If warp tech is the only criterion, then they still wouldn't be covered by the PD.Jadeite wrote:I think they stole their warp tech rather than developed it. Except from their space technology, which they stole, they were primitive.That's what I always thought, but in Voyager, Janeway used the Prime Directive to refuse to sell/trade any technology to the... uh, whatever the first-season bad guy aliens that Seska joined were called, even their warp tech was about as good as the Federation's.
While Janeway may decide to not deal with the Kazon because they are evil, using the Prime Directive to justify it doesn't work.