"It's about fifty percent, give or take," Zaravin said. "But, yes, they tend to take the more dominant positions. The next four in the hierarchy were all like that, as well."<br/><br/>"I was the exception, because I learned how to fight in ways no one expected, or knew how to fight back against," Gausslyn said. "Otherwise, I probably would have ended up as a simple worker, like most people. It's better than being male; they're barely a step above the elves."<br/><br/>"Who were slaves, right?" Kerric asked, to a round of nods.<br/><br/>"So, what technology did and didn't work?" Gidget asked, piping up. "We know radio signals failed, and the shuttle was having trouble with piloting and the engines, though it looked good, once we got it back. What was the most advanced thing you could manage?"<br/><br/>"Nothing with electricity lasted long, apparently," Zaravin explained. "Without that, society crumbled fairly quickly. The original colonists weren't prepared for such suddenly rudimentary lives, and they lost virtually all progress. With most of their writings lost in now-useless devices, knowledge faded quickly, and we were left in a mostly tribal society, with a handful of people who remembered what we once were."