( Just so they're not talking across the room, McCoy abandons his post by the breakfast table to have a seat by Minimus, setting down his coffee. )
Let me start with your first question. "Strength" in this case would mean providing superior weaponry, supernatural powers and might to one side of a civil conflict. It could also mean givin' them land surveys, scans and knowledge of their enemy's personnel movements, giving them transporter technology (or the magical equivalent), or matter synthesizers like the Ximilia's armory unit.
When it comes to the interference of an outside alien force, such as in Giva, we would be able to provide aid, even assistance in repelling them, if the affected society asked for our help. It's rarely so straightforward though, as many pre-warp societies aren't unified, so while one group might be gettin' chummy with the Klingons in their backyard, another might be subjugated by them. Things with multiple moving parts like that are difficult to tell from orbit, so we would first send a forward team for diplomatic talks and make further decisions from there.
( which... they could maybe?? do here?? they did send staggered teams to Badrock, after all... )
Lending aid for personal matters would be more like simple humanitarian aid. Medical care, building or maintaining homes and structures using local supplies, ensuring they have access to clean water, things of that nature. We wouldn't leave anything behind that they would not be able to maintain themselves, with the technology they have.
Does that make sense?
( He'll wrap up here in a second with Minimus' last question, but this is A Lot he's summarizing. )
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Let me start with your first question. "Strength" in this case would mean providing superior weaponry, supernatural powers and might to one side of a civil conflict. It could also mean givin' them land surveys, scans and knowledge of their enemy's personnel movements, giving them transporter technology (or the magical equivalent), or matter synthesizers like the Ximilia's armory unit.
When it comes to the interference of an outside alien force, such as in Giva, we would be able to provide aid, even assistance in repelling them, if the affected society asked for our help. It's rarely so straightforward though, as many pre-warp societies aren't unified, so while one group might be gettin' chummy with the Klingons in their backyard, another might be subjugated by them. Things with multiple moving parts like that are difficult to tell from orbit, so we would first send a forward team for diplomatic talks and make further decisions from there.
( which... they could maybe?? do here?? they did send staggered teams to Badrock, after all... )
Lending aid for personal matters would be more like simple humanitarian aid. Medical care, building or maintaining homes and structures using local supplies, ensuring they have access to clean water, things of that nature. We wouldn't leave anything behind that they would not be able to maintain themselves, with the technology they have.
Does that make sense?
( He'll wrap up here in a second with Minimus' last question, but this is A Lot he's summarizing. )