Ultra-Tech help/question...

Jareth Valar · 10-30-2021, 05:56 PM

Going over Ultra-tech, I get the differences and all between the levels and types as well as the introduction of Superscience.

My question is, if a higher TL piece of gear were to fall into the hands of a lower one (1-2 TL lower). how long do you think it would take to successfully reverse-engineer the device successfully and then possibly regularly replicate it? Any other modifiers in addition to the standard TL variance ones? What about a Superscience device from 1 TL up?

example...
Say a landspeeder or jetbike from everyone's favorite/favorite-to-hate grim dark/derp setting (assuming TL10 for most of the heavy tech) fell into the hands of someone from a TL9 cyberpunk world (Cyberpunk, Shadowrun, Johnny Mnemonic, etc).

What modifiers would be suggested? How long would/should it take? Would it even be possible?

10-30-2021, 05:56 PM	#1
Jareth Valar Join Date: Aug 2013	Ultra-Tech help/question... Going over Ultra-tech, I get the differences and all between the levels and types as well as the introduction of Superscience. My question is, if a higher TL piece of gear were to fall into the hands of a lower one (1-2 TL lower). how long do you think it would take to successfully reverse-engineer the device successfully and then possibly regularly replicate it? Any other modifiers in addition to the standard TL variance ones? What about a Superscience device from 1 TL up? example... Say a landspeeder or jetbike from everyone's favorite/favorite-to-hate grim dark/derp setting (assuming TL10 for most of the heavy tech) fell into the hands of someone from a TL9 cyberpunk world (Cyberpunk, Shadowrun, Johnny Mnemonic, etc). What modifiers would be suggested? How long would/should it take? Would it even be possible?