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[[Tech Level Comparison Chart]]s were developed by all of the Imperiums have recognized the importance of [[technology]] and, in relationship to this, have developed a comprehensive system of classifying [[technology]]. | [[Tech Level Comparison Chart]]s were developed by all of the Imperiums have recognized the importance of [[technology]] and, in relationship to this, have developed a comprehensive system of classifying [[technology]]. | ||
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=== Library Data Referral Tree === | === Library Data Referral Tree === | ||
Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br> | Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br> | ||
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=== Transportation Technology === | === Transportation Technology === | ||
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=== Non-Canon Technologies === | === Non-Canon Technologies === | ||
[[News Media | News Media and Information Dissemination Technology]] | [[News Media | News Media and Information Dissemination Technology]] | ||
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+ | [[Technology]] is the distinguishing feature of advanced [[civilization]]s. It underlies what being a [[sophont]] is. | ||
=== IISS Chronological Periodization === | === IISS Chronological Periodization === | ||
* [[Technological Age]] (1 [[TL]]) → [[Technological Epoch]] (3 [[TL]]s) → [[Technological Period]] (9 [[TL]]s) → [[Technological Era]] (30 [[TL]]s) → [[Technological Eon]] (33+ [[TL]]s) → [[Singularity]] ([[Post-Technological Period]]) | * [[Technological Age]] (1 [[TL]]) → [[Technological Epoch]] (3 [[TL]]s) → [[Technological Period]] (9 [[TL]]s) → [[Technological Era]] (30 [[TL]]s) → [[Technological Eon]] (33+ [[TL]]s) → [[Singularity]] ([[Post-Technological Period]]) | ||
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=== Technology Comparison Chart === | === Technology Comparison Chart === |
Revision as of 03:40, 1 September 2019
Tech Level Comparison Charts were developed by all of the Imperiums have recognized the importance of technology and, in relationship to this, have developed a comprehensive system of classifying technology.
Library Data Referral Tree
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Technology:
Charted Space Technological Spectrum:
Description (Specifications)
Technology Comparison Tables: These Tech Level ratings are described in the three tables below. The TLs cover three different systems:
- TL or TTL: Traveller Technology Level = For Classic Traveller and most successors.
Quality of Life Technology
Quality of life Tech Comparison | |||||
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TTL | Energy | Computers/Robotics | Communications | Medical | Environment |
0 | Muscles | Fingers and sticks | Runners | Mystics/Herbology | Natural (Caves, Huts) |
1 | Water | Abacus / Geometry, Trigonometry | Long Distance Signaling | Diagnosis | Settlements, Towns (Irrigation) |
2 | Wind, Clockwork | Algebra | Printing press | Internal Anatomy | Cities (Canals, Roads) |
3 | Coal / Steam | Calculus | Telegraph, Audio Recording | Surgery | Cement Structures |
4 | Electricity | Mechanical Calculators | Telephone | Vaccination, Antiseptics, Anesthetics | Cities in Rugged/Desert Terrain, Crude Terraform |
5 | Petrochemicals, Internal combustion | Electric Calculators | Radio, Radar | Mass Vaccination, X-Ray | Sealed/Conditioned Cities |
6 | Nuclear Fission | Electronic Computers (Large Model/1 bis) | Television / Advanced Audio Recording | Virus, Crude Prosthetics | Skyscrapers, Weather Predict, Underground Cities |
7 | Solar energy, early Fuel Cells | Desktop Computers, Expert systems, Model/2 | Early Satellite, Video recording | Organ Transplant, Slow Drugs | Cities in Jungle Terrain |
8 | Geothermal | Massive Parallel / Low Data, Model/2 bis | Fibre optics | Artificial Organs, Metabolics | Orbital Settlements, Early Weather Control |
9 | Early Fusion, Improved Batteries | Non-Volatile / High Data, Vocal I/O, Model/3 | Video Telephone, Flat Screen | Limb Regeneration, Cryogenics, Fast Drugs | Arcologies, Orbital Cities |
10 | Fusion Plants | Early Synaptics, voice transcription, Model/4 | Holovision, Text Transcription | Antiviral Vaccines, Cancer Cure, Growth Quickining | Under-Sea/Under Ice Cities |
11 | Fusion Plants | Synaptic Learning Processors, Hand Computers, Model/5 | Personal Global Communications | Nerve Refusion, Artificial Eyes | Gravitic Structure Support |
12 | Fusion Plants, Advanced Fuel Cells | Low Autonomous Robots, Model/6 | Real-time Multilingual Translators | Broad Spectrum Anti-toxins, Enhanced Prosthetics | Major Terraforming, Advanced Weather Control |
13 | Fusion Plants, Miniature Super-Batteries | Holocrystal Storage, High Autonomous Robots, Model/7 | Holovideo Recorders | Cloning of Replacement Parts, Reanimation | Non-mobile Gravitic Cities |
14 | Fusion Plants | Computer/Brain Implants, Model/8 | Early Meson Communicators | Genetic Engineering, Memory Erasure | Mobile Gravitic Cities |
15 | Pseudo-Reality Computers, Pseudo Robots, Model/9 | Meson Communicators, Pseudo Reality Communications | Anagathics, Advanced Pseudobio Prosthetics | Complex Terraforming Possible | |
16 | Low Artificial Intelligence, Robots in all Facets | Personal Meson Communicators, Personal Holovideo | Brain Transplants, Crude Memory Transfer | Global Terraforming, Hostile Worlds | |
17 | Early Antimatter Plants | High Artificial Intelligence, Self-Aware Robots | Pocket Meson Communications | Selective Memory Erasure, Intelligent Anitbodies | Total Terraforming to 800Km worlds |
18 | Robots become Society's Basic Workforce | Permanent Memory Transfer | Total Terraforming to 4000Km worlds | ||
19 | Elemental/Limited Matter Transport | Total Terraforming | |||
20 | Global Matter Transport | Total Memory Transfer | Mobile Worlds (Sublight) | ||
21 | System-wide Matter Transport | Early Total Rejuvenation | Mobile Worlds (Jump Space) & Rosettes | ||
25 | "Capsule" Dyson Spheres | ||||
27 | Ability to create Ringworlds, access pocket universe | ||||
29 | Rigid Dyson Spheres | ||||
31 | Create Pocket Universe |
Transportation Technology
Transportation Tech Comparison | |||||
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TTL | Land | Water | Air | Space | |
0 | Foot - Animals | Raft / Canoe | - | - | |
1 | Wheel - Carts/Chariots | Rowed Galleys, Crude Sailing Vessels | - | - | |
2 | Advanced Wheel - Moveable Axle, Replaceable Rims | Early Multi-Mast Sailing, Oceangoing sailing ships, Crude Navigation, Stagecoachs | - | - | |
3 | Extensive Road - High-Speed Coach | Multi-Mast Sailing, Navigation | Manned Hot Air Balloons | - | |
4 | Trains | Ironclads, Steamships | Dirigibles, Early Gliders | - | |
5 | Ground Cars, Tracked Vehicles | Personal Self-Propelled Boats, Steel hulls, Early Submersibles | Airplanes, Seaplanes | Early Rockets (unmanned) | |
6 | Amphibian Vehicles, ATVs, AFVs | Submersibles, Scuba, Amphibian Vehicles | Early Jet, Helicopters | Early Manned Rockets, Unmanned Rockets | |
7 | Hovercraft, High-Speed Trains | Hydrofoils, Hovercraft | Supersonic Jet, Hang Gliders | Deep Space Probes (Unmanned), Maneuver-1/2 (non-gravitic) | |
8 | Triphibian Vehicles | Triphibian Vehicles, Early Artificial Gills | Triphibian Vehicles, Hypersonic Jet | Space Shuttles, Space Stations, Maneuver-3-5 (non-grav) | |
9 | Early Grav Vehicles, Ultra High-Speed Trains | Early Grav Vehicles, Artificial Gills | Early Grav Vehicles, Rocket Assist Suborbital | Jump-1 possible, Sublight Stellar | |
10 | Grav Vehicles | UH Grav Modules | Gravitic Maneuver | ||
11 | Personal G-Tubes, HV Grav Modules | Jump-2, Thruster Technology[1] | |||
12 | Personal Grav Belts, LT Grav Modules | Jump-3 | |||
13 | Grav Vehicles Merge with Orbital Spacecraft, Jump-4 | ||||
14 | Jump-5 | ||||
15 | Jump-6 | ||||
16 | Raw Material Only Short Range Matter Transport | ||||
17 | Inanimate Only Short Range Matter Transport | ||||
18 | Self-Aware Starships, living being portal based Matter Transport | ||||
21 | Multi Parsec Range Starship-Sized Matter Transport Portals |
Military Technology
Non-Canon Technologies
News Media and Information Dissemination Technology
History & Background (Dossier)
Technology is the distinguishing feature of advanced civilizations. It underlies what being a sophont is.
IISS Chronological Periodization
- Technological Age (1 TL) → Technological Epoch (3 TLs) → Technological Period (9 TLs) → Technological Era (30 TLs) → Technological Eon (33+ TLs) → Singularity (Post-Technological Period)
Technology Comparison Chart
The Scout Service is responsible for categorizing the technological ability of a society. They rate this ability by the assigning of Technology Levels.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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GURPS Traveller Notes: An array of notes regarding the similarities and differences between Traveller TL and GURPS TL can be found here: Tech Level Comparison Chart/meta |
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- Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 7-8, 14-15.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 7-8, 14-15.
- Herb Petro. "Tech Level Expansion." Imperium Staple 07 (1986): TBD.
- Loren Wiseman. "Twisting Tech Levels: A Traveller Variant." Challenge 31 (1987): 27.
- Marc Miller. Referee's Companion (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 28-29.
- Geir Lanesskog. World Builder's Handbook (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), TBD.Joe Fugate, J. Andrew Keith, Gary L. Thomas. World Builder's Handbook (Digest Group Publications, 1989), TBD.
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 7.
- Leighton Piper. Signal-GK 13 (Signal-GK, 1997), TBD.
- K. David Ladage, "Alternate Technological Paths", JTAS Online (2001)
- K. David Ladage, "Alternate Technologies II: Relativity", JTAS Online (2001)
- Martin Dougherty, Hunter Gordon. The Traveller's Handbook (QuikLink Interactive, 2002), 378.
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 502-507.
- EXTERNAL LINK: Traveller 5e to GURPS TL conversion
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