Complex sentence: They evolved painfully aware of their own inferiority, amongst several other bigger, smarter, and generally more worthwhile species, but in an atypical display of cunning, the K'tang managed to scavenge or hijack enough sophisticated technology to cobble together Mecha.
Split into simpler sentences: They evolved painfully aware of their own inferiority, amongst several other bigger, smarter, and generally more worthwhile species. In an atypical display of cunning, the K'tang managed to scavenge or hijack enough sophisticated technology to cobble together Mecha.