Humanity was not stingy either. In the end, they gave the Daya Civilization a rough account of the Pioneer Small Universe, though the focus was on The Great Voyage. As for what they had obtained, they claimed it was some special tachyon detection device, capable of detecting things conventional tachyon detection could not discover with greater sensitivity.
That was not true, of course, but the Daya Civilization bought it. They already had some idea of what Humanity had acquired.
Yet in the end, their attention still settled on Lyra's appearance. Humanity could only say that it was some sort of armor technology.
When it came to technology, unless two civilizations sincerely intended to exchange it, there was no way they would dig into every last detail. Although Human Civilization and the Daya Civilization had avoided conflict for various reasons, they were far from being close enough to confide in each other.
Granted, every civilization claimed to the outside world that exchange was the best path to civilizational progress. Anyone could say nice things, but when it came time for a real exchange, scheming was inevitable.
It was simple. They were all civilizations on the same level. They avoided war because each had its own concerns, but being completely open with one another was still difficult. After all, everyone feared the other side would learn their technology, surpass them, and then send a barrage their way.
The development of civilization followed discernible patterns, but it was also full of chance.
Perhaps someone would obtain a technological result their own side had looked down on, draw tremendous inspiration from it, and step onto a higher level. If an insignificant technology could do that much, then what if they acquired the other side's entire Technology Tree? What if they gained all of the