Tech Level timeline

[mananan]

Hi all,

I've been trying to find a timeline for when particular Tech Levels were reached by the Imperium generally. I haven't been able to do so.

Would anyone already have such a thing? Or a link?

Failing that, how about informed opinion on the TL prevalent in the Imperium in the years 990-1010?

Thanks in advance.

Mananan

 

[far-trader]

There's just what you're looking for as I recall, in one of the MegaTraveller books. Referee's Companion iirc but I'm not sure and can't check at the moment nor have it in handy pdf form to post. I'm pretty sure I've seen it on the web somewhere too but can't recall where. I'm just brimming with almost useful information this morning :nonono:

 

[mananan]

Tantalisingly helpful.

Megatraveller Referee's Companion. I shall go hunting!

 

[travlar]

The Referee's Companion says TL15 is reached around 1000. At least, I assume it means reached, not prevalent.

 

[mananan]

Extremely helpful, thank you. I shall happily restrict the players in my game accordingly.

(As yet unable to locate the MT Companion, but shall keep looking as it sounds like it might be more useful than I would have assumed).

 

[rancke]

The Referee's Companion says TL15 is reached around 1000. At least, I assume it means reached, not prevalent.

Given that all the dates for TL advancement are evenly divided by 100, I assume they do not indicate the years the first TLX device was invented but semi-arbitrary dates when TLX was sufficiently prevalent for Imperial sociologists to draw a line. So, First Flight of Jump-4, -5, and -6 were probably several decades earlier.


Hans

 

[mananan]

For my purposes, I shall go with the fiat that the highest available Tech without special circumstances in 1000 is TL15; I'm setting (I think, still not absolutely final) in 990, so I'll make anything TL15 higher than list-price, and TL14 will be the highest at list price.

I didn't realise that they neatly divided centuries, however, so that's useful for me as a rule of thumb too; thank you.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

(As yet unable to locate the MT Companion, but shall keep looking as it sounds like it might be more useful than I would have assumed).

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=395&it=1

 

[Sturn]

From MT Referee's Companion pg. 34. I paraphrased some, added some notes from other sources:

First Imperium

-9235 TL 9 Vilani discover jump 1.
-8900 TL 10 Vilani sphere reaches 10 parsecs.
-5430 TL 11 Vilani discover jump 2.

Second Imperium (begins as Terran Confederation)

-2431 TL 9 Terrans discover jump 1.
-2408 TL 10 End of First Terran-Vilani war.
-2398 TL 11 Terrans discover jump 2.
-2210 TL 12 Terrans discover jump 3.

Long Night (TLs lower to varying degrees across space)

Third Imperium (begins as Sylean Federation)

-1776 TL 10 Syleans maintain minimal interstellar capabilities.
-650 TL 11 Sylean Federation established.
-150 TL 12 Robot manufacturing reestablished*.
300 TL 13 Vargr Campaigns.
700 TL 14 Xboat routes built.
1000 TL 15 Solomani Rim War.

*T4 includes Fusion+, or miniaturized fusion, being discovered for the first time ever around this time.

 

[mananan]

Thank you too, very helpful.

Well worth delurking to post the question - such helpful people here.

 

[mananan]

Oh I ended up bidding for a hard copy on ebay in case it would come in useful later on. About 40% cheaper than the DriveThruRPG download, at least, as long as no one outbids me

 

[TheDS]

The Megatraveller Referee's companion has a very interesting tech tree that hasn't been replicated since then, as far as I know.

And you're invited to buy it from me later this week! Along with all my other Traveller stuff.

 

[Finarvyn]

From MT Referee's Companion pg. 34. I paraphrased some, added some notes from other sources:

Nice information, and thanks for posting it. Do we have an "Earth date" that matches the Imperium dates?

 

[BlackBat242]

CT Supplement 8 Library Data (A-M) page 10:

Imperial and Terran years have 365 Terran days.
Vilani years are approximately 1.33 Imperial/Terran years (~485.45 Terran days)

Imperial Year = IY;
Pre-Vilani Imperium (1st) = PI;
Vilani Imperium (1st) = VI;
Terran = BC/AD

-5272 IY / 922 PI / 752 BC = establishment of Vilani interstellar polity
-4520 IY / 357 PI / 1 AD
-4045 IY / 1 VI / 476 AD = establishment of "First Imperium"
-2408 IY / 1230 VI / 2113 AD = start of First Interstellar War (Vilani vs Terran)
0 IY / 3039 VI / 4521 AD = establishment of Third Imperium