Charles Stross Eschaton series tech level

Gorkamorka · 01-20-2012, 08:20 AM

The two books are Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise. They are hard ish SF with a whole lot of playability as a game world (in my humble opinion)

If you have read them. Do you feel like guessing the TL for the Humans? (We can leave the Eschaton out of it for now)

Joseph Paul · 01-20-2012, 08:38 AM

In some ways at least TL 11. They have harnessed black holes for space drives and apparently dry nano manufacturing.

johndallman · 01-20-2012, 02:29 PM

Hugely variable. There's TL11 stuff around, some of it with big ^ attached, and TL6 peasantry in the New Republic. Different societies have different mixes.

jeff_wilson · 01-20-2012, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by johndallman

Hugely variable. There's TL11 stuff around, some of it with big ^ attached, and TL6 peasantry in the New Republic. Different societies have different mixes.

Yes, exactly. The whole point of the setting is that there's no overall tech level and a mashup of capabilities is the order of the day.

Ulzgoroth · 01-20-2012, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

Yes, exactly. The whole point of the setting is that there's no overall tech level and a mashup of capabilities is the order of the day.

I think there's somewhat of a common standard in the known human sphere. Somewhere around TL11^-12^

Some places, like the Republic, don't use or even have access to all that and some might have more advanced bits (is the Festival beyond TL11? They seem to be ahead of even the non-backward neighbors in Singularity Sky.) Presumably the Eschaton's own toys are TL A Wizard Did It.

Gorkamorka · 01-21-2012, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

Yes, exactly. The whole point of the setting is that there's no overall tech level and a mashup of capabilities is the order of the day.

This is a big part of why I think it would make a good gaming world.
I think the average Earth resident is on the 10-11 border. (Large powerful groups higher) Other worlds have parts higher and parts lower. It could make for a fun my magic VS your magic gaming world.

Joseph Paul · 01-21-2012, 12:18 PM

I think the interesting thing about the Republic in Singularity Sky was that they had themselves eschewed higher tech for part of their population as part of a political ideology.

01-20-2012, 08:20 AM	#1
Gorkamorka Ceci n'est pas un hyperlien Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Iceland	Charles Stross Eschaton series tech level The two books are Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise. They are hard ish SF with a whole lot of playability as a game world (in my humble opinion) If you have read them. Do you feel like guessing the TL for the Humans? (We can leave the Eschaton out of it for now)

01-20-2012, 08:38 AM	#2
Joseph Paul Custom User Title Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN	Re: Charles Stross Eschaton series tech level In some ways at least TL 11. They have harnessed black holes for space drives and apparently dry nano manufacturing. __________________ Joseph Paul

01-20-2012, 02:29 PM	#3
johndallman Night Watchman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridge, UK	Re: Charles Stross Eschaton series tech level Hugely variable. There's TL11 stuff around, some of it with big ^ attached, and TL6 peasantry in the New Republic. Different societies have different mixes.

01-21-2012, 12:18 PM	#7
Joseph Paul Custom User Title Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN	Re: Charles Stross Eschaton series tech level I think the interesting thing about the Republic in Singularity Sky was that they had themselves eschewed higher tech for part of their population as part of a political ideology. __________________ Joseph Paul