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[quote=@duck55223]
And slaves are kind of unnecessary, robots are much cheaper.
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how are robots cheaper? wouldn't they be more expensive? X3
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I suppose it would depend on how common and advanced the robotics tech is that is available to the species

I would have thought robots would just be insufficient for some tasks; No one ever said you'd just use slaves for heavy manual labour... And some people could simply be uncomfortable employing robots for certain tasks...