Editing Tech Level Comparison Chart

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The [[Tech Level Comparison Chart]] was developed by the IISS, based upon research dating back to the earliest [[First Imperium]] publications. This has recognized the importance of [[technology]] and developing a comprehensive system of classifying [[technology]]. 

== Area Technology Levels ==
The default [[Technology Level]] scale describes a general advancement of technology. However, few cultures follow the exact pattern of technical achievement in theoretical science implied by the standard TL system. {{Page cite|name=First In|version=GURPS Traveller|page=108}} The Technological Profile divides the Technology Level into several areas (known as Area Tech Level or ATL), each assigned an individual level index. 

The Comparison tables divide the general technology level into four broad areas, which are then further divided into related technologies. While the system presented here is widely used in the Imperium, it is by no means universal. There are several alternative profile systems in use. 

=== Theoretical Technology ===
The Theoretical technologies underlie all the other advancements. In the condensed form, the Technology Level combines the knowledge of the workings of the physical universe with the ability to use that knowledge to produce valuable goods and services. Within the technological profiles, these two items have been split into separate items. 

Where the theoretical technologies exceed the base TL of the other areas of technology, there have been breakthroughs in understanding which have not yet been produced in changes to society. 

; Physical Science
: The fundamental theoretical understanding of the physical universe. Covers the areas of physics and chemistry.
; Material Science / Manufacturing
: The technology of material processing and manufacturing. The processes required to take raw materials and process them into functional and usable goods. 
; Biological Science
: The theoretical workings of biology and life forms. 
; Cultural Science
: The workings of how a society is organized and works together to produce and use tools. Include education of the next generation of workers to extend and expand technology. 

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%;text-align: center;margin: auto"
|-
! colspan="5" | Theoretical Technologies
|-
! TL
! Physical Science
! Material Science
! Biological Science
! Cultural Science
|-
! 0
| Animistic explanations
| Found materials: Stone, wood, grasses, bone, fur
| Useful animals are domesticated
| Tribal gatherings, Barter
|-
! 1
| Engineering by estimates, Astronomy 
| Metalworking, quarried stone, glass,  cement, concrete
| Selective breeding 
| Kingdoms, Written Law, Universal religions
|-
! 2
| Telescopes, Navigation 
| Hard steel
| Understanding of Anatomy, microorganism
| Cities, Nations, Widespread literacy
|-
! 3
| Laws of motion, engineering by math
| Steel as a structural material 
| Theory of evolution, germ theory of disease
| Democracies
|-
! 4
|
| Aluminum, Skyscrapers, armored vehicles
| Medical theories are further advanced
|
|-
! 5
| First estimates of Quantum mechanics and relativity
| Plastics and other synthetic materials
| Biochemistry, discovery of viruses
| Dictatorships
|-
! 6
| Theory of Electronics 
| Fiberglass, Titanium
|
| Superpowers, global nation states
|-
! 7
| Classification of quantum mechanics
| Composite and advanced ceramics
| Discovery of DNA, Genome mapping, Artificial Organs
|
|-
! 8
| Grand Unified theory for gravity control, Photonics
| Micro-level manufacturing, advanced composites
| Gene therapy, Systems ecology
|
|-
! 9
| Detailed gravity manipulation, Jump space described
| [[Crystaliron]], industrial composite metals, Fluidics
| Introduction of [[Cybertechnology]]
|
|-
! 10
|
|
|
| Non-geographic communities
|-
! 11
|
| Magnetics 
| Computer implantation
| 
|-
! 12
| Unified theory to manipulate solid and weak forces
| Superdense materials
| Nanosurgery, brain implants
|-
! 13
| Completed theory of biologics
|
| First detailed theory of aging
| Widespread robotic workforce
|-
! 14
| Creation of gravity fields at a distance
| Industrial Nanotechnology, [[Bonded Superdense]]
| Theory of memory, Geneering, Personality Transfers
|
|-
! 15
| Unifying theory for normal and jump spaces
| 
| Full understanding of immune systems and aging
| 
|-
! 16
| Discovery of Hop space 
| Collapsed Crystalline
| 
| Artificial persons
|-
! 17
|
| [[Coherent Superdense]]
| 
|
|-
! 18
|
| Enhanced Coherent Superdense
|
|
|-
! 19
| Discovery of Skip Space 
|
|
|
|-
! 20
|
|
|
|-
! 21
|
|
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| Deconstruction of Cities
|}

=== Quality of Life Technology ===
Quality of Life technologies are essential to the world's quality of life. These are the basics of technology building on the Theoretical technologies.
; Energy
: Energy technologies are the ability to produce, store, and make use of energy for all purposes. 
; Information
: Technology involving information processing, including computer technologies and robotics
; Communications
: Technologies involving communications processing, including gathering, storing, and disseminating information.
; Medicine / Life sciences
: Technology involving the care and healing of living things, applied biological sciences, and genetics. 
; Environment 
: Technology involving the maintenance of ecosystems. This includes the ability to avoid damaging the environment, reconstruct damaged ecosystems, and [[Terraforming]] planets. 

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%;text-align: center;margin: auto"
|-
!colspan="6"| Quality of life Technologies
|-
! TL
! Energy
! Information 
! Communications
! Medicine / Life sciences
! Environment 
|-
! 0
| Muscles, Domestic Animals
| Memorization
| Spoken Word
| Mystics/Herbology
| Simple Structures, Primitive Agriculture
|-
! 1
| Water wheels, Wood and Charcoal, Windmills
| [[Abacus]]
| Writing, Paper
| Basic Diagnosis
| Settlements, Cities, Irrigation, Canals
|-
! 2
| Clockworks
| Advanced Mathematics
| Printing presses
| Internal Anatomy
| Advanced Agriculture
|-
! 3
| Steam Engines, primitive batteries
|
| Photography, Telegraphy
| Crude Surgery
| [[Wikipedia:Cement|Cement Structures]] 
|-
! 4
| Electricity
| Mechanical Calculators
| Motion Pictures, Telephone
| Antiseptics, Anesthetics, Vaccination
| Skyscrapers
|-
! 5
| Petrochemicals, Steam Turbine, Electrical grid
| Electric Calculators 
| Radio Broadcasting, Audio Recording
| Internal Imaging, Crude Prosthetic
| Sealed/Conditioned Cities
|-
! 6
| [[Wikipedia:Nuclear power|Nuclear Fission]]
| [[Electronics|Electronic]] Computers
| Television, Video Recording
| Reconstructive Surgery
| [[wikipedia:Weather_forecasting|Weather Prediction]], Underground Cities
|-
! 7
| Geothermal, Solar, Primitive Fuel Cells, [[Radiothermal Portable Generator|Radiothermal generators]]
| Desktop Computers, Expert systems
| Computing Networks, Satellite communications
| Organ Transplants, Slow Drug
| Early orbital stations
|-
! 8
| MHD Turbine, Superconductors,
| Voice Transcription, Massive Parallel computers, Low Data Robots
| Hand Computer, Ubiquitous networking, Fiber optic communications
| Full functioning prosthetics, Artificial Organs, [[Metabolics]]
| Orbital Settlements, Early Weather Control
|-
! 9
| Early Fusion
| Non-volatile data storage, High Data robots, Voice command
| [[Holovideo]] recording and transmission
| [[Low Berth|Cyrogenics suspension]], Limb Regeneration 
| [[Arcology|Arcologies]], Orbital Cities
|-
! 10
| Practical [[Fusion Plant|Fusion]]
| Early Synaptic processors
| 
| Anti-Virals, [[Metabolic Chamber|Growth Quickening]], enhanced prosthetics
| Practical weather control, Artificial Gravity, Under sea cities
|-
! 11
| [[Fusion+]]
| Synaptic Learning Processors
|
| Nerve Refusion, Direct computer implantation
| [[Gravity control technology|Gravitic]] Structure Support 
|-
! 12
| Advanced Fuel Cells
| Low Autonomous Robots, [[Positronic Brain]]
| Real-time Multilingual Translators
| Anti-geriatrics, Broad Spectrum Anti-toxins, Personality Recording
| Major Terraforming, Advanced Weather Control
|-
! 13
|
| High Autonomous Robots, Holographic storage
| 
| Effective Cloning, [[Wafer Technology]] 
|
|-
! 14
| Exotic Collectors
| Augmented Reality
|
| [[Genetic Engineering]], Memory erasure, Temporary [[Personality Recording|Personality]] Transfer
| Ecopoiesis
|-
! 15
|
| Pseudo-Reality Computers,
| [[Meson Communicator]]s, [[Pseudo-Reality Communication]]s
| [[Anagathics]]
| Complex Terraforming
|-
! 16
|
| Low Artificial Intelligence robots
|
| Brain Transplants
| Global Terraforming
|-
! 17
| Early [[Antimatter]] Plants
| High Artificial Intelligence, Self-Aware Robots
|
| Intelligent Antibodies, Permanent Personality Transfer
|
|-
! 18
|
| Robots become Society's Basic Workforce 
|
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|-
! 19
|
|
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| Non-cryogenic suspension, Advanced Bio-engineering
| [[Total Terraforming]]
|-
! 20
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|-
! 21
|
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|  Early Total [[Rejuvenation]]
| 
|}

=== Transportation Technology ===
Technologies for moving goods and people, including the design of vehicles and other transport systems. 
; Land Transportation
: Motive transportation on the Ground, including wheeled and tracked vehicles, walkers of all types, and sleds. 
; Water
: Motive transportation on water, including rafts, boats, and submarines. 
; Air
: Motive transportation through the air, including planes, helicopters, balloons, and [[Gravity Control Technology|Grav]] craft. 
; Space
: Motive transportation through the depths of space. 

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%;text-align: center;margin: auto"
|-
!colspan="6"| '''Transportation Tech Comparison'''
|-
! '''TTL'''
! Land
! Water
! Air
! Space
|-
!0
|Foot - Animals
|Raft / Canoe
| -
| -
|-
!1
|Wheel - Carts/Chariots
|Rowed [[Wikipedia:Galley|Galleys]], Small Sailing Vessels
| -
| -
|-
!2
|Advanced Wheels, Stagecoachs
|Multi-Mast Sailing, Oceangoing sailing ships, Crude Navigation
| Experimental Kites
| -
|-
!3
|Extensive Roads, Trains, Railroads
|[[Wikipedia:Steamship|Steamships]], Navigation
|Manned [[Hot Air Balloon]]s
| -
|-
!4
| Self-propelled vehicles
|[[Wikipedia:Ironclad|Ironclads]], World wide navigation 
|[[Wikipedia:Dirigible|Dirigibles]], Early [[Wikipedia:Glider|Gliders]]
| -
|-
!5
|Ground Cars, Tracked Vehicles
|Personal Self-Propelled Boats, Steel hulls, Early [[Wikipedia:Submersible|Submersibles]]
|[[Wikipedia:Airplane|Airplanes]], [[Wikipedia:Seaplane|Seaplanes]]
|Unmanned [[Wikipedia:Rocket|Rockets]], Satellites
|-
!6
|Amphibian Vehicles, [[ATV]]s, [[AFV]]s
|Submersibles, [[Wikipedia:Scuba|Scuba]], Amphibian Vehicles
|Early Jet, [[Wikipedia:Helicopter|Helicopters]]
|Orbit capable [[Wikipedia:Rocket|Rockets]]
|-
!7
|[[Wikipedia:Hovercraft|Hovercraft]], [[High-Speed Train]]s
|[[Wikipedia:Hydrofoil|Hydrofoils]], Hovercraft
|[[Wikipedia:Supersonic|Supersonic]] Jet, [[Hang Glider]]s
| Unmanned Space Probes, Gravitic Drive 1,2,3,4
|-
!8
|Triphibian Vehicles
|Triphibian Vehicles, Early [[Artificial Gill]]s
|Triphibian Vehicles, [[Hypersonic Jet]]
| Orbital shuttles, [[Space Stations]], Gravitic drive-4, Maneuver Drive-1
|-
!9
|Early [[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]], Ultra High-Speed Trains
|Early [[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]], [[Artificial Gill]]s
|Early [[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]], Rocket Assist Suborbital
|[[Jump Drive|Jump-1]] possible, Sublight Stellar - [[NAFAL Drive]], [[Maneuver Drive]]
|-
!10
|align="Center" colspan="2"|[[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]]
|[[Gravity control technology|UH Grav Modules]]
|[[Gravity control technology|Gravitic Maneuver]]
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|-
!11
|align="Center" colspan="3"|Personal G-Tubes, [[Gravity control technology|HV Grav Modules]]
|[[Jump Drive]]-2, [[T-Drive|Thruster]]Technology<ref name=TIW/>
|-
!12
|align="Center" colspan="3"|Personal [[Grav Belt]]s, [[Gravity control technology|LT Grav Modules]] 
|Jump-3
|-
!13
|align="Center" colspan="4"|[[Gravity control technology|Grav Vehicles]] Merge with Orbital Spacecraft, Jump-4 
|-
!14
|align="Center" colspan="4"|Jump-5
|-
!15
|align="Center" colspan="4"|Jump-6 
|-
!16
|align="Center" colspan="4"|Raw Material Only Short Range [[Matter Transport]] 
|-
!17
|align="Center" colspan="4"|Inanimate Only Short Range [[Matter Transport]] 
|-
!18
|align="Center" colspan="4"|Self-Aware Starships, living being portal based [[Matter Transport]] 
|-
!21
|align="Center" colspan="4"|Multi Parsec Range Starship-Sized [[Matter Transport]] Portals 
|}

=== Military Technology ===
Military technology combines the quality of life technology area of a precise nature with Transportation technology. This covers weapons from personal-sized to starship-mounted weapons systems, defensive systems, and sensor systems. 
; Weapons Technology
: The offensive portion of military technology. 
; Defensive systems
: The defensive portion includes armor, camouflage, active defensive systems, and screens of various sorts. 
; Sensors
: Sensors systems are the eyes of military technology, combined with vehicle systems and computer technology to make robots. 

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 95%;text-align: center;margin: auto"
|-
!colspan="6"| '''Military Tech Comparison'''
|-
! -
!colspan="2"|Personal
!colspan="2"|Heavy
|-
|'''TL'''
!Weapons
!Armour
!Weapons
!Armour
|-
!0
|[[Wikipedia:Club|Club]], [[Wikipedia:Spear|Spear]]
|Fur
| -
| -
|-
!1
|Early Weapons ([[Wikipedia:Bow|Bow]], [[Wikipedia:Sword|Sword]])
| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|[[Jack Armour]]
|[[Wikipedia:Catapult|Catapult]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|Wood, Bronze, Iron, Crude Steel 
|-
!2
|Early Guns
|Small [[Wikipedia:Cannon|Cannons]]
|-
!3
|[[Wikipedia:Rifle|Rifled Weapons]]
|Cannons
|-
!4
|[[Wikipedia:Cartridge|Cartridge]]
|[[Mesh Armour]]
|[[Wikipedia:Howitzer|Howitzers]], [[Wikipedia:Gatling gun|Gatling gun]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Soft Steel
|-
!5
|Explosive [[Wikipedia:Grenade|Grenade]], [[Wikipedia:Shotgun|Shotgun]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Filter Mask]]
|[[Wikipedia:Mortar|Mortars]]
|-
!6
|Automatic (SMG)
|[[Wikipedia:Nuclear|Nuclear]] Weapons, Missiles
|Hard Steel
|-
!7
|Grenade Launchers
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Cloth Armour]], [[Flack Jacket]]
|[[Beam Lasers]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Composite Laminate]]
|-
!8
|RAM Grenade Launchers, Early [[Laser Weapons|Laser Carbine]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Particle Accelerator]]s, [[Target Designated Missile]]s
|-
!9
|[[Laser Weapons]]
|[[Ablative Armour]], Electrostatic Armor
|[[Light Weight Composite Laminate]]
|-
!10
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Advanced Combat Rifle]]
|[[Reflec]], [[Combat Environment Suit]]
|[[Plasma Weapons|Plasma Guns]], [[Repulsor]]s
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Crystaliron]]
|-
!11
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Combat Armour]]
|[[Meson Gun]]s
|-
!12
|[[Plasma Weapons|PGMP]]-12, [[Gauss Rifle]]
|[[Fusion_Weapons|Fusion Guns]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Superdense]] Armour, [[Nuclear Damper]]s
|-
!13
|[[Plasma Weapons|PGMP]]-13, [[X-Ray Laser]]s
| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|[[Battle Dress]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|[[X-Ray Laser]]s
|-
!14
|[[Fusion Weapons|FGMP]]-14
|[[Bonded Superdense]]
|-
!15
|[[Fusion Weapons|FGMP]]-15
|Early [[Black Globe Generator|Black Globes]]
|-
!16
|[[Fusion Weapons|FGMP]]-16, [[Plasma Weapons|Plasma Rifle]], [[Neural Weapons|Neural Gun]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Neural Shield]]
|[[Tractor Beam]]
|[[Black Globe Generator|Black Globes]]
|-
!17
|Fusion Rifle, Plasma Pistol
|[[Disintegrator Weapons|Disintegrators]], [[Antimatter Warhead]]s
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Coherent Superdense]]
|-
!18
|[[Disintegrator Weapons|Disintegrator Rifle]], [[Fusion Weapons|Fusion Pistol]]
| colspan="1" rowspan="3"|[[Personal Damper]] 
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|Long Range Disintegrator/Tractor Beam  
|-
!19
| colspan="1" rowspan="2"|[[Disintegrator Weapons|Disintegrator Pistol]]  
|[[Proton Screen]], [[Plastic Metal]] Armour
|-
!20
|[[Relativity Beam]]
|[[White Globe]]s, [[Proton Beam]]
|-
!21
|[[Relativity Rifle]]
|Personal [[White Globe]]
|[[Jump Projector]]
|[[Jump Damper]]
|}

== See also ==
{{Referral-Tree-Technology-Levels}}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Metadata}}
{| class="wikitable"
! '''GURPS Traveller Notes:''' An array of notes regarding the similarities and differences between Traveller TL and GURPS TL can be found here: [[Tech Level Comparison Chart/meta]]
|-
|}
{{Conflict}}
{{Advanced}}
{{Sources
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}}

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