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| − | [[Final State]]s are hypothetical societies with technology between [[TL:28-30]] and [[TL:31-33]] whose technological capabilities allow them to form states like no others previous possible. | + | [[Final State]]s are hypothetical societies with technology mastery between [[TL:28-30]] [[Transcendent]]s and [[TL:31-33]] [[Ascendant]]s whose technological capabilities allow them to form states like no others previous possible. |
* It is a kind of [[society]] capable of forming a stable [[government]] or [[polity]]. | * It is a kind of [[society]] capable of forming a stable [[government]] or [[polity]]. | ||
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
[[Final State]]s ([[Ascendant]]s & [[Transcendent]]s): Far into the future Imperial scientists have hypothesized that sophont species will reach technological mastery rivaling the [[Ancient]]s. | [[Final State]]s ([[Ascendant]]s & [[Transcendent]]s): Far into the future Imperial scientists have hypothesized that sophont species will reach technological mastery rivaling the [[Ancient]]s. | ||
| − | * As greater and greater mastery of the universe is achieved, the ascendant and transcendent societies will strive to reach the [[Singularity]], a level of omnipotent mastery of the [[universe]] that | + | * As greater and greater mastery of the universe is achieved, the ascendant and transcendent societies will strive to reach the [[Singularity]], a level of omnipotent mastery of the [[universe]] that transcends [[technology]] itself. |
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| + | === Key Identifier Characteristics === | ||
| + | There are many theories of what such a state might look like including: | ||
| + | * Group Minds, Mass Minds, [[etc.]] | ||
| + | * Incorporeal Existence | ||
| + | * Life in an Alternate or [[Pocket Universe]] | ||
| + | * Matter-Intelligence Melding | ||
| + | * Psionic Technology allowing for a Blending of the Group and Individual | ||
| + | * Servants of a vast [[Artificial Intelligence]] | ||
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
| − | + | [[Transcendent]]s and [[Ascendant]]s change the nature of [[society]] and [[civilization]]. While some go pastoral and others go extinct, most push to achieve the final singularity, a status beyond technology and conventional paradigm. Their states make little to no sense to earlier forms of organized existence. | |
=== Standard Polity Growth Sequence === | === Standard Polity Growth Sequence === | ||
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | ||
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|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | |S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:42, 17 July 2019
Final States are hypothetical societies with technology mastery between TL:28-30 Transcendents and TL:31-33 Ascendants whose technological capabilities allow them to form states like no others previous possible.
- It is a kind of society capable of forming a stable government or polity.
Description (Specifications)[edit]
Final States (Ascendants & Transcendents): Far into the future Imperial scientists have hypothesized that sophont species will reach technological mastery rivaling the Ancients.
- As greater and greater mastery of the universe is achieved, the ascendant and transcendent societies will strive to reach the Singularity, a level of omnipotent mastery of the universe that transcends technology itself.
Key Identifier Characteristics[edit]
There are many theories of what such a state might look like including:
- Group Minds, Mass Minds, etc.
- Incorporeal Existence
- Life in an Alternate or Pocket Universe
- Matter-Intelligence Melding
- Psionic Technology allowing for a Blending of the Group and Individual
- Servants of a vast Artificial Intelligence
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
Transcendents and Ascendants change the nature of society and civilization. While some go pastoral and others go extinct, most push to achieve the final singularity, a status beyond technology and conventional paradigm. Their states make little to no sense to earlier forms of organized existence.
Standard Polity Growth Sequence[edit]
MACRO LEVEL:
MICRO LEVEL:
- Proto-Society → Band Society → Tribal Society or Chiefdom → City-State → Nation-State → World-State → Pocket Empire → Interstellar State → Intergalactic State → Final State → Singularity
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science