[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all:
Has anyone looked at TLs in society from a military vs. civilian
setting? Or do we feel this is already built-in by available
equipment?
It is very rare for military and civilian equipment to be at different
TLs. The difference is that the technology is optimized for different
purposes. Typically, civilian equipment is optimized for cost, while
military equipment is optimized for performance. Generally speaking,
this means civilian equipment is cheaper and has lower maintenance
requirements (a supertanker has a crew of twenty. An aircraft carrier
has a crew of about three thousand. The supertanker is bigger), whereas
the military equipment has higher performance and is likely to withstand
abuse better.
I'm especially looking at an advanced sci-fi society relative to (of
course) starships. Is the Navy Destroyer really going to have the
same M-Drive technology that the Luxury Liner is? Or is the Liner
likely to use the cheaper version from the TL-1?
The baseline tech will very likely be the same.
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