Technology in the 1960s (Dark Jazz)
Introduction
1920s
General Tech Level: 6
Power
Transportation
Weapons and Armor
Biotechnology and Medicine
1960s
General Tech Level: 7
Power
- TL8 gas turbines; fission; solar power.
- TL9 fuel cells; TL9 high-temperature superconductors.
Communications
- TL8 broadcast television; radio communication; global telephone network; urban cellular/radio telephone networks.
Transportation
- TL7 nuclear submarines; jet aircraft; helicopters; manned space flight.
- TL8 satellite navigation; SSTO (“single stage to orbit”) spacecraft.
Weapons and Armor
- TL7 ballistic body armor; guided munitions; combat jets; nuclear weapons.
- TL8 blinding lasers; unmanned combat vehicles.
- TL9 electrolasers; heavy laser weapons.