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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


== 1920s ==
== Tech Level ==


'''General Tech Level:''' 6
''Technology Level:'' '''TL7+2'''. This indicates the highest available technology in the campaign world.
 
''General Tech Level:'' '''TL7'''. This indicates the most commonly available technology as well as the technology possessed by the average citizen.
 
== Details and Exceptions ==


=== Power ===
=== Power ===


=== Transportation ===
* TL7 gas turbine; nuclear power; photovoltaic cell.
 
* TL8 advanced battery; computer-integrated power plant; wind farm.
 
* TL9 micro fuel cells; high-temperature superconductors.
 
* ''Superscience:'' Broadcast power, ocean-thermal electric conversion (OTEC).


=== Weapons and Armor ===
=== Agriculture ===


=== Biotechnology and Medicine ===
* TL7 chemical fertilizer; hybrid crops.


=== Arms and Armor ===


== 1960s ==
* TL8 blinding lasers; unmanned combat vehicles.


'''General Tech Level:''' 7
* TL9 electrolasers; heavy laser weapons.


=== Power ===
=== Biotechnology and Medicine ===


* TL8 gas turbines; fission; solar power.
* TL7 artificial heart; organ transplants.


* TL9 fuel cells; TL9 high-temperature superconductors.
* TL8 artificial fertilization, laser surgery.


=== Communications ===
=== Communications ===


* TL8 broadcast television; radio communication; global telephone network; urban cellular/radio telephone networks.
* TL8 global wired telephone network; local-area radio wireless telephone network.


=== Transportation ===
=== Information Technology ===
 
* TL7 computer; high-speed press; television.


* TL7 nuclear submarines; jet aircraft; helicopters; manned space flight.
=== Machinery ===


* TL8 satellite navigation; SSTO (“single stage to orbit”) spacecraft.
* TL7 integrated circuits; laser; transistor.


* TL8 rapid prototyping.


=== Weapons and Armor ===
=== Material Science ===


* TL7 ballistic body armor; guided munitions; combat jets; nuclear weapons.
* TL 7 composite materials, plastic, superconductors, titanium.


* TL8 blinding lasers; unmanned combat vehicles.
=== Transportation ===


* TL9 electrolasers; heavy laser weapons.  
* TL7 nuclear submarines; jet aircraft; helicopters; manned space flight.


=== Biotechnology and Medicine ===
* TL8 satellite navigation; SSTO (“single stage to orbit”) spacecraft.


* TL9 robot car; air car.




[[Category: GURPS Dark Jazz]]
[[Category: GURPS Dark Jazz]]

Revision as of 23:33, 11 September 2012

Introduction

Tech Level

Technology Level: TL7+2. This indicates the highest available technology in the campaign world.

General Tech Level: TL7. This indicates the most commonly available technology as well as the technology possessed by the average citizen.

Details and Exceptions

Power

  • TL7 gas turbine; nuclear power; photovoltaic cell.
  • TL8 advanced battery; computer-integrated power plant; wind farm.
  • TL9 micro fuel cells; high-temperature superconductors.
  • Superscience: Broadcast power, ocean-thermal electric conversion (OTEC).

Agriculture

  • TL7 chemical fertilizer; hybrid crops.

Arms and Armor

  • TL8 blinding lasers; unmanned combat vehicles.
  • TL9 electrolasers; heavy laser weapons.

Biotechnology and Medicine

  • TL7 artificial heart; organ transplants.
  • TL8 artificial fertilization, laser surgery.

Communications

  • TL8 global wired telephone network; local-area radio wireless telephone network.

Information Technology

  • TL7 computer; high-speed press; television.

Machinery

  • TL7 integrated circuits; laser; transistor.
  • TL8 rapid prototyping.

Material Science

  • TL 7 composite materials, plastic, superconductors, titanium.

Transportation

  • TL7 nuclear submarines; jet aircraft; helicopters; manned space flight.
  • TL8 satellite navigation; SSTO (“single stage to orbit”) spacecraft.
  • TL9 robot car; air car.
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