User blog comment:Krayfish/No need for first contact?/@comment-796766-20130212224713

While you have a point in that the KMF would've discovered all information available on all radio-capable civs, remember that perhaps today's spacefaring civs may have not been radio-capable at the time. Not only that, but the Index Project was intended to index all life, not just spacefaring. It's entirely possible that they never found or never completely researched the Eteno or Dhragolon, or, more likely, for the gathered intel to have been lost when Domum Regimen was electromagnetically purged during GWII. It was established that a lot of IP data was lost during GWII; It's very possible that they lost their intel on these two particular races. If all that doesn't work, we'd still need to establish exactly how they met. Just because they know who they are doesn't mean they're willing to let them move in to Domum Regimen, right next to KMF space. Ultimately, a story is still needed, but it's all a question of how we write it out.