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− | + | [[Technology Level]] or '''Tech Level''', commonly abbreviated '''TL''', is a measure of technological capability. | |
− | + | * Usually this is used in the [[UWP|Universal world profile]] to indicate the overall [[technology]] of the [[planet]]. | |
− | + | * A [[planet]] may have large sections, and/or [[population]]s at a more primitive or advanced level than listed. | |
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+ | Please refer to the following [[AAB]] library articles for related information: | ||
+ | * [[Technology]] | ||
+ | ** Technological Research | ||
+ | *** [[Ancients Foundation]] | ||
+ | *** [[Biotechnology]] | ||
+ | *** [[Imperial Research Station]] | ||
+ | *** [[Technology Incubator]] | ||
+ | ** Technological Systemics | ||
+ | *** [[Technology Level]] | ||
+ | *** [[Tech Level Comparison Chart]] | ||
+ | *** [[Three Prime Technologies]] | ||
+ | *** [[Universal Technological Profile]] | ||
+ | ---- | ||
− | + | == Description (Specifications) == | |
− | + | [[Technology]] does not imply that the standards of living as workers on a high tech [[Trade classification|industrial world]] will enjoy or suffer from a poorer or greater quality of life (...perhaps not having the money to pay for high-tech health care), than a medieval lower-technology farmer. Technology can, but does not necessarily, impact quality of life. It is very possible for a [[sophont]] on a very low-tech [[world]] to live a much higher quality of life than a sophont residing in a high-tech star [[system]]. As a generality technology does tend to increase the quality of life for the average of sophont, as long as it is shared and made available to the greater masses. | |
− | + | However, the tech level of a [[star]] [[system]] does impact the economic exchange rate for a [[world]]'s goods, and it also has a very significant effect on its economy and the extent of its [[interstellar trade]]. [[Technology]] can be a tremendous multiplier for economies of any size as well as a source of enormous prosperity. However, while many technologies have the capacity to bring great prosperity and economic wealth to [[planet]], technology also has the capacity to be tremendously disruptive of local [[culture]]s, [[societies]], and peoples. | |
− | + | === Technological Epochs === | |
− | The | + | The scientists of [[Charted Space]] have, more or less, agreed upon a vision of the future outlined below. Who knows if the future of Charted Space will resemble these projections? |
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− | + | |+ Technological Epochs | |
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− | ! | + | ! [[TL]]'s |
+ | ! Hierarchical<br>Technology<br>Epoch | ||
+ | ! Sophontic Period | ||
+ | ! Smelchakian Period | ||
+ | ! Key Indicators | ||
+ | ! Remarks | ||
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− | + | | [[TL-Negative]] | |
+ | | Pre-Sophontic | ||
+ | | Pre-Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Pre-Sophontic Period]] | ||
+ | | Pre-Historic Period (PHP) | ||
+ | | The Rise of Life. Creatures. Pre-technology lifeforms. | ||
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− | | 0 || | + | | [[TL-0]] |
+ | | Proto-Sophontic | ||
+ | | Proto-Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Proto-Sophontic Period]] <br> (Alpha Period) | ||
+ | | Stone, Tools & Fire. | ||
+ | | Rise of technology, intelligence & tools. Found objects. | ||
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− | | 1 || | + | | [[TL:1-3]] |
+ | | Vlow Tech | ||
+ | | Early Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Foundational Period]], Early | ||
+ | | Sail & Steam. | ||
+ | | Development of a modern scientific culture, society, and civilization. Made objects. Tools making tools. | ||
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− | | | + | | [[TL:4-6]] |
+ | | Low Tech | ||
+ | | Early Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Foundational Period]], High | ||
+ | | Atom & Factory. | ||
+ | | Development of increasingly efficient communication, power generation, and transportation technologies. Standardization of scientific method and efficient manufacturing. | ||
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− | | | + | | [[TL:7-9]] |
+ | | Mid Tech | ||
+ | | Early Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Foundational Period]], Late | ||
+ | | Rocket & Computer. | ||
+ | | Development of advanced processors allowing for an exponential increase in scientific research and engineering breakthroughs. | ||
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− | | | + | | [[TL:10-12]] |
+ | | High Tech | ||
+ | | Meso-Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Interstellar Period]], Early | ||
+ | | Jump Drive & Contragrav. | ||
+ | | The Jump Drive opens up interstellar colonization and exploration to a degree never before known. | ||
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− | | | + | | [[TL:13-15]] |
+ | | Vhigh Tech | ||
+ | | Meso-Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Interstellar Period]], High | ||
+ | | Geneering & Wafer. | ||
+ | | The High Interstellar Epoch brings about increasingly capable jump drives, fusion weapons, cloning & geneering technologies, and advanced robot intelligences that are bordering upon true artificial intelligence. | ||
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− | | | + | | [[TL:16-18]] |
+ | | Xhigh Tech | ||
+ | | Meso-Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Interstellar Period]], Late | ||
+ | | Robots & Lethetic AI | ||
+ | | The Late Interstellar Epoch brings about increasingly capable artificial intelligence, affordable robotic labor, and increasingly advanced FTL jump drives. | ||
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− | | | + | | [[TL:19-21]] |
+ | | Uhigh-1 Tech | ||
+ | | Late Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Ultra Period]], Early | ||
+ | | Antimatter & Matter Transport. | ||
+ | | The Skip Drive and it successors allows sophonts to finally explore other galaxies. | ||
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− | | | + | | [[TL:22-24]] |
+ | | Uhigh-2 Tech | ||
+ | | Late Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Ultra Period]], High | ||
+ | | Postsophontism & Goo. | ||
+ | | Post-Sophontism (individualized transformation) and the development of practical nanotech, often called the “Goo.” | ||
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− | + | | [[TL:25-27]] | |
+ | | Uhigh-3 Tech | ||
+ | | Late Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Ultra Period]], Late | ||
+ | | Psionic Engineering & Intertialess Drive. | ||
+ | | Psionic engineering, practical societal engineering, effective psychohistory and others now allow not only individuals to be transformed, but entire societies and civilizations. | ||
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− | | | + | | [[TL:28-30]] |
+ | | Dei Tech | ||
+ | | Hyper-Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Astrodeific Period]] | ||
+ | | Pocket Universe & Starspanning Megastructures | ||
+ | | The ability to visit other universes changes society profoundly. Entirely different astronomical environments engenders new viewpoints. | ||
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− | | | + | | [[TL:31-33]] |
+ | | Omni Tech | ||
+ | | Trans-Sophontic | ||
+ | | [[Omnipotential Period]] <br> (Omega Period) | ||
+ | | [[Chronotaxis]] & Transuniversalism. | ||
+ | | Time travel heralds the Singularity. Technological existence is forever transformed. Multiple possible existences motivates sophonts to seek existence beyond technology. | ||
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− | | | + | | TL-34+ |
+ | | [[PTP]] | ||
+ | | Post-Sophontic | ||
+ | | (Post-Omega Period) | ||
+ | | [[Singularity]] & [[PTP]]. | ||
+ | | Beyond imagination. Beyond technology. Beyond any previous definition of life. | ||
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+ | === Epochal Technological Periods === | ||
+ | On a very broad level, Imperial historians, scientists, and scouts have divided contemporary history into technological epochs and periods. This chronological periodization also projects where future technological trends might be found as evidenced by [[Ancients]] [[technology]] and that of other [[Precursor]]s: | ||
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+ | :{| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
+ | |+ Epochal Technological Periods Overview | ||
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− | + | ! Period Name | |
+ | (Multi-Epoch) | ||
+ | ! Periods ([[TL]]'s) | ||
+ | ! [[Technology]] (Kardashev) | ||
+ | ! Scope | ||
+ | ! Key Technologies | ||
+ | ! General Period | ||
+ | ! Remarks | ||
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− | | | + | | Proto-Sophontic |
+ | (Emergent Period) | ||
+ | | TL-0 | ||
+ | | [[Proto-Tech]] | ||
+ | (K= Type n>0) | ||
+ | [Hemisphere Mastery] | ||
+ | | Very early [[societies]] with basic "found object" [[tool]]s and a [[planet]]ary ([[world]]) scope. | ||
+ | | Tools, mysticism, proto-science, proto-culture, proto-art, band societies, caves, etc. | ||
+ | | Alpha Period | ||
+ | | These species have made the jump from [[creature]] to [[sophont]]. They are new to technology, and are beginning to use it to develop new societies and civilizations. | ||
+ | * Some call them ''Stone Age.'' | ||
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− | | | + | | Low Sophontic |
+ | (Foundational Period) | ||
+ | | TL-1-9 | ||
+ | | [[Ur-Tech]] | ||
+ | (K= Type 1) <br> [World Mastery] | ||
+ | | Foundational [[technologies]] with planetary-systemic (intrastellar) scope. "Tools making tools or ''made objects''." | ||
+ | | Steam engines, celestial navigation, urban sanitation, factories, interchangeable parts, ICE engine, electronics, [[spacecraft]], fission power (nuclear), etc. | ||
+ | | Ur Period | ||
+ | | [[Minor Race]]s frequently establish successful [[civilization]]s in this range, often with very capable [[spaceflight]] programs and [[sleeper ship]]s. | ||
+ | * Some call them ''Space Age.'' | ||
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− | | | + | | Meso-Sophontic |
+ | (Interstellar Period) | ||
+ | | TL-10-18 | ||
+ | (A to J) | ||
+ | | [[Stell-Tech]] | ||
+ | (K= Type 2) <br> [Star System Mastery] | ||
+ | | Interstellar [[technologies]] with an polystellar (intragalactic) scope. | ||
+ | | [[FTL]], [[fusion]] power, advanced manufacturing ([[Makertech]]), advanced medicine, cloning, lethetic robotics, early nanotechnology, advanced artificial intelligence, etc. | ||
+ | | Stellar Period | ||
+ | | All of the [[Major Race]]s possess interstellar technology within this range, with the current vanguard at TL-15. | ||
+ | * Some call them ''Interstellar Age.'' | ||
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− | | | + | | High Sophontic |
+ | (Ultra Period) | ||
+ | | TL-19-27 | ||
+ | (K to T) | ||
+ | | [[Ultra-Tech]] | ||
+ | (K= Type 3) | ||
+ | [Galaxy Mastery] | ||
+ | | Galactic [[technologies]] with a polygalactic scope. | ||
+ | | Transgalactic [[FTL]], antimatter power, highly advanced biotechnology, advanced nanotechnology, true artificial intelligence, etc. | ||
+ | | Galactic Period | ||
+ | | Some believe that the [[Kursae]], despite their lack of a [[Jump Drive]] were able to achieve many of these advances. | ||
+ | * Some call them ''Galactic Age.'' | ||
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− | | | + | | Ascendant |
+ | (Astrodeific Period) | ||
+ | | TL-28-30 | ||
+ | (U to W) | ||
+ | | [[Dei-Tech]] | ||
+ | (K= Type 4) | ||
+ | [Universe Mastery] | ||
+ | | Astrodeific [[technologies]] with a universal scope. | ||
+ | | [[Planet-bending]], [[geneering]] (sophont creation), nano mastery, etc. | ||
+ | | Transgalactic Period | ||
+ | | Most technological researchers believe that most of these technologies were within reach of the [[Ancients]]. | ||
+ | * Some call it the ''Age of Space Gods.'' | ||
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− | | | + | | Transcendent |
+ | (Bhodhisattivan Period) | ||
+ | | TL-31-33 | ||
+ | (X to Z) | ||
+ | | [[Omni-Tech]] | ||
+ | (K= Type 5) | ||
+ | [Polyuniversal Mastery] | ||
+ | | Bhodhisattivan [[technologies]] with a polytemporal, trans-dimensional scope. | ||
+ | | [[Chronotaxis]] (time travel), dimension-hopping, reality mastery, etc. | ||
+ | | Omega Period | ||
+ | | Most technological researchers believe that most of these conjectural technologies were beyond even the [[Ancients]]. | ||
+ | * Some call it the ''Age of Elder Races.'' | ||
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− | | | + | | [[Singularity]] |
+ | (Post-Technological Period) | ||
+ | | TL-34+ | ||
+ | | [[PTP]] | ||
+ | (K= Type 'Post-Omega') | ||
+ | [Unimaginable] | ||
+ | | This sort of technology is beyond imagination. | ||
+ | | This sort of technology is beyond imagination. | ||
+ | | Post-Omega Period | ||
+ | | This sort of existence is beyond imagination. Often known as the hypothetical ''[[Post-Technological Period]] ([[PTP]])''. | ||
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− | + | === Technological Metrics === | |
+ | The '''Technology Levels''' of the [[Third Imperium]] are measured in the range 0-15 (0-F), with 0 representing extreme primitive levels (hunter/gatherers), and 15 the height of {{Imperial}} technology. | ||
+ | * However, there is [[technology]] more advanced than that of the [[Third Imperium]] as evidenced by [[ancient]] sites (e.g. [[Rosette|Rosette]] worlds are {{TL|21}} and Rigid [[Wikipedia:Dyson Spheres|Dyson Spheres]] {{TL|27}}). This kind of technology, more advanced than the present, are represented by TL's 16 to 33. | ||
+ | * Traveller<sup>5</sup> aka [[T5]] has introduced a new theoretical maximum to the [[TL]] System of {{TL|33}}. | ||
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+ | ==== Chronological Periodization ==== | ||
+ | In proper [[IISS]] parlance, the following terms are used. Historians and journalists often use them in a more figurative or extended sense. | ||
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+ | :{| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
+ | |+ Smelchakian Chronological Periodization | ||
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− | + | ! Chrono-term | |
+ | ! [[TL]]'s | ||
+ | ! Remarks | ||
+ | ! Example/s | ||
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− | | | + | | Age |
+ | | 1 | ||
+ | | Synonymous with a [[TL]] or a passing paradigm and society. Zeitgeist. | ||
+ | * There is no set chronological span of time for this technological evaluation. | ||
+ | | (Age of Nomadism → Age of Farm & Village) | ||
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− | | | + | | Epoch |
+ | | 3 | ||
+ | | The typical longevity of a mature society before it undergoes paradigmatic change through revolution and societal evolution. | ||
+ | * There is no set chronological span of time for this technological evaluation. | ||
+ | | (Agricultural Epoch → Industrial Epoch → Information Epoch → Interstellar Epoch) | ||
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− | | | + | | Period |
+ | | 9 | ||
+ | | Part of the development of a maturing civilization. | ||
+ | * In late periods, less than 9 TL's may be involved due to the quicker pace of knowledge acquisition. | ||
+ | * Typically 9 TL's although some periods may encompass fewer, but a longer chronological span with less technological advancement. | ||
+ | * There is no set chronological span of time for this technological evaluation. | ||
+ | | (Foundational Period → Interstellar Period → Ultra Period) | ||
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− | | 28 || | + | | Era |
+ | | 28 to 30+ | ||
+ | | The typical lifespan of a mature, technological civilization. | ||
+ | * Typically 30 TL's although some eras may encompass fewer or more TL's depending on the civilization and their rate of technological advancement. | ||
+ | * There is no set chronological span of time for this technological evaluation. | ||
+ | | (Sophontic Era → Trans-Sophontic Era → Technological Singularity) | ||
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− | | | + | | Eon |
+ | | 31 to 33+ | ||
+ | | The typical lifespan of several mature and advanced technology civilizations. | ||
+ | * Typically 33 TL's although some eons may encompass fewer or more TL's depending on the civilization and the Singularity. | ||
+ | * There is no set chronological span of time for this technological evaluation. | ||
+ | | [Pre-Sophontic (Creature Existence) → Sophontic (Technological Civilizations) → (Technological Singularity) → Post-Sophontic] | ||
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− | + | ==== Paradigm & Period ==== | |
− | + | Each period represents a loose set of standards and cultural mores for a civilization. More than one period ahead represents a severe change of societal possibilities that significantly less advanced societies would probably think of as ''"magic"'' or the ''"work of the gods."'' | |
+ | * One period ahead represents the dreams or near-technology science fiction of a preceding people, what one might call a ''paradigmatic shift''. Significantly more advanced societies will often appear exceedingly strange or difficult to comprehend to peoples with lesser technologies. | ||
+ | * Higher technology societies and civilizations will very often find lesser technology peoples to be ''backward'' and ''primitive''. | ||
+ | * Please see [[Detextualized Paradigmatic Problem]] and [[Clarkian Postulates]] for related ideas. | ||
− | + | == History & Background (Dossier) == | |
− | The | + | The [[Third Imperium]]'s most advanced [[technologies]] in common use are (TL-15) technologies. |
+ | * Some cutting-edge worlds have achieved an unsustainable, theoretical (TL-16) rating, but are not yet in wide usage. | ||
+ | ** The [[Darrian]]s or [[Daryen]] are a prominent example of such a TL-16 [[society]]. | ||
+ | * Average technologies in common use within the [[Third Imperium]] are very often considerably lower than the high end of (TL-15 or TL-F). | ||
+ | ** Each of the [[polities]] of the [[major race]]s has a different average, sustainable technology level, but most [[system]]s and [[world]]s average in the TL-10 to TL-12 ranges, with the most capable, higher tech worlds averaging in the TL-13 to TL-15 ranges. | ||
− | + | === Technological Level Conversion Table === | |
− | The | + | The [[TL]] system differs between different versions of the [[Traveller]] game. The following table shows conversion between different [[TL]] systems of the various [[Traveller]] editions. |
+ | * Most Traveller game editions default to the original [[Classic Traveller]] '''Traveller TL''' technology levels. | ||
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{{Advanced}} | {{Advanced}} | ||
{{Sources | {{Sources | ||
− | + | |S1= {{Ludography cite|name=Worlds and Adventures|page=14-15}} | |
− | + | |S2= {{Ludography cite|name=Referee's Companion|page=28-29}} | |
− | + | |S3= {{Ludography cite|name=World Builder's Handbook|page=}} | |
− | + | |S4= {{Ludography cite|name=Fire, Fusion, & Steel|page=7}} | |
− | + | |S5= {{Ludography cite|name=Traveller D20|page=378}} | |
− | + | |S6= {{Ludography cite|name=T5 Core Rules|page=502-507}} | |
− | + | |S7= External Link: [http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/lite/3e/gurpslite.pdf GURPS 3rd Edition Lite ] | |
− | + | |S8= External Link: [http://web.archive.org/web/20070214002238/http://www.omnology.com/gurps-levels.html GURPS 3rd Edition TL ] | |
− | + | |S10= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] | |
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[[Category: Science]] | [[Category: Science]] | ||
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