Tech Level Classifications

TECH LEVEL

In order to better interact and classify foreign Cultures and alien civilizations and to describe them in Log books and communiqués , the United Stars Science corps has developed a decision chart to determine the technological level a civilization has achieved, reached.

There are several different Tech Level scales in use, but the most common one is the Zizzazz-Herbert Tech Scale.

More detailed Classification is added by Culture Type Classification, for example Nilfeheim is a TL 8 Culture Type 191P ( TL 8 Tech is available but Culture only reaches 191 of 1000 points in that Techlevel and is therefore P (Primitive)

The Zizzazz-Herbert Tech Scale

TL A	Rudimentary basics of a civilization.: Fire, simple tools,	Stone Age
TL B	Language, permanent Settlements, Metal tools	Bronze Age
TL C	Pre Industrial	Middle Ages/ Classical
TL D	Industrial , simple computers, Chemical rockets	Industrial Age
TL 1	Atomic Weapons, Simple Biogenetics, Satellites	Space Age
TL 2	Inter system Space travel, Digital technology	Information Age
TL 3	Faster than light travel, Simple Gravitation Devices	Ascent
TL 4	First Colonies, e-magnetic fields, Advanced Bionetics	Galactic Civilization 1 (the Diobah for example)
TL 5	FTL weaponry, weather control, force fields	Galactic Civilization 2
TL 6	Quasi Space travel, Advanced Gravitronic Devices	Galactic Civilization 3
TL 7	Advanced Bio sciences, Nanite technology, Computronics	Galactic Civilization 4 (the Nul are considered to be at TL 7)
TL 8	Matter Energy conversion, FTL Weapons, Multi Dim Technology, PSI based tech	Union Standard Level
TL 9	Transmatter devices, Multi Dim Tech, FTL Communication	Some Terran Tech is considered TL9
TL 10	Solar Engineering, Planet Moving, Dyson Spheres	The Wurgus are TL 10
TL 11	Complete matter . energy control, Psi Control, Planet and Solar construction, Singularity control	Celtest, Narth, UNI, Pree
TL 12	Indistinguishable from Magic, everything possible, Instant travel , Space time control	The Dark Ones are rumored to be TL 12

See Also: TL 0 - A species capable of understanding technology but possessing none.