Quote Originally Posted by PangTong View Post
She couldn't clue in the Sharlayans in their 270-something years of communications?
Yes, this surprised me, too.

The Sharlayans were able to build a high-class spaceship on their own (even though the Allagans were the last known society capable of space travel iirc) and then they perfected it with the help of the Loporrits and the integration of Allagan components (such as the special ore).
Interestingly enough, that one lalafell engineer already seemed to have a good understanding on how to integrate the Allagan ore into the spaceship without the Loporrits. But the knowledge of the latter helped to refine various aspects of the ship.
In addition, the concept of dynamis was already known to some parts of the world in the shape of akasha and the alchemists/scientists in Radz-at-Han seemed to be incredibly capable.
So bringing them, the Sharlayans and the Loporrits together could have resulted in some meaningful dynamis/akasha research, esp. considering that at least in the new/looped timeline she has the nagivation crystal.

And instead of telling the Loporrits to stay on the moon, Hydaelin could also have instructed them to use their incredible intelligence to work with the Sharlayans and the Radz-at-Han scientists on potential alternative solutions - or even defense mechanisms against/cures for dynamis' influence (whether these would have worked is another question - but there could have been an attempt at least).

Our actual solution was quite "planning efficient" after all. We used the spaceship, which originally had a different purpose, with the Loporrits' propulsion/drive system from the moon (is that the right word in English?) to get to the edge of space. Changing the build of the ship happened really quickly.
So they could have crafted one technical solution and concived of and planned for potential different ways of using it.