[Torg] 16-21 (Tech Axiom, 2 of 4)

[Jones Jasyn]

16 [Day After Tomorrow] Small skirted hovercraft practical, clone-organ replacement, effective expert systems, efficient satellite phones cheap enough to replace cell phones, holographic television, high-energy laser weapons, fusion commercially attractive, hyperplanes capable of Mach 20, superconducting technology common, supercomputers achieve limited awareness, efficient solar cells, retina scanners, "bionic" prosthetics that function almost as well as natural limbs, practical virtual reality (VR) technology, energized melee weapons.

17 [Near Future] Portable fusion generators possible, "memory" metals and plastics, "intelligent" self-maintaining houses, cybernetic prosthetics as good as or better than the natural components, advanced gene therapy, extensive genetic engineering of physical traits possible, nanotechnology practical for microscopic-scale uses, electromag weapons. Sublight interstellar travel practical though relativistic effects must still be dealt with. It is possible to reconstruct extinct species, given enough DNA.

18 [Far Future] Personal energy weapons common, artificial intelligence in computers, orbital towers, nanotechnology practical for macro-scale uses, "living" plastics possible, artificial intelligences can become self-aware and pass as living minds but lack true sentience. Ballistic airliners develop, complex genetic manipulations possible, artificial wombs (growth tanks). Anti-matter energy sources developed, regeneration of lost body parts possible. Full terraforming of planets develops.

19 [Ultratech] Artificial gravity can be generated, antigravity technology available. Nanotech can be formed into "living" materials that reshape themselves as needed, faster-than-light space travel possible (including "hyperspace" dimensional skipping travel methods), force fields.

Near-total control of biological processes. Panimmunity medical techniques developed, medical advances increase the human lifespan to several centuries. Complex nanoviruses can transform organisms. Bio-buildings, buildings constructed as a living organism, are possible. Biotech spaceships possible.

Planetary scale teleportation, direct conversion of matter to energy. Artificial intelligences can become sentient.

20 [Superscience] Construction of Dyson spheres, Alderson discs, ringworlds, and artificial planets become possible (later, creating artificial stars is possible). Galaxy-wide teleportation possible. Genetic manipulation in conjunction with medical technology can create virtual immortality.

Atomic forces can be controlled to allow for dispersal and "phasing" of materials through other materials; mass and volume of objects can be similarly adjusted. Energy sources can similarly be controlled and manipulated at the atomic level. Dimensional travel possible.

21 [Pinnacle of Technology] Matter, energy, and space can be manipulated, created, and shaped almost at will. Tools cease to be physical devices, instead becoming energy constructs that alter physical laws within their area of effect. Natural laws can be manipulated at will over a wide scale, spanning an entire galaxy.

Unlimited distance teleportation is possible. Whole galaxies (or galaxy-sized structures) can be fabricated. Dimensions can be altered, created, or destroyed. Living beings may choose to translate themselves into bodies of mutable energy.
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Jasyn Jones
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