I'm really not the best person to answer that. Honestly I think it's a plus that they're not wiping the local inhabitants off the face of the planet with their tech. Seems like it'd be easier, honestly, so I think they're being pretty nice at trying to rule them instead of outright murdering everyone.

[Seriously, with all the tech here, and with how much of a pain these locals are, why haven't they just done that?

A mystery for the ages, honestly.]