system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Star Trek] Why does the Prime Directive make you wait until they have warp? What's wrong with contacting an industrial-ear species?
gpt
By the time a species has warp drive, their contact with other warp civilizations is inevitable. Prior to that it's not. Non-Interference goes out the window once non-interference is no longer possible.