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| Technology IMTU: GTL TTL Historical Age Weapons Hand held sensors 0 0 Stone Age (Fire) 1 1 Bronze Age (Athens) 2 1 Iron Age (Rome) Wind sock 3 1 Medieval Age (Steel) 4 2 Renaissance (1400-1700) Muzzle-loaders Spy glass 5 3 Pre-Industrial (1700-1860) Black powder revolver Binoculars, Compass, Pocket watch 5 4 Industrial Revolution (1860-1900) Carbine, Cartridge revolver, Telescopic sight Pump shotgun 6 5 The Great World War (1900-1940) Autopistol, Flame thrower, Geiger counter, Thermometer, Radio receiver Semiauto rifle, SMG 6 6 World War II (1940-1960) Battle rifle, Water cooled- Barrometer, Metal detector, Shotgun mike machine gun 7 7 Space Age (1960-1990) Assault rifle, Grenade launcher, Atmospheric composition, Echo sounder, IR goggles LMG, Semiauto shotgun 7 8 Information Age (1990-2020) Body pistol, Flame rifle, RAM- Chem sniffer, GPS, Laser ear, LI goggles grenade launcher, Snub pistol 8 9 Early Stellar (2020-2100) Accelerator rifle, Laser rifle, Laser spectrometer Snub SMG 9 10 Early Stellar/Jump Drive (2100+) Advanced combat rifle, Hand flamer, Imagecombo binocs, Voice stress analyser Laser pistol, Electrolaser, Stunner 9 11 Average Stellar/Large Starships Gauss rifle, Maser rifle, Screamer Multiscanner 1 (1/2 range) Monowire 10 12 Average Stellar/Artificial Intelligence Gauss pistol, Plasma gun PRIS binocs, Medical scanner 10 13 Average Imperial/Anti-Grav Cities X-ray laser rifle Multiscanner 2 (Full range for GTL9) 10 14 High Stellar/Global Terraforming Fusion gun, X-ray laser pistol Densometer 10 15 High Stellar/Imperial max Plasma rifle Neural activity sensor |
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| Traveller TL / GURPS TL / Historical Age (Year CE) 0 0 Stone Age (Fire) 1 1 Bronze Age (Athens) 1 2 Iron Age (Rome) 1 3 Medieval Age / Steel 2 4 Renaissance (1400-1700) 3 5 Pre-Industrial (1700-1860) 4 5 Industrial Revolution (1860-1900) 5 6 The Great World War (1900-1940) 6 6 World War II (1940-1960) 7 7 Space Age (1960-1990) 8 7 Information Age (1990-2020) 9 8 Early Stellar / Fusion Power (2020-2100) 10 9 Early Stellar / Jump Drive (2100+) 11 9 Average Stellar / Large Starships 12 10 Average Stellar / Artificial Intelligence 13 10 Average Imperial / Anti-Grav Cities 14 10 High Stellar / Slow Global Terraforming 15 10 High Stellar / Antagathics / Imperial Maximum 16 11 High Stellar / Darrian Historical High 17 12 Extreme Stellar / Unknown to Humaniti |
| Since starting my Gurps-Traveller campaign, I have quickly learned that there are some real problems with the Traveller/Gurps Tech Level conversions. At least for some items. For example, though the Imperium supposedly goes up to Gurps TL 12, none of the Gurps weapons above TL 10 exist in Traveller. Now I am a little less cannon than most Traveller referees, but blasters and force swords really don't have any place in Traveller. This is what I do in my campaign. For Medicine and Vehicles (with the special exceptions for gravitics and contragravity noted in GT) I use the Tech level conversion listed in the Gurps-Traveller book. For Armor, Electronics, Power Sources, and Weapons I use the table below. I got the idea for this TL conversion table from Anthony Jackson. Although after extensive comparision, I have made one or two changes, and this is the conversion that I am using in my campaign. |
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| Comparing the historical years from the TL chart in Book 6 Scouts to the TL chart in Gurps basic book 3rd edition you'll note that this is ALMOST an exact match. Even with this modification there are some problems. Like gauss weapons are GTL 8, but TTL 11. Half of the GTL 10 stuff doesn't exist in Traveller, and none of the weapons GTL 11 and above. Still, we do what we can. |
| Sources: LBB's 1-6, Megatraveller Imperial Encyclopedia, Gurps Basic Book, Gurps Ultra Tech, and Supplement 66 My Campaign World |
| GURPS 4th Edition I have recently created a chart that compares Traveller Tech Levels to Gurps 3E Tech Levels AND Gurps 4E Tech Levels. In .doc format. |