Scientific Advancement - As it is. Certain technologies require appropriate levels of Scientific Advancement.
The laws of Physics are immutable. Any technology that transcends them is forbidden. So no FTL, Time Manipulation, Infinite Energy/Matter, Alternate Universes, and the like. Contact
Samasbhi if you're uncertain of where your technology lies.
-∞ to 0 : Primitive (Till Industrial age)
1 to 50 : Basic Tech
51 to 100 : Moderate Tech
101 to 150 : T1 Modern Tech (Cold War)
151 to 200 : T2 Modern Tech (Millennial)
201 to 250 : T1 Near Future Tech (Prototyping and small scale testing)
251 to 300 : T2 Near Future Tech (Commercial mass scale implementation)
301 to 350 : T1 Intermediate Future Tech (Prototyping and small scale testing)
351 to 400 : T2 Intermediate Future Tech (Scientific and military implementation)
401 to 450 : T3 Intermediate Future Tech (Commercial mass scale implementation)
451 to 500 : T1 Far Future Tech (Prototyping and small scale testing; Planetary)
501 to 600 : T2 Far Future Tech (Scientific and military implementation; Planetary)
601 to 650 : T3 Far Future Tech (Commercial mass scale implementation; Planetary)
651 to 700 : T1 Technocracy (Prototyping of global scale tech; Spacefaring)
701 to 750 : T2 Technocracy (FFT Scientific and military implementation; Spacefaring)
751 to 800 : T3 Technocracy (Nationwide deep FFT integration & global operational capability)
800 to ∞ : Stagnant Singularity. (Highest tech penetration and scale. No further advancement possible.)
Legend :
• Primitive — Everything until the Industrial age, 2650 UC (350 BCE) onwards.
• Basic Tech — Comparable to RL WW1.
• Moderate Tech — Comparable to RL WW2.
• Modern Tech — Equivalent to RL Cold War for T1 and Millennial Tech (you're witnessing this era IRL) for T2.
• Near Future Tech — Viable tech that is being researched now; the technology being prototyped or better. Expected to be operational in 40 years or less.
• Intermediate Future Tech — Plausible Hypothetical Concepts. Prerequisite technology exists. Estimated to be invented in 100 years or less.
• Far Future Tech — Implausible yet believable Hypothetical Concepts. Not sure of viability, since based on NFT & IFT inventions, but has proposed approaches.
• Technocracy — FFT, but on the spacefaring and global scales. Technology permeates most aspects of life.
• Singularity — You are the Technology. Having reached the pinnacle, the focus has shifted to other aspects such as global welfare, world philosophy, or stability.[/box]
For reference:
[box]0-50(1914-1931)
World War 1 tech
51-100(1932-1945)
World War 2 tech
101-150(1946-1991)
Cold War tech
151-200(1991-2020)
Millennial Tech
201-300(2021-2060)
Near Future Tech which includes
Railguns
Innovation of the Missile Defense system
Space Exploration and Colonization of Moon/maybe Mars if you can afford it...
6th generation planes
Larger Aircraft Carriers
Bigger Missiles, more accurate
Tanks
More Reliance on Air Transport
More reliance on hacking and the electronic warfare(Use of IT Industry to do that)
Rise of Drones,(As scouting and not important combat roles)
More mobile troops
Precision Targeting
301-450(2060-2121)
Intermediate Future Tech
450-600(2121-2080)
Far Future Tech
Will continue when I can think about it.