User blog:Inferno Pendragon/World Building 1 : Tech Levels

a blog concerning ways to better build a shared universe, this one will tackle the topic of what the standard technology levels should be for our mainstream Earth.

I believe our mainstream Earth will develop technology at a slightly slower rate than the "real" world due to the events of War-Cry combined with a rise in superhuman beings having a tax on the progress of technology as well as the need for new technologies.

However one thing I think we definitely *do* have is a Universal Translator Device, created at some point before War-Cry and likely as common as the practice of getting an immunization shot, I imagine almost every citizen on Earth will have an implant that allows them to understand the very "basics" of "universal language" (this could be linked again to Destiny Force or psionics).

This makes the Tower of Babel an even more dangerous thing as it has the potential to destroy Earth's Universal Translator technologies (and similar devices other species created) : reverting the universe back to the "fractured" era, making communication between nations (let alone planets) extremely difficult.

other technologies I see happening are:
 * virtual reality (V-Net and similar are the mainstream, despite the risks involved it is common for direct brain-links to be used)
 * thought-control tech (a great many vehicles and everyday devices are thought-controlled, perhaps via the same brain-link devices as virtual reality.. this means most thingss can be remotely controlled via the brain)
 * suppression tech (with Destiny Force abound research will be made into suppressive technologies, allowing containment and temporary removal of superhuman abilities)
 * bio-tech (just as with brain-links and thought-control a great many devices will have bio-features, such as guns that require fingerprints to fire, keys that read DNA and so forth : also a prolific rise in cyborgs and artificial beings such as Cyclones, Ship-Mice etc..)

technologies that I see being limited are:
 * space travel (due to the events of War-Cry and the many superhuman wars space-travel is significantly reduced, with the World Government actually opting for a bit of an isolationist view due to the dangers of space  (the Ship Mice project's "failures" also aid to the controversies about future space travel): this will change near the end of Era 1 and in Era 2 space travel becomes more prominent for the average human)
 * time travel (just as with space technologies dealing with time travel and manipulation are limited, with the World Government viewing it dangerous and unreliable, as well as potentially catastrophic to their goal of a "lasting peace".. this will change near the end of Time Wars, at which point Earth begins to take its place as a time-travelling society (albeit a very young one) )