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Vers was colonized in 1980 according to the [official
timeline](http://fabelyn.tumblr.com/post/93525769376/aldnoah-
history-1969-2014-timeline-translation). Since Rayregalia cut ties with Earth
shortly after, lets assume the scientific development was split, save for the
occasional espionage or exchange.

There is much Mecha, space and aldnoah technology on screen, but what about
the other fields? They should be really advanced in physics (having firsthand
opportunity to build those special mecha), but in some ways it seems they have
regressed. Like in social sciences.

How is Vers' knowledge, compared to our own?


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Besides the mecha, space and aldnoah technology displayed in the show, how technologically advanced is Vers compared to 2014' real world Earth?


The best way to describe it is not by knowledge, but freedom. The people who
were sent to Mars were not all "scientific minds". There were some normal
people (as seen in the current Mars colonization efforts), but these people
were easily manipulated, as seen in how the "knights" swore loyalty in return
for Aldnoah, and thus suppressed the masses.

The people have no freedom. They are starving, eating krill to survive (refer
to the scene where Count Saazbaum eats chicken for the first time), so the
recent scientific advancement since the 1980s has not been "learned" nor
"taught" to, or by these people. Instead, it has been kept under wraps by the
knights and "king". This is why Princess Asseylum wishes for peace between
Earth and Vers, so that the people no longer suffer without knowledge or
freedom, so that a trade route for both can be obtained and thus the people
can be "happy".

So to answer the question: Ver's knowledge is a lot better, but it is not as
effectively used, as there is no fresh thought or freedom of thought. If
"knowledge = power", then the people have neither.


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