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=== Transportation Technology ===
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{|cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="text-align:center"
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|+'''Transportation Tech Comparison'''
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|'''TTL'''
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|'''G3TL'''
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|'''G4TL'''
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!Land
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!Water
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!Air
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!Space
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|-
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!0
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!0
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!0
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|Foot - Animals
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|Raft / Canoe
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| -
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| -
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|-
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!1
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!1-3
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!1-3
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|Wheel - Carts/Chariots
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|Rowed [[Wikipedia:Galley|Galleys]], Crude Sailing Vessels
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| -
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| -
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|-
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!2
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!4
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!4
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|Advanced Wheel - Moveable Axle, Replaceable Rims
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|Early Multi-Mast Sailing, Crude Navigation
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| -
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| -
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|-
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!3
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!5
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!5
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|Extensive Road - High-Speed Coach
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|Multi-Mast Sailing, Navigation
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|Hot Air Balloons
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| -
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|-
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!4
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!5
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!6
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|[[Wikipedia:Train|Trains]]
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|[[Wikipedia:Ironclad|Ironclads]], [[Wikipedia:Steamship|Steamships]]
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|[[Wikipedia:Dirigible|Dirigibles]], Early [[Wikipedia:Glider|Gliders]]
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| -
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|-
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!5
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!6
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!6
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|Ground Cars, Tracked Vehicles
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|Personal Self-Propelled Boats, Steel hulls, Early [[Wikipedia:Submersible|Submersibles]]
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|[[Wikipedia:Airplane|Airplanes]], [[Wikipedia:Seaplane|Seaplanes]]
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|Early [[Wikipedia:Rocket|Rockets]] (unmanned)
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|-
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!6
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!6
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!7
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|Amphibian Vehicles, [[ATV]]s[[AFV]]s
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|Submersibles, [[Wikipedia:Scuba|Scuba]], Amphibian Vehicles
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|Early Jet, [[Wikipedia:Helicopter|Helicopters]]
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|Early Manned [[Wikipedia:Rocket|Rockets]], Unmanned Rockets
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|-
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!7
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!7
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!7
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|[[Wikipedia:Hovercraft|Hovercraft]], High-Speed Trains
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|[[Wikipedia:Hydrofoil|Hydrofoils]], Hovercraft
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|[[Wikipedia:Supersonic|Supersonic]] Jet, Hang Gliders
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|Deep Space Probes (Unmanned), [[Maneuver]]-1/2 (non-gravitic)
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|-
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!8
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!7
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!8
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|Triphibian Vehicles
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|Triphibian Vehicles, Early [[Artificial Gill]]s
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|Triphibian Vehicles, [[Hypersonic]] Jet
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|[[Space Shuttles]], [[Space Stations]], [[Maneuver]]-3-5 (non-grav)
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|-
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!9
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!8
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!9
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|Early [[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]], Ultra High-Speed Trains
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|Early [[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]], [[Artificial Gill]]s
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|Early [[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]], Rocket Assist Suborbital
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|[[Jump Drive|Jump-1]] possible, Sublight Stellar
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|-
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!10
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!9
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!10
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|align="Center" colspan="2"|[[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]]
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|[[Gravity control technology|UH Grav Modules]]
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|[[Gravity control technology|Gravitic Maneuver]]
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<ref name=TIW>In GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars, this module appears in TL8.</ref>, [[Jump Drive|Jump-1]] certain
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|-
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!11
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!9
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!10
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|align="Center" colspan="3"|Personal G-Tubes, [[Gravity control technology|HV Grav Modules]]
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|Jump-2, [[Maneuver|Thruster ]]Technology<ref name=TIW/>
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|-
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!12
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!10
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!11
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|align="Center" colspan="3"|Personal [[Grav Belt]]s, [[Gravity control technology|LT Grav Modules]]
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|Jump-3
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|-
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!13
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!10
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!11
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|align="Center" colspan="4"|[[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]] Merge with Orbital Spacecraft, Jump-4
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|-
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!14
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!11
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!12
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|align="Center" colspan="4"|Jump-5
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|-
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!15
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!12
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!12
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|align="Center" colspan="4"|Jump-6
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|-
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!16
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! -
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! -
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|align="Center" colspan="4"|Raw Material Only Short Range [[Matter Transport]]
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|-
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!17
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! -
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! -
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|align="Center" colspan="4"|Inanimate Only Short Range [[Matter Transport]]
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|-
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!18
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! -
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! -
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|align="Center" colspan="4"|Self-Aware Starships, living being portal based [[Matter Transport]]
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|-
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!21
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! -
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! -
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|align="Center" colspan="4"|Multi Parsec Range Starship-Sized [[Matter Transport]] Portals
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|}
  
 
==References & Contributors (Sources)==
 
==References & Contributors (Sources)==

Revision as of 04:35, 5 February 2017

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  • Space
  • Surface
  • FTL

Transportation Technology

Transportation Tech Comparison
TTL G3TL G4TL Land Water Air Space
0 0 0 Foot - Animals Raft / Canoe - -
1 1-3 1-3 Wheel - Carts/Chariots Rowed Galleys, Crude Sailing Vessels - -
2 4 4 Advanced Wheel - Moveable Axle, Replaceable Rims Early Multi-Mast Sailing, Crude Navigation - -
3 5 5 Extensive Road - High-Speed Coach Multi-Mast Sailing, Navigation Hot Air Balloons -
4 5 6 Trains Ironclads, Steamships Dirigibles, Early Gliders -
5 6 6 Ground Cars, Tracked Vehicles Personal Self-Propelled Boats, Steel hulls, Early Submersibles Airplanes, Seaplanes Early Rockets (unmanned)
6 6 7 Amphibian Vehicles, ATVsAFVs Submersibles, Scuba, Amphibian Vehicles Early Jet, Helicopters Early Manned Rockets, Unmanned Rockets
7 7 7 Hovercraft, High-Speed Trains Hydrofoils, Hovercraft Supersonic Jet, Hang Gliders Deep Space Probes (Unmanned), Maneuver-1/2 (non-gravitic)
8 7 8 Triphibian Vehicles Triphibian Vehicles, Early Artificial Gills Triphibian Vehicles, Hypersonic Jet Space Shuttles, Space Stations, Maneuver-3-5 (non-grav)
9 8 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 9 10 Grav Vehicles UH Grav Modules Gravitic Maneuver

[1], Jump-1 certain

11 9 10 Personal G-Tubes, HV Grav Modules Jump-2, Thruster Technology[1]
12 10 11 Personal Grav Belts, LT Grav Modules Jump-3
13 10 11 Grav Vehicles Merge with Orbital Spacecraft, Jump-4
14 11 12 Jump-5
15 12 12 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

References & Contributors (Sources)

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 In GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars, this module appears in TL8.
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