Post by Machina Haruspex on Dec 17, 2007 16:27:14 GMT -5
High Tech Civilizations
Includes: Advanced Macrotech; Microtech; Mesotech; basic (especially bio- and chemically-catylised dry-) Nanotech
Examples: Advanced computers and Information technology, databases, fully interactive and imm4ersive virtual media, turingrade to sentient expert systems, agents and search engines, the development of full AI; atomic precision manufacture and basic level wet and dry molecular assemblers; Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), gnatbots and equivalent; developed biotech, germline engineering and basic gengineering; smart (although rarely sentient) materials, devices, and appliances; advanced robotics; autonomous and turingrade, often sentient, vehicles, smart dwellings, etc; creation and synthesis of new chemical compounds, memory metals, organically-produce compounds; basic to medium biospherics, high efficency solar panels, space habitats, asteroid mining, robot factories, biospherics, space habitats, orbitals, interplanetary transports and space craft, basic interstellar ships, basic amat farms; virtuals, copies, bio- and cybershells; DNI (Direct Neural Interface)
Constitute: Hi Tech Civilizations
Also Found In: Both Low and Middle Tech, and Ultratech civilizations, who usually aquired it by trade, foreign aid or inheritence. High Tech artifacts can also occaisonally be found as curiosities or fads in the Ultra Tech societies.
Toposophic Requirements to Manufacture and Operate: Intelligent or augmented Baseline-equivalent.
Current Galactographic Distribution: Hi Tech is commonly found together with Ultratech throughout many of the self-sufficient regions.
Further Comments: It is popular with a number of clades and polities that wish to remain free of the taint that is often found in Ultratech. A decent local habitat-based civilization, with robust information networks, basic bionano, and simple chemical-fuel and basic fusion pellet rocket propulsion, can be maintained just through Hi Tech only.
Ultra Tech
Includes: Very Advanced Macrotech, Microtech and Mesotech; Advanced Nanotech
Examples: Wet and dry molecular assemblers; sophont artificials and ai; fully sentient and sophont devices, vehicles, dwellings, and appliances; extremely advanced robotics (vecs of complexity equal to biologicals); atomic-level precison, nanofacture and matter compilers; room temperature superconductors; advanced gengineering, neogens, provolving of many species, basic lazurogenics; basic computronium, virchuniverses and near endless cybercosms; creation and synthesis of new chemical compounds; extremely efficient solar panels; advanced biospherics, space habitats, orbitals, advanced asteroid mining, advanced interplanetary transports and space craft, basic interstellar ships, amat farms; ultility fog; telepresence and telesentience, uploading, virtuals, copies, bio- and cybershells; advanced DNI (Direct Neural Interface), basic cybertelepathy
Constitute: Ultratech Civilizations and Societies
Also Found In: Ultratech artifacts and products not uncommonly can be found in Hi, Middle, and Low Tech civilizations, polities, and worlds, who usual acquire it by trade, foreign aid. or inheritence. The danger of finding such technology is that more often then not, no instructions on how to properly work them.
Toposophic Requirements to Manufacture and Operate: Augmented Superbright, sapients. Much depends on the type of tech. Although most ultratech is configured to be baseline friendly and "idiot proof", this is not always the case
Current Galactographic Distribution: Anywhere that they can set up an advanced manufacuring base and have good access to data and raw resources.
Further Comments: Ultratech is the highest grade of technology that can be maintained and operated by subsingularitan sentients, provided they have the required training and support structure set up.
Includes: Advanced Macrotech; Microtech; Mesotech; basic (especially bio- and chemically-catylised dry-) Nanotech
Examples: Advanced computers and Information technology, databases, fully interactive and imm4ersive virtual media, turingrade to sentient expert systems, agents and search engines, the development of full AI; atomic precision manufacture and basic level wet and dry molecular assemblers; Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS), gnatbots and equivalent; developed biotech, germline engineering and basic gengineering; smart (although rarely sentient) materials, devices, and appliances; advanced robotics; autonomous and turingrade, often sentient, vehicles, smart dwellings, etc; creation and synthesis of new chemical compounds, memory metals, organically-produce compounds; basic to medium biospherics, high efficency solar panels, space habitats, asteroid mining, robot factories, biospherics, space habitats, orbitals, interplanetary transports and space craft, basic interstellar ships, basic amat farms; virtuals, copies, bio- and cybershells; DNI (Direct Neural Interface)
Constitute: Hi Tech Civilizations
Also Found In: Both Low and Middle Tech, and Ultratech civilizations, who usually aquired it by trade, foreign aid or inheritence. High Tech artifacts can also occaisonally be found as curiosities or fads in the Ultra Tech societies.
Toposophic Requirements to Manufacture and Operate: Intelligent or augmented Baseline-equivalent.
Current Galactographic Distribution: Hi Tech is commonly found together with Ultratech throughout many of the self-sufficient regions.
Further Comments: It is popular with a number of clades and polities that wish to remain free of the taint that is often found in Ultratech. A decent local habitat-based civilization, with robust information networks, basic bionano, and simple chemical-fuel and basic fusion pellet rocket propulsion, can be maintained just through Hi Tech only.
Ultra Tech
Includes: Very Advanced Macrotech, Microtech and Mesotech; Advanced Nanotech
Examples: Wet and dry molecular assemblers; sophont artificials and ai; fully sentient and sophont devices, vehicles, dwellings, and appliances; extremely advanced robotics (vecs of complexity equal to biologicals); atomic-level precison, nanofacture and matter compilers; room temperature superconductors; advanced gengineering, neogens, provolving of many species, basic lazurogenics; basic computronium, virchuniverses and near endless cybercosms; creation and synthesis of new chemical compounds; extremely efficient solar panels; advanced biospherics, space habitats, orbitals, advanced asteroid mining, advanced interplanetary transports and space craft, basic interstellar ships, amat farms; ultility fog; telepresence and telesentience, uploading, virtuals, copies, bio- and cybershells; advanced DNI (Direct Neural Interface), basic cybertelepathy
Constitute: Ultratech Civilizations and Societies
Also Found In: Ultratech artifacts and products not uncommonly can be found in Hi, Middle, and Low Tech civilizations, polities, and worlds, who usual acquire it by trade, foreign aid. or inheritence. The danger of finding such technology is that more often then not, no instructions on how to properly work them.
Toposophic Requirements to Manufacture and Operate: Augmented Superbright, sapients. Much depends on the type of tech. Although most ultratech is configured to be baseline friendly and "idiot proof", this is not always the case
Current Galactographic Distribution: Anywhere that they can set up an advanced manufacuring base and have good access to data and raw resources.
Further Comments: Ultratech is the highest grade of technology that can be maintained and operated by subsingularitan sentients, provided they have the required training and support structure set up.