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Civilización
Catalog Note "Civilización" by Domingo Santos (1964) is a science fiction narrative centered on interplanetary colonization policy. The story follows Roni, a young explorer-linguist of the Galactic Empire, who is suddenly promoted to Epsilon rank and assigned to an unprecedented mission on the planet Carno in the Procyon system. Unlike typical newly-discovered worlds, Carno's inhabitants—a single tribe of roughly five thousand—actively reject technological advancement. Despite possessing only fire and the most rudimentary tools, they show indifference toward the wheel, water irrigation, and other civilizing knowledge, becoming hostile when explorers attempt to teach them. D-Uta, the delegated Vectorial official, recruits Roni to investigate the sociological causes of this resistance and remove the barriers preventing the standard civilizing expedition from proceeding. The narrative establishes the bureaucratic framework of galactic expansion while presenting Carno as an anomalous case requiring specialized psychological and linguistic intervention.