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Overview

Technology Levels
TL Approximate Era or key development
0 Primitive/Stone Age
1 Bronze Age
1.3 Iron Age
2 Age of Sail
3 Industrial Revolution
4 Mechanization
5 Polymers
6 Nuclear Age
7 Semiconductors; Early space age
8 Superconductors; Early communications
9 Gravitics; First Jump Drives
10 Practical Fusion power
11 Fusion+; Imperial maximum year 0
12 Sophisticated Robots
13 Cloning; Imperial maximum year 550
14 Geneering; Imperial maximum year 900
15 Anagathics; Imperial maximum year 1105
16 Artificial Persons; Black Globe Generators
17 Hop Drive; Permanent Personality Transfer
18 Disruptor and Stasis weapons
19 Limited Matter Transport; Antimatter power
20 Skip Drives; White Globe Generators
21 System-wide matter transport; Relativity Rifle
22+ (Beyond current technology extrapolation.)
23 Planetary core energy tap; Rapid terraforming
24 Portals; Rosettes
25 Psionic engineering
26 Stasis globe
27 Ringworlds
28 Reality drive
29 Dyson spheres
31 Pocket universes

Technology Level measures the degree of technological expertise, and thus the capabilities of local industry to manufacture and repair or maintain items. [1] It serves as an overall economic indicator of the society to produce goods. [2]

  1. Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 7-8.
  2. Frank Chadwick. "Integration with Traveller, Rule 73: Military Spending." Striker (1981): 38-38.