Here’s that table from the first post with the gaps filled in.
Development level | things are made by | GURPS TL | GURPS description |
---|---|---|---|
0 | Palaeolithic generalists | TL 0 (early) | Stone Age |
0.5 | Neolithic experts | TL 0 (mature) | Stone Age |
1 | Bronze Age village tradesmen | TL 1 | Bronze Age |
1.5 | Iron Age municipal craftsmen | TL 2 (early) | Iron Age |
2 | Classical urban workshops | TL 2 (advanced) | Iron Age |
2.5 | Mediaeval craft guilds & putting-out | TL 3 | Medieval |
3 | Renaissance manual factories | TL 4 (early) | Age of Sail |
3.5 | Enlightenment factories with jigs and hand machines | TL 4 (advanced) | Age of Sail |
4 | Industrial Revolution mills | TL 5 | Industrial Revolution |
4.5 | Industrial Age assembly lines | TL 6 | Mechanized Age |
5 | Electronics Age circuit printing | TL 7 | Nuclear Age |
5.5 | Communications Age chip fabs | TL 8 | Digital Age |
6 | Photonic Age photolithographic layering | TL 9 (early) | Microtech Age |
6.5 | Biofab Age tissue printing | TL 9 (mature) | Microtech Age |
7 | Micromachining stereotype jigs | TL 9 (advanced) | Microtech Age |
7.5 | Biomolecular autofacs | TL 10 (delayed) | Robotic Age |
8 | Manufacture under exotic conditions | TL 10 (standard) | Robotic Age |
8.5 | The Suite | TL 10 (advanced) | Robotic Age |
I’m pleased with my work on this section. I suppose the British will be horrified.