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T5 TL Expanded Notation Correlation (2017)

Reminder to build out 1 to 33
- Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 07:27, 15 April 2017 (EDT)
Jumpspace & Conventional Space Travel by TL
Tech Period TL FTL-1 FTL-2 FTL-3 FTL-4 FTL-5 Min-TL Remarks
Ur-tech 6 Relativistic Drive 6 Only STL or NAFAL available.
  • The first rockets make space travel possible.
Ur-tech 7 Relativistic Drive 6 Only STL or NAFAL available.
  • Ion drives expand space travel.
Ur-tech 8 Relativistic Drive 6 Only STL or NAFAL available.
  • Better hypergolics become available.
Ur-tech 9 Prototype JD-1 9 FTL becomes available.
10-A JD-1 9 TBD
11-B JD-2 11 TBD
12-C JD-3 12 TBD
13-D JD-4 13 TBD
14-E JD-5 14 TBD
15-F JD-6 15 TBD
16-G JD-7 Prototype HD-1 16 The Prototype HD-1 brings an order of exponential advance to FTL travel.
17-H JD-8 HD-1 17 TBD
18-J JD-9 HD-2 Prototype SD-1 18 The Prototype SD-1 brings an order of exponential advance to FTL travel.
19-K HD-3 SD-1 19 Hop Drives entirely replace Jump Drives.
20-L HD-4 SD-2 20 TBD
21-M HD-5 SD-3 21 TBD
22-N HD-6 SD-4 22 TBD
23-O HD-7 SD-5 23 TBD
24-P HD-8 SD-6 24 TBD
25-Q HD-9 SD-7 Prototype BD-1 25 The Prototype BD-1 brings an order of exponential advance to FTL travel.
26-R SD-8 BD-1 26 Skip Drives entirely replace Hop Drives.
27-S SD-9 BD-2 27 TBD
28-T LD-1 BD-3 Prototype VD-1 28 The Prototype VD-1 brings an order of exponential advance to FTL travel.
29-U LD-2 BD-4 VD-1 29 TBD
30-V LD-3 BD-5 VD-2 Prototype 6D 30 The Prototype 6D-1 brings an order of exponential advance to FTL travel.
31-X LD-4 BD-6 VD-3 6D Prototype 7D-1 31 The Prototype 7D-1 brings an order of exponential advance to FTL travel.
32-Y LD-5 BD-7 VD-4 7D Prototype 8D 32 The Prototype 8D-1 brings an order of exponential advance to FTL travel.
33-Z LD-6 BD-8 VD-5 8D Prototype 9D 33 The Prototype 9D-1 brings an order of exponential advance to FTL travel.

HIGHER ORDER JUMP DRIVES (2016)

While they are not currently known to Imperial Science as of the 1116 era, there are actually at least 9 tiers of "hyperspaces", or "Tau-spaces", of which Jumpspace is only the lowest tier. The actual values and performances are listed below.

Jumpspace & Conventional Space Travel in 1116
Minimum TL Space Level #'s Weave (Order of Magnitude) Drive
Names
FTL Travel Duration Travel Distance Remarks
6 Real Space
(N-space)
0 None Conventional Drives
(Relativistic)
NAFAL Conventional Space-Time limitations. Unlimited
(Fuel limitation)
Pre-FTL or NAFAL Technologies.
  • Fairly well understood.
9 Jump Space
(J-space)
1 to 9 0th-Order (100) Jump Drives

J-1 to J-9

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 1-9 pc Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in parsecs of travel.
  • e.g. A J-1 drive can travel one parsec or a little less than a third of a Light-year (About 31 million kilometers).
  • 100 diameter gravity well limitation.
  • Not well understood.
17 Hop Space
(H-space)
10 to 18 1st-Order (101) Hop Drives

H-1 to H-9

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 10-90 pc Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in 10's of pc of travel.
20 Skip Space
(S-space)
19 to 27 2nd-Order (102) Skip Drives

S-1 to S-9

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 100-900 pc Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in 100's of pc of travel.
22 Leap Space
(L-space)
28 to 36 3rd-Order (103) Leap Drives

L-1 to L-9

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 1000 pc
to
9000 pc
Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in 1000's of pc of travel.
26 Bound Space
(B-space)
37 to 45 4th-Order (104) Bound Drives

B-1 to B-9

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 10,000 pc
to
90,000 pc
Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in 10,000's of pc of travel.
29 Vault Space
(V-space)
46 to 54 5th-Order (105) Vault Drives

V-1 to V-9

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 100,000 pc
to
900,000 pc
Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in 100,000's of pc of travel.
31 "6-space" 55 to 63 6th-Order (106) "Six" Drives

"Six"-1 to "Six"-9 (?)

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 1 million pc
to
9 million pc
Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in millions of pc of travel.
32 "7-space" 64 to 72 7th-Order (107) "Seven" Drives

"Seven"-1 to "Seven"-9 (?)

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 10 million pc
to
90 million pc
Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in 10s of millions of pc of travel.
* Generally not available.
33 "8-space" 73 to 81 8th-Order (108) "Eight" Drives

"Eight"-1 to "Eight"-9 (?)

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 100 million pc
to
900 million pc
Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in 100s of millions of pc of travel.
* Generally not available. - Note that Singularity occurs at TL33, so only an "Early" Eight-Drive is possible at TL32.
34 "9-space" 82 to 90 9th-Order (109) "Nine" Drives

"Nine"-1 to "Nine"-9 (?)

FTL 168 hours [± 10%] 1 billion pc
to
9 billion pc
Drive rating are equal to the maximum travel distance in billions of pc of travel.
* Generally not available. - Note that Singularity occurs at TL33, so only a "Prototype" Nine-Drive is possible at TL32.



EXOTIC DRIVES (2016)

Other EXOTIC DRIVES available in the OTU (presumably at very high TL) that are generally not available (and TL is not known):

  1. Inertialess Drive
  2. Alcubierre Drive (at Trav RPG Wiki)
  3. Alcubierre Drive (at Wiki)
  4. Reality Drive