Board Thread:Fiction Universe Discussion/@comment-25309944-20160119214019/@comment-4991685-20160125025408

...This is also ignoring the fact that reverse-engineering isn't magic, and trying to do so would likely take time and likely also be unsuccessful, by virtue of DCP technology being really, really advanced. For most nations, to reverse engineer DCP technology would be like asking Alexander the Great to get his best engineers to reverse-engineer a jet airplane- they wouldn't have the instruments, the scientific knowledge, or the ability to even comprehend what they're looking at to do it.