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'''Planetary Engineering''' or '''Environmental Engineering''' is the ability to manipulate the environment on a large scale. This is often referred to as [[Terraforming]] i.e. making the envionment more like [[Terra (world)|Terra]].
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[[Planetary Engineering]] or ''Environmental Engineering'' is the ability to manipulate the [[environment]] on a large scale.  
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* This is often referred to as [[Terraforming]] i.e. making the environment more like [[Terra (world)|Terra]], which in practical terms means an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere with a temperate climate conducive to conventional [[life]].
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* Some also call it ''bioforming''.
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=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
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Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br>
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'''[[Interstellar Colonization]]:'''
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* [[Colony Ship]]
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** [[Colonial Jumpship]]
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** [[Generation Ship]]
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** [[Planetoid Ship]]
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** [[Sleeper Ship]]
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** [[Worldship]]
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* [[Habitable Zone]] ([[Goldilocks Zone]])
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* [[Planetary Engineering]] ([[Terraforming]])
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* [[Weather Control Technology]]
  
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Large scale engineering usually starts with changes to the areas where people live: Cities. Some early [[Tech  Level|tech]] make use of natural forces to effect change, such as diverting rivers. Other major enineering projects can include closing inlets, or creating water passages across narrow land areas.
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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It is the ability to manipulate the environment on a large scale.
  
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At tech level 8 limited weather control is available, and seismic prediction is reliable, which allow for minor planetary changes (such as altering rainfall). At tech level 12 major terraforming (1000's of square km) is possible due to increases in global weather control and limited seismic control).
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=== Image Repository ===
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No information yet available.
  
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Complex Terraforming of continental regions is possible at TL 15 with reliable seismic control. Global Terraforming of Hostile worlds (e.g. Astmospheric changes - converting Insidious atmosphere to standard) becomes available at TL 16.  
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
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Large scale engineering usually starts with changes to the areas where people live: Cities. Some early [[Tech Level|tech]] make use of natural forces to effect change, such as diverting rivers. Other major engineering projects can include closing inlets, or creating water passages across narrow land areas.
  
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Total terraforming appears at TL 17 and beyond. Total terraforming involves complete
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=== Expected Planetary Engineering Development Sequence ===
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transformation of a world’s basic environment to a radically
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MACRO LEVEL:
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different basic environment of one’s choosing For example,
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* [[TBD]] → [[TBD]] → [[TBD]]
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transforming a barren vacuum world to a lush, rich world with
 
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a dense atmosphere is total terraforming. Some of these changes may not be sustainable without technology in the very long term (thousands of years - i.e. a smaller planet would not have the gravity well to retain various atmospheric gasses over the long term).
 
  
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At even higher levels planetary bodies can be moved.
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==== Foundational Period Societies ====
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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!colspan="3"| [[Technological Period]]: [[TL:1-9]] and ''[[Tech]]-Name:'' [[Ur-Tech]]
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|-
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|colspan="3"| ''Common Characteristics:'' TBD
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|-
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! [[Tech Epoch]]
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! [[TL]]-Range
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! Remarks
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|-
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| [[Tool Making Epoch]]
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| [[TL:1-3]]
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| No information yet available.
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|-
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| [[Division of Labor Epoch]] 
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| [[TL:4-6]]
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| No information yet available.
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|-
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| [[Processor Epoch]]
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| [[TL:7-9]]
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| No information yet available.
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* At tech level 8 limited weather control is available, and seismic prediction is reliable, which allow for minor planetary changes (such as altering rainfall).  
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|-
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|}
  
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==== Interstellar Period Societies ====
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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!colspan="3"| [[Technological Period]]: [[TL:10-18]] and ''[[Tech]]-Name:'' [[Stell-Tech]]
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|-
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|colspan="3"| ''Common Characteristics:'' TBD
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|-
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! [[Tech Epoch]]
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! [[TL]]-Range
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! Remarks
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|-
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| [[Gravitics Epoch]]
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| [[TL:10-12]]
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| No information yet available.
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* At tech level 12 major terraforming (1000's of square km) is possible due to increases in global weather control and limited seismic control).
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|-
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| [[Biologicals Epoch]]
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| [[TL:13-15]]
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| No information yet available.
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* Complex Terraforming of continental regions is possible at TL 15 with reliable seismic control.
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|-
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| [[Artificials Epoch]]
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| [[TL:16-18]]
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| No information yet available.
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* Global Terraforming of Hostile worlds (e.g. Astmospheric changes - converting Insidious atmosphere to standard) becomes available at TL 16.
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* Total terraforming appears at TL 17 and beyond. Total terraforming involves complete transformation of a world’s basic environment to a radically different basic environment of one’s choosing For example, transforming a barren vacuum world to a lush, rich world with a dense atmosphere is total terraforming. Some of these changes may not be sustainable without technology in the very long term (thousands of years - i.e. a smaller planet would not have the gravity well to retain various atmospheric gasses over the long term).
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|-
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|}
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==== Ultra Period Societies ====
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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!colspan="3"| [[Technological Period]]: [[TL:19-27]] and ''[[Tech]]-Name:'' [[Ultra-Tech]]
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|-
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|colspan="3"| ''Common Characteristics:'' TBD
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|-
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! [[Tech Epoch]]
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! [[TL]]-Range
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! Remarks
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|-
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| [[Matter Transport Epoch]], [[Transformations Epoch]], and [[Psionics Epoch]]
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| [[TL:19-21]], [[TL:22-24]], and [[TL:25-27]]
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| No information yet available.
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* At higher levels TL-19+, even planetary bodies or stars can be moved.
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|}
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==== Beyond Brilliance ====
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|-
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!colspan="3"| [[Technological Period]]: [[TL:28-30]] & [[TL:31-33]] and ''[[Tech]]-Name:'' [[Dei-Tech]] & [[Omni-Tech]]
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|-
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|colspan="3"| ''Common Characteristics:'' TBD
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|-
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! [[Tech Epoch]]
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! [[TL]]-Range
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! Remarks
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|-
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| [[Transcendent Epoch]] <br>& [[Ascendant Epoch]]
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| [[TL:28-30]] & [[TL:31-33]]
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| No information yet available.
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|-
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|}
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== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) ==
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This [[astrographic feature]] is primarily found in the following areas: <br>
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''[[Charted Space]]''
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=== World Listing: 1105 ===
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The following [[system]]s and [[world]]s are associated with this [[technology]]:
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{{ClusterWorlds2}}
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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{{Intermediate}}
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{{Detail}}
 
{{Sources
 
{{Sources
 
|S1= {{MT}} [[Referee's Companion]]
 
|S1= {{MT}} [[Referee's Companion]]
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|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
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{{LE|Technology|Terraforming}}

Latest revision as of 03:40, 1 September 2019

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Planetary Engineering or Environmental Engineering is the ability to manipulate the environment on a large scale.

  • This is often referred to as Terraforming i.e. making the environment more like Terra, which in practical terms means an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere with a temperate climate conducive to conventional life.
  • Some also call it bioforming.

Library Data Referral Tree[edit]

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Interstellar Colonization:

Description (Specifications)[edit]

It is the ability to manipulate the environment on a large scale.

Image Repository[edit]

No information yet available.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Large scale engineering usually starts with changes to the areas where people live: Cities. Some early tech make use of natural forces to effect change, such as diverting rivers. Other major engineering projects can include closing inlets, or creating water passages across narrow land areas.

Expected Planetary Engineering Development Sequence[edit]

MACRO LEVEL:

Foundational Period Societies[edit]

Technological Period: TL:1-9 and Tech-Name: Ur-Tech
Common Characteristics: TBD
Tech Epoch TL-Range Remarks
Tool Making Epoch TL:1-3 No information yet available.
Division of Labor Epoch TL:4-6 No information yet available.
Processor Epoch TL:7-9 No information yet available.
  • At tech level 8 limited weather control is available, and seismic prediction is reliable, which allow for minor planetary changes (such as altering rainfall).

Interstellar Period Societies[edit]

Technological Period: TL:10-18 and Tech-Name: Stell-Tech
Common Characteristics: TBD
Tech Epoch TL-Range Remarks
Gravitics Epoch TL:10-12 No information yet available.
  • At tech level 12 major terraforming (1000's of square km) is possible due to increases in global weather control and limited seismic control).
Biologicals Epoch TL:13-15 No information yet available.
  • Complex Terraforming of continental regions is possible at TL 15 with reliable seismic control.
Artificials Epoch TL:16-18 No information yet available.
  • Global Terraforming of Hostile worlds (e.g. Astmospheric changes - converting Insidious atmosphere to standard) becomes available at TL 16.
  • Total terraforming appears at TL 17 and beyond. Total terraforming involves complete transformation of a world’s basic environment to a radically different basic environment of one’s choosing For example, transforming a barren vacuum world to a lush, rich world with a dense atmosphere is total terraforming. Some of these changes may not be sustainable without technology in the very long term (thousands of years - i.e. a smaller planet would not have the gravity well to retain various atmospheric gasses over the long term).

Ultra Period Societies[edit]

Technological Period: TL:19-27 and Tech-Name: Ultra-Tech
Common Characteristics: TBD
Tech Epoch TL-Range Remarks
Matter Transport Epoch, Transformations Epoch, and Psionics Epoch TL:19-21, TL:22-24, and TL:25-27 No information yet available.
  • At higher levels TL-19+, even planetary bodies or stars can be moved.

Beyond Brilliance[edit]

Technological Period: TL:28-30 & TL:31-33 and Tech-Name: Dei-Tech & Omni-Tech
Common Characteristics: TBD
Tech Epoch TL-Range Remarks
Transcendent Epoch
& Ascendant Epoch 		TL:28-30 & TL:31-33 No information yet available.

Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)[edit]

This astrographic feature is primarily found in the following areas:
Charted Space

World Listing: 1105[edit]

The following systems and worlds are associated with this technology:

No world articles for Planetary Engineering


References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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