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There are a few Q&As here that lightly touch on aspects of this subject but are woefully incomplete. Some answers and comments mention the timing (in relation to some other species) of the acquisition of FTL and yet others mention the chronological timing of FTL tech for some species but are scattered across the board and difficult to run down. There's no place where it's comprehensively explained who actually developed their own FTL travel independent of outside influence other than Vulcan and Human. Is there anything in cannon that spells out who actually developed their own warp drives? It would be helpful to have this info in one place for future reference.

Edit: I understand that compiling a completely comprehensive list of all 180 UFP member species' warp acquisition is near impossible with the limited information available but a summary of what we do know is eminently doable. What prompted the question is that many species apparently acquired the tech through assistance developing it, buying it or stealing it. Just curious who actually developed the tech independently.

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    @Morgan - A quick look through my Star Trek library reveals at least 50 book matches for the terms "developed warp", "discovered warp" and "invented warp" and dozens of races who claim that distinction including the Vulcans, the Trill, The Andorians, etc etc
    – Valorum
    Commented Dec 4, 2019 at 22:06
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    @Morgan - I have about fifty actual books (mostly factbooks and blueprint archives) and about 1200 ebooks of various types. I manage the latter with a piece of software called Calibre-Ebook
    – Valorum
    Commented Dec 4, 2019 at 22:22
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    by general adherence to the Prime Directive, any civilization Starfleet intends to make first contact with has, by definition, progressed to warp travel w/out outside intervention
    – NKCampbell
    Commented Dec 4, 2019 at 22:30
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    Probably the Cytherians and T'kon, I'm guessing. Commented Dec 4, 2019 at 23:11
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    @Morgan - You should see my Star Wars archive. 3000+ books of various types including junior readers, magazines, artbooks, novels, comics, scripts, etc. It's about 200gb
    – Valorum
    Commented Dec 4, 2019 at 23:32

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