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Line 1: − {{Cleanup|reason=review needed|date=September 2023}} '''Technology Rating''' is a code used in the [[Classic BattleTech]] game indicating the relative sophistication of a piece of vehicles, [['Mech]] and other equipment, or of the subsystems found in the same. Its primary function is to determine what systems were available in a particular time period in the [[BattleTech]] universe. A [[Tech Level|similar system]] was used in the [[MechWarrior, First Edition]] roleplaying game. That scale was different, primarily because the [[Clans]] had not been developed when that game had been written.<ref>''TechManual'', p. 122</ref> '''Technology Rating''' is a code used in the [[Classic BattleTech]] game indicating the relative sophistication of a piece of vehicles, [['Mech]] and other equipment, or of the subsystems found in the same. Its primary function is to determine what systems were available in a particular time period in the [[BattleTech]] universe. A [[Tech Level|similar system]] was used in the [[MechWarrior, First Edition]] roleplaying game. That scale was different, primarily because the [[Clans]] had not been developed when that game had been written.<ref>''TechManual'', p. 122</ref> Line 11:
Line 10: | '''A''' | '''A''' | Primitive | Primitive − | to early [[twentieth century]] + | to Early 20th Century |- |- | '''B''' | '''B''' | Low-Tech | Low-Tech − | Late twentieth century + | Late 20th Century |- |- | '''C''' | '''C''' | Common Tech | Common Tech − | Twenty-first to twenty-second centuries + | 21st to 22nd Centuries |- |- | '''D''' | '''D''' | High-Tech | High-Tech − | [[Age of War]] and [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]] + | [[Age of War]] and [[Succession Wars]] |- |- | '''E''' | '''E''' Line 33:
Line 32: | Clan and Post-[[3065]] Inner Sphere | Clan and Post-[[3065]] Inner Sphere |} |} − − − ==Inner Sphere at War Rules== − A related ruleset is found in the Rules Annex of the ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]''.<ref name=SSWp126>Second Succession War, p. 126, "Technology and Research (Inner Sphere at War)"</ref> − − ===BattleTech (Technology)=== − '''BattleTech''', when used in the context of technological advancement, is the in-universe abstraction of what military units a faction can build, how advanced it can be, and how expensive it would be.<ref>''Second Succession War (sourcebook)'', p. 128</ref> − − ===ComTech (Technology)=== − '''ComTech''', when used in the context of technological advancement, is the in-universe abstraction of what level of interstellar communications a faction can build. − Advancements in this technology run from first generation [[Black Box|interstellar faxes]] to real-time [[HPG]] communication.<ref>''Second Succession War (sourcebook)'', p. 128</ref> − − ===IndustryTech (Technology)=== − '''IndustryTech''', when used in the context of technological advancement, is the in-universe abstraction of a faction's industrial efficiency.<ref>''Second Succession War (sourcebook)'', p. 128</ref> − − ===TransporTech (Technology)=== − '''TransporTech''', when used in the context of technological advancement, is the in-universe abstraction of what interstellar units a faction can build, and how they can be equipped. Advancements in this technology run from [[JumpShip|JumpShips]] both Primitive and Standard, Capital Weapons, [[Castle Brian|Castles Brian]], [[WarShip|WarShips]], and [[Lithium-Fusion Battery|Lithium-Fusion Batteries]]<ref>''Second Succession War (sourcebook)'', p. 128</ref> ==References== ==References== <references /> <references /> ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − *''[[TechManual]]'' + *''[[TechManual]]'', p. 122 − [[Category: Game Rules]] + [[Category: Game Aids]]
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'''Technology Rating''' is a code used in the [[Classic BattleTech]] game indicating the relative sophistication of a piece of vehicles, [['Mech]] and other equipment, or of the subsystems found in the same. Its primary function is to determine what systems were available in a particular time period in the [[BattleTech]] universe. A [[Tech Level|similar system]] was used in the [[MechWarrior, First Edition]] roleplaying game. That scale was different, primarily because the [[Clans]] had not been developed when that game had been written.<ref>''TechManual'', p. 122</ref> | '''Technology Rating''' is a code used in the [[Classic BattleTech]] game indicating the relative sophistication of a piece of vehicles, [['Mech]] and other equipment, or of the subsystems found in the same. Its primary function is to determine what systems were available in a particular time period in the [[BattleTech]] universe. A [[Tech Level|similar system]] was used in the [[MechWarrior, First Edition]] roleplaying game. That scale was different, primarily because the [[Clans]] had not been developed when that game had been written.<ref>''TechManual'', p. 122</ref> | ||
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| '''A''' | | '''A''' | ||
| Primitive | | Primitive | ||
| − | | to | + | | to Early 20th Century |
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| '''B''' | | '''B''' | ||
| Low-Tech | | Low-Tech | ||
| − | | Late | + | | Late 20th Century |
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| '''C''' | | '''C''' | ||
| Common Tech | | Common Tech | ||
| − | | | + | | 21st to 22nd Centuries |
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| '''D''' | | '''D''' | ||
| High-Tech | | High-Tech | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | *''[[TechManual]]'' | + | *''[[TechManual]]'', p. 122 |
| − | [[Category: Game | + | [[Category: Game Aids]] |