I made a chart a while back for one of my games to show cultural stages. I would think that TAS would provide something like this for a culture. I would think that this would be used by Travellers more than Tech Levels would be. Stage 0 and I would be Amber Travel Zones and Stage II would automatically be a Red Zone. Then Stage III could possibly be an Amber Zone again...
I hope those tech levels get updated for T5 - they don't really make a lot of sense. Just the addition of Zero Point Energy (Quantum) would jump a power threshold by a multitude more than Antimatter (it seems to me). Then there's Harnessed Singularity which would probably be the addition of a gravity compressor to a fusion power plant - and maybe not even be a step up on the Tech Level chart...
Stage 0 - pre-sentient
Gorillas, Orangutans
Stage I - Primitive (TL 0-2)
Cro-Magnon, Neanderthal, Dolphin?, Chimpanzees?
Stage II - Planetary (TL 3-5)
The British Empire, Whales?
Stage III - Stellar (TL 6-8)
Current stage of Earth - early stellar
Stage IV - Interstellar (TL 9-15)
The Third Imperium, Hive Federation, Aslan Hierate, The Two Thousand Worlds, Vargr Extents, Zhodani Consulate
Stage V - Galactic (TL 16-20)
The Ancients?
Stage VI - Intergalactic (TL 21-~)
Stage VII - Universal (??)
Stage Modifiers
Stage C - Influenced
Uplifted Races
Stage Q - Anomalous
PsychoCivilization (Zhodane?)
Stage X - Temporal
Anachronistic
Stage Z - Dimentional
I hope those tech levels get updated for T5 - they don't really make a lot of sense. Just the addition of Zero Point Energy (Quantum) would jump a power threshold by a multitude more than Antimatter (it seems to me). Then there's Harnessed Singularity which would probably be the addition of a gravity compressor to a fusion power plant - and maybe not even be a step up on the Tech Level chart...
Stage 0 - pre-sentient
Gorillas, Orangutans
Stage I - Primitive (TL 0-2)
Cro-Magnon, Neanderthal, Dolphin?, Chimpanzees?
Stage II - Planetary (TL 3-5)
The British Empire, Whales?
Stage III - Stellar (TL 6-8)
Current stage of Earth - early stellar
Stage IV - Interstellar (TL 9-15)
The Third Imperium, Hive Federation, Aslan Hierate, The Two Thousand Worlds, Vargr Extents, Zhodani Consulate
Stage V - Galactic (TL 16-20)
The Ancients?
Stage VI - Intergalactic (TL 21-~)
Stage VII - Universal (??)
Stage Modifiers
Stage C - Influenced
Uplifted Races
Stage Q - Anomalous
PsychoCivilization (Zhodane?)
Stage X - Temporal
Anachronistic
Stage Z - Dimentional
