====== MISSILES ======

===== TECHNOLOGY LEVELS =====

^  TL ^ TL DESCRIPTION ^ MISSILE EXAMPLES ^
| -10 | Prehistoric | |
|  -9 | Stone Age   | |
|  -8 | Bronze Age  | Greek and Roman Catapults |
|  -7 | Iron Age    | |
|  -6 | Middle Ages ~500-1400AD | Unguided, unpropelled shells and early rockets |
|  -5 | Renaissance ~1400-1500 | |
|  -4 | Age of Sail/Exploration ~1500-1760 | |
|  -3 | Industrial/Technological Revolutions ~1760-1914 | |
|  -2 | World War I and II ~1914-1945 | Guided, Self-Propelled Missiles and Torpedoes |
|  -1 | Atomic/Nuclear/Space Age ~1946-1970's | |
|   0 | Information Age ~1970s-2020s (Now) | Rise of cruise missiles, theoretical ground to space missiles |
|  +1 | Synthetic (Biological/Intelligence) Age ~2020-2199 | Intelligent deterministic missiles |
|  +2 | Stellar Age ~2100+ | Early ground to space and space to ground systems |
|  +3 | Slower-Than-Light Interstellar Age | System-wide cruise missiles - no intersystem combat possible |
|  +4 | Massless Faster-Than-Light (Communication) | Sophisticated deterrence missile network coordination |
|  +5 | Mass Faster-Than-Light (Travel) | System to system missile carriers |
|  +6 | Faster-Than-Light Interstellar Age | Inter-system strategic missiles |
|  +7 | Galactic Age | |
|  +8 | Extragalactic Age | Inter-galactic strategic missiles |
|  +9 | Pre-Ascendant | Wishlike missile systems |
| +10 | Post-Ascendance | Missiles are no longer used or required |

Note: From TL+2 (Stellar Age) onward, multiple technology levels become possible in a setting as different distant locations diverge in their technological capabilities and social conventions.

▲ [[:Chronology:]]
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