The British were more than happy to sell firearms and cannons to King Robert to outfit a royal army, but made sure to only sell outdated muskets, and refuse to divulge the recipe for gunpowder so they can maintain a monopoly.
** The Dutch merchant Jan van der Decken makes a living buying cheap old machinery such as clocks in Europe and reselling them in Westeros, where they're centuries ahead of anything they have there.
** On Flashman's expedition to Dragonstone, he discovers that the French are selling rifles and Minié balls (which are far newer and deadlier than musket balls) to Stannis Baratheon.
** On their journey back from beyond the Wall, Flashman and John Charity Spring offer to trade muskets to both the wildlings and the Night's Watch. Flashman muses about what effects this will have on their conflicts.
** The British were more than happy to sell firearms and cannons to King Robert to outfit a royal army, but made sure to only sell outdated muskets, and refuse to divulge the recipe for gunpowder so they can maintain a monopoly.
** The Dutch merchant Jan van der Decken makes a living buying cheap old machinery such as clocks in Europe and reselling them in Westeros, where they're centuries ahead of anything they have there.
** On Flashman's expedition to Dragonstone, he discovers that the French are selling rifles and Minié balls (which are far newer and deadlier than musket balls) to Stannis Baratheon.
** On their journey back from beyond the Wall, Flashman and John Charity Spring offer to trade muskets to both the wildlings and the Night's Watch. Flashman muses about what effects this will have on their conflicts.
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* In ''Fanfic/FuryAndFlame'' the presence of the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Nation]] in [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Westeros]] results in this as [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage Stannis and Azula]] build the Royal Navy with steam ships and bring industrial manufacturing to Dragonstone. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It doesn't change the fact]] that the Seven Kingdoms remain a MedievalEuropeanFantasy ruled by a DecadentCourt and [[AristocratsAreEvil power hungry lords]] making this very much a case of LowCultureHighTech scenario.
