TL-Negative
The TL-Negative or TL-Neg period represents a time before technology, when life is evolving towards sophonce, towards higher intelligence.
Description / Specifications
Evolution is the primary “tool” for affecting change and it does not work quickly.
Communications Technology
Creatures (pre-sophontic lifeforms) only possess abilities commensurate with their physical form.
Power Generation Technology
Creatures (pre-sophontic lifeforms) only possess abilities commensurate with their physical form.
Transportation Technology
Creatures (pre-sophontic lifeforms) only possess abilities commensurate with their physical form.
History & Background / Dossier
Pre-sophontic lives are the lives of creatures or animals. However, while manysophonts are limited to thinking of animals... Plants, fungi, and a whole variety of lifeforms are all included in this category.
Representative Species
All non-sophontic beings are TL-Neg creatures. This includes:
References & Contributors / Sources
- Marc Miller. Worlds and Adventures (Game Designers Workshop, 1977), 14-15.Marc Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Don McKinney. Worlds and Adventures (Far Future Enterprises, 2019), 14-15.
- Marc Miller. Referee's Companion (Game Designers Workshop, 1988), 28-29.
- Geir Lanesskog. World Builder's Handbook (Mongoose Publishing, 2023), .Joe Fugate, J. Andrew Keith, Gary L. Thomas. World Builder's Handbook (Digest Group Publications, 1989), .
- Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 7.
- Citation Missing - Traveller D20
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), 502-507.
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science