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<blockquote data-quote="garrowolf" data-source="post: 5479911" data-attributes="member: 31900"><p>These are the tech levels from my system that I think would apply to Mecha and Power Armor. </p><p>I can't remember if Battletech and Heavy Gear had gravitic tech. Some anime seem to put power armor in the Cyber age but I think that they would mostly go into Fusion Age because of the higher tech level. Many of the power armors in most anime are higher tech then the rest of the tech level because of some advanced inventor. I would put Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex in the Fusion Age because of the advanced cyborgs and multiped tanks. </p><p></p><p>Any ideas or opinions?</p><p></p><p>TL 7: Cyber Age </p><p> Advances in nanotechnology, biology, and computers open up cybernetic interfaces between humanity and our tools. Power armor develops. Various kinds of fuel cells become common. Large number of development in robotics. Droids become common. Dangerous viruses are explored. Personality uploads are now possible but it doesn't have the spark of the original. The mind is being explored and abused. VR is common. </p><p></p><p></p><p>TL 8: Fusion Age</p><p> Heavy early space travel explores the solar system. Space is still the realm of megacorps and nations. Mechs become a common combat vehicles. Large scale colonization of the oceans. Seaquest style vehicles and hyper-cavitation ships become common. Bioroids so close to human that you can't easily tell are common. Genies are being engineered. Cloning organs is common. Brain in a jar tech is available. Animal uplift explored. </p><p> Single stage to orbit vehicles become common. Considerable number of space stations are built. Wars expand to other planets. Underground cities develop on other planets and moons. Habits are the new village. </p><p></p><p></p><p>FTL Tech </p><p></p><p></p><p>TL 9: Early Gravitic Age </p><p> Contra-gravity and artificial gravity open up space to the world. Humanity truly lives in space and by this point more people live in space then on the home world. Gravity control allows for inertial compensators and inertial displacement drives. Ships can move much faster without the burden of inertia. Prolong is developed. </p><p> Asteroid cities hold most of the people now. Terraforming is being carried out on several planets in the solar system. Huge space stations and arcologies are being built using the contragrav technologies. Things have an enormous scale to them now. </p><p> Ships travel up to 100gs of acceleration. Early Hyperdrives allow humanity to move out into the galaxy. Huge colony ships are used to carry colonization out into the nearby systems. FTL communications by hyperspace relays. </p><p></p><p>TL 10 Hyperdrive Age </p><p> Star Wars, Narn, Centauri, Holograms are physical, travel to other solar systems is every day thing, FTL 3. </p><p></p><p></p><p>TL 11 Gravitic Age </p><p> Minbari, antimatter as a normal power source, access natural jump points to go into wormholes, early time travel through time wormholes (uncontrolled destination), FTL 4</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="garrowolf, post: 5479911, member: 31900"] These are the tech levels from my system that I think would apply to Mecha and Power Armor. I can't remember if Battletech and Heavy Gear had gravitic tech. Some anime seem to put power armor in the Cyber age but I think that they would mostly go into Fusion Age because of the higher tech level. Many of the power armors in most anime are higher tech then the rest of the tech level because of some advanced inventor. I would put Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex in the Fusion Age because of the advanced cyborgs and multiped tanks. Any ideas or opinions? TL 7: Cyber Age Advances in nanotechnology, biology, and computers open up cybernetic interfaces between humanity and our tools. Power armor develops. Various kinds of fuel cells become common. Large number of development in robotics. Droids become common. Dangerous viruses are explored. Personality uploads are now possible but it doesn't have the spark of the original. The mind is being explored and abused. VR is common. TL 8: Fusion Age Heavy early space travel explores the solar system. Space is still the realm of megacorps and nations. Mechs become a common combat vehicles. Large scale colonization of the oceans. Seaquest style vehicles and hyper-cavitation ships become common. Bioroids so close to human that you can't easily tell are common. Genies are being engineered. Cloning organs is common. Brain in a jar tech is available. Animal uplift explored. Single stage to orbit vehicles become common. Considerable number of space stations are built. Wars expand to other planets. Underground cities develop on other planets and moons. Habits are the new village. FTL Tech TL 9: Early Gravitic Age Contra-gravity and artificial gravity open up space to the world. Humanity truly lives in space and by this point more people live in space then on the home world. Gravity control allows for inertial compensators and inertial displacement drives. Ships can move much faster without the burden of inertia. Prolong is developed. Asteroid cities hold most of the people now. Terraforming is being carried out on several planets in the solar system. Huge space stations and arcologies are being built using the contragrav technologies. Things have an enormous scale to them now. Ships travel up to 100gs of acceleration. Early Hyperdrives allow humanity to move out into the galaxy. Huge colony ships are used to carry colonization out into the nearby systems. FTL communications by hyperspace relays. TL 10 Hyperdrive Age Star Wars, Narn, Centauri, Holograms are physical, travel to other solar systems is every day thing, FTL 3. TL 11 Gravitic Age Minbari, antimatter as a normal power source, access natural jump points to go into wormholes, early time travel through time wormholes (uncontrolled destination), FTL 4 [/QUOTE]
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