In the early days of galactic exploration and expansion, many corporations hungry for increased profits had provided primitive alien beings with weapons and technology too early in their world’s social and technological development, causing many primitive worlds to destroy themselves. More often, this set off deadly conflicts engulfing whole regions and hundreds of worlds across the galaxy.
After a fleet of Alliance trading ships was attacked and thousands of lives were lost, the Alliance Council acted swiftly to outlaw interference with primitive cultures citing the need to enhance trade opportunities through peaceful means.
Not that the Alliance always used peaceful solutions to rectify what they viewed as problem worlds; in fact, sometimes they caused more destruction if they consider
