M Fnord Wrote:For Fen-built gates, yes. Maybe a little more depending on colonization patterns - need to get places worth setting up something as big & expensive as a stargate first, after all. Not putting the cart before the horse 'n all.
For the rest of it... not necessarily, though the *real* fun stuff down the line (probably) wouldn't happen until the 2050s-60s. Maybe. Plus there's a lot of silly buggers back home needing cleanup before we can throw down with the Dragon Emperor forget I said that.
And there are still some surprises coming in the 2020s...