I’m working on my tech level system and I decided to rearrange a couple of them. This is what I have now:TL 6: Pulp Age (1900 – 1945 CE) - This includes World War 1, the Roaring 20s, and World War 2.TL 7: Atomic Age (1945 – 1980 CE) - This includes the end of World War 2, the Cold War, and the Space Race.However I was thinking about splitting TL 6 into WW1 and having TL 7 cover WW2 and Korea since most of the technology of the Korean war was developed during and right after WW2. The TL 6 would still be Pulp Age but I don’t know what to call the new TL 7 that would encompass it. Maybe call it the Atomic Age and call TL 8 something else?Also I was wondering what people considered good year ranges for each of these time periods. I could see the Pulp Age starting even earlier than 1900. I’m not sure what year would be a good transition point between 6 and 7.Any thoughts?
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This is what I ended up with:
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 4: Gunpowder Age (1300 – 1730 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Gunpowder supplants Steel as the weapon of the day. Muskets and Cannons make armor useless. This includes what is normally classified as the Late Middle Ages since this is when gunpowder was first introduced to Europe. The Late Middle Ages has more in common with the rest of the Gunpowder Age then the Early and High Middle Ages. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 5: Industrial Revolution (1730 – 1870 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Heavier materials from the gunpowder age are finally capable of the higher grades necessary to build complex machinery. This allows steam tech to work. This includes the American Revolution, Civil War, and the Old West.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 6: Pulp Age (1870 – 1929 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] This is the time of the second industrial revolution in America. Electricity became a major technology and factories and huge cities sprang up. Population levels increased from growth and from huge immigration after the Civil War. Technology was seen as a positive force. This era includes World War 1 and a major shift in warfare. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 7: Global Age (1929 – 1945 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] This includes the Great Depression and World War 2. Technology seemed much darker. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 8: Atomic Age (1952 – 1980 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] This includes the space race, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Civil Rights Movement. America came out of the previous era richer and a global superpower. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 4: Gunpowder Age (1300 – 1730 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Gunpowder supplants Steel as the weapon of the day. Muskets and Cannons make armor useless. This includes what is normally classified as the Late Middle Ages since this is when gunpowder was first introduced to Europe. The Late Middle Ages has more in common with the rest of the Gunpowder Age then the Early and High Middle Ages. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 5: Industrial Revolution (1730 – 1870 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] Heavier materials from the gunpowder age are finally capable of the higher grades necessary to build complex machinery. This allows steam tech to work. This includes the American Revolution, Civil War, and the Old West.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 6: Pulp Age (1870 – 1929 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] This is the time of the second industrial revolution in America. Electricity became a major technology and factories and huge cities sprang up. Population levels increased from growth and from huge immigration after the Civil War. Technology was seen as a positive force. This era includes World War 1 and a major shift in warfare. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 7: Global Age (1929 – 1945 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] This includes the Great Depression and World War 2. Technology seemed much darker. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]TL 8: Atomic Age (1952 – 1980 CE)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] This includes the space race, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the Civil Rights Movement. America came out of the previous era richer and a global superpower. [/FONT]
Well the reason I call TL 8 the Atomic Age is that it was a major factor in politics and warfare during that time. Everything went into proxy warfare because people were afraid of nuclear war.
The time period during TL 7 ended with the bomb so it wasn't a factor during it except in secret. Often the technology of an age will be invented in the previous age.
On splitting TL 4, I could see splitting it. What years/events would you split at?
The time period during TL 7 ended with the bomb so it wasn't a factor during it except in secret. Often the technology of an age will be invented in the previous age.
On splitting TL 4, I could see splitting it. What years/events would you split at?
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