Sorry I’m late… is no-one curious given the age of the universe why the 3 races are so close technologically?
Sorry I’m late in replying to this, but I’d guess the answer is that this is “the past’s future.” He would not have been able to tell this story with one species being that advanced, so he postulated a universe in which such a species doesn’t exist (or at least isn’t nearby).
Your in-universe explanations work as well, of course.
Sorry I’m late in replying to this, but I’d guess the answer is that this is “the past’s future.” He would not have been able to tell this story with one species being that advanced, so he postulated a universe in which such a species doesn’t exist (or at least isn’t nearby).
Your in-universe explanations work as well, of course.