Uxhuxu
We first became aware of the Uxhuxu in 7054. They reside on the rocky planet Ukguxhiu in the Ugigu Uguxui system. They are nomadic, loquacious, and wise.
The Uxhuxu have learned how to catch water-dwelling creatures such as the uxhuxu, which is now a staple part of the Uxhuxu diet.
The Uxhuxu have developed a simple system of writing, which they use primarily for poetry.
The Uxhuxu have begun to cultivate crops. They are especially fond of uxguxhu, a kind of sour seedpod.
The Uxhuxu make use of stone tools for many things, including when hunting the wild ikguxu.
The Uxhuxu have begun to watch the skies and recognize patterns in the movements of stars, which they use to navigate over great distances and keep track of time.
The Uxhuxu have domesticated a species of small winged predators. The pets assist their Uxhuxu owners with hunting in exchange for food and shelter.
The Uxhuxu have developed a sophisticated understanding of basic mathematics, such as arithmetic, algebra, and geometry.
Despite a few early mishaps, the Uxhuxu have mastered the control of fire. They use it to cook their food, and to light their villages at night.
The Uxhuxu have begun to construct permanent dwellings and other structures. They seem to favor limestone as a building material.
The Uxhuxu have discovered how to forge molten metal into jewelry, tools, weapons, and armor.
The Uxhuxu have begun to use lenses and mirrors made from polished crystal, glass, and water to redirect and focus light.
The Uxhuxu have built elaborate pipe and sewer systems to supply their larger settlements, such as Fuxgi, with fresh water and a hygenic means of waste disposal.
In 7198, many of the disparate Uxhuxu tribes were united under a single banner by an individual known as Fukgi the Magnificent. The city of Fuxgi has been made the capital of the resulting empire, which rules over approximately 30% of the entire Uxhuxu population. Like many other Uxhuxu states, it is governed by a hereditary monarch.
Some of the Uxhuxu have begun to experiment with alchemy, systematically searching for new ways of combining and manipulating ingredients to yield useful chemicals, compounds, and medicines.
The Uxhuxu have begun to make use of more sophisticated construction techniques, relying on sturdy structural elements such as arches and buttresses to support larger and larger buildings.
The Uxhuxu have developed a simple printing press, and mass-produced versions of important texts have begun to circulate widely throughout the world. Romance novels are especially popular.
In their efforts to understand the motion of planets in the sky, free-falling bodies, and projectiles, the Uxhuxu have developed a new branch of mathematics which is immediately recognizable as calculus.
The Uxhuxu have learned how to build ships and sail them across the oceans of Ukguxhiu to explore and trade over increasingly greater distances.
In 7283, the Uxhuxu population reached 25 million individuals. Many of these reside within permanent cities, the largest of which is known as Fuxgi and has a population of 27,000.
The Uxhuxu have begun to construct wind and water mills, which redirect the forces of the natural world to perform repetitive mechanical tasks such as grinding grain and pumping water.
Following a long series of failed attempts to attack the city, Fuxgi has become renowned among the Uxhuxu as an impenetrable fortress. The image of its distinctive walls has been widely adopted in Uxhuxu literature as a symbol of safety.
The Uxhuxu have successfully tamed electricity, and are now beginning to deploy it throughout society. Electric lights are widespread, electric motors are used to drive factories, and the growing need for electric power has led to the construction of power plants near every major center of Uxhuxu population.
Through systematic observation and categorization of the various living things on Ukguxhiu, the Uxhuxu have begun to develop a more sophisticated understanding of biology. Some theorists have even put forth the idea that dramatically different-looking organisms, such as the ikguxu and the uxhuxu, may in fact be descended from a single common ancestor.
The Uxhuxu have developed a practical and cost-effective steam engine, which can be fueled with wood or coal.
The Uxhuxu have developed flying machines which can carry them into the skies above Ukguxhiu.
With the development of the transistor, the Uxhuxu have begun to construct more sophisticated electronic circuits.
The Uxhuxu have begun harnessing the power of electricity to send messages across very great distances with unprecedented speed. Due to the overhead of encoding and decoding messages, long-distance communication remains far from instantaneous, but it is now possible for individuals on opposite sides of Ukguxhiu to exchange several messages over the course of a single day.
The hypothesis that diseases can be caused by microorganisms has begun to catch on among the Uxhuxu, leading to the widespread adoption of public health policies which have greatly reduced the spread of disease.
The Uxhuxu have discovered that electromagnetic waves may be used to transmit information, enabling the development and widespread deployment of media for audiovisual broadcasting.
The Uxhuxu have begun to build general-purpose programmable computers.
The Uxhuxu have begun to connect their computers into a single vast network, enabling communication and collaboration on a truly global scale.
In 7425, following decades of negotiation, the various sovereign Uxhuxu nations came to an agreement concerning the establishment of a unified planet-wide government for all of the Uxhuxu.
The Uxhuxu have discovered a way to manufacture gunpowder, which they primarily use for explosive mining.
The Uxhuxu have developed an accurate model of the internal structure of the atom, which has also enabled them to understand the phenomenon of radioactivity.
The Uxhuxu have begun to understand quantum physics.
In 7472, a rapidly growing religion known as Uxguxgu became the official religion of the largest Uxhuxu state. Adherents of Uxguxgu wear distinctive concealing masks to mark themselves as believers.
The Uxhuxu have arrived at a sophisticated understanding of genetics, which has enabled them to craft new forms of life by deliberately modifying the genes of existing organisms.
The Uxhuxu have begun to develop rockets.
The Uxhuxu have taken their first tentative steps into space, launching craft capable of supporting several individuals into orbit around Ukguxhiu before retrieving them safely.
The Uxhuxu have constructed their first cost-effective quantum computers, dramatically improving their collective ability to perform certain types of calculation.
The Uxhuxu have developed a form of artificial general intelligence which rivals many of their own intellectual capabilities.
Through their investigations of quantum phenomena, the Uxhuxu have discovered a means of sending and receiving messages which travel at speeds exceeding that of light itself.
The Uxhuxu have begun to experiment with the use of "intelligent materials", in the form of swarms of programmable nanobots.
The Uxhuxu have begun to establish permanent colonies on worlds other than Ukguxhiu. Although still largely unable to travel outside of the Ugigu Uguxui system, the distribution of Uxhuxu civilization across multiple worlds greatly reduces the risk that they will collapse due to any crisis of merely planetary scale.
The Uxhuxu have successfully tested their first faster-than-light starship. No longer are they trapped within the gravity well of the Ugigu Uguxui system: they are now free to take their place alongside us as fellow wanderers among the stars.
In 7543, the Uxhuxu joined us.