User blog comment:Supahbadmarine/Canon Policy Discussion 2:Empire and Xenos/@comment-2253300-20131108081310/@comment-4608429-20131109144851

What if they had a way of bringing the power level down a tad, i.e. they were the tattered survivors from another waring galaxy. I know their inital tech levels would be above-Imperial but it would quickly be brought down due to scavenging.