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DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:26 am
by Monroe
Week One we decided it is a Fungal creature
Week Two we decided that it would live off decay and consumption
Week Three we decided it would use ganglion- brains spread throughout its body in clusters.
Week Four we decided it would use spores in an asexual form of reproduction.
Week Five we decided that the creature was 'type D' meaning long lived but had very few offspring.
Week Six we decided that the species would live in large hives.
Week Seven we decided that the species natural habitat would be a primordial tropical swamp... leaning towards swamp.
Week Eight we decided that the species would have dominant traits of an expansive and industrious nation. But the nation is also protective- but not overly so, and slightly Imperialistic in its foreign policy and operations.


Week Nine we discuss how advanced will they be?


A) On Par with ENT level- brand new space culture.
B) Delta Quadrant Medium - Most people in VOY seemed less advanced.
C) Alpha - Beta Quadrant Mediums - Klingons, Federation, Romulans etc
D) Within a few hundred years more advanced than Federation.
E) Voth level technology
F) Fantastically advanced technologies. They still use space ships and recognizable technologies but seem to have no end in their capabilities. For example their ships would have a noticable power source. Kind of like how the Vorlon in B5 were compared to the rest of the races.
G) Q level- While they are not noncorporeal they seem to be able to control the universe with a thought.
H) Modern Earth
I) Pre-atomic. Googa Booga to brilliant spring offensives on the first day of spring in broad daylight frontal attacks against machine gun nests.


And yes I realize H and I should be A and B but I thought of them after wards and typing this sentence to explain it to me is less work than re-alphabetizing all the other choices.

One vote, recasting allowed.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:07 am
by Deepcrush
I'd like to see them on par with the AQ. It would be nice to give our race a challange.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:07 am
by Monroe
Deepcrush wrote:I'd like to see them on par with the AQ. It would be nice to give our race a challange.
I decided Voth level to give every other race a challenge ;)

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:37 am
by Sionnach Glic
Having them as an uber-advanced race would seriously limit their interactions with other races. I'd put them on a technological par with the UFP.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:41 pm
by Teaos
I voted ENT level.

I like the idea of a less advanced race that is none the less hugely prolific.

Not a huge military power but a massive industrial one.

Its something we havent seen, a species with a lot of space and population but not great tech. So they use there numbers to be a industrial power house, like China.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:56 pm
by Deepcrush
Teaos has a fair idea but then I wouldn't use Ent tech but pre-TOS tech. Lasers and Nukes and WingCommander style Torpedos. I'd vote for that if the option was avalible.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:21 pm
by Reliant121
I picked Delta quadrant sort of power, sort of like a massive industrial powerhouse but without the technology to back it up.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:50 pm
by Deepcrush
Its not that they don't have the tech to back it up. Its just not as advanced as others may be.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:15 pm
by Mikey
I went with "B" - DQ average. Gives them a plenty of room for advancement as well as a reason to be interactive, but ENT-level didn't make sense to me for a culture who has "industrious" as a primary trait.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:50 pm
by Deepcrush
I think the problem is that I don't picture an intelligent race building around TNG Trek tech. More like beefed up TOS style tech. TNG stuff that doesn't explode when you look at it.

I would like to see a more Conventional tech base option.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:57 am
by Monroe
Deepcrush wrote:I think the problem is that I don't picture an intelligent race building around TNG Trek tech. More like beefed up TOS style tech. TNG stuff that doesn't explode when you look at it.

I would like to see a more Conventional tech base option.
Well TOS wasn't an option for two reasons:

TOS is unrealistic and a POS as far as I am concerned. I never liked TOS.

DQ Medium is about the same thing. Close enough that it covers the range from just prior to TOS all the way up to just prior to TNG. Whereas AQ-BQ Medium covers just prior to TNG all the way up to VOY return. If you noticed each choice covers a wide time span. This is for expedience sake. We don't want too many options for example.

So Because DQ Medium covers the TOS era we don't need a TOS option. Using different styles of weapons i.e. the projectile weapons of Rochey's race would still fall under one of the broad categories we have. A AQ-BQ Medium race could use mass drivers and bullets but their tech level would still be AQ-BQ. We're doing this broad.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:34 am
by Sionnach Glic
I think the problem is that I don't picture an intelligent race building around TNG Trek tech. More like beefed up TOS style tech. TNG stuff that doesn't explode when you look at it.
Having the same level of technological advancement as the UFP does not necessarily mean being as stupid in applying that tech as the UFP. We could have an AQ-par race without any of the problems of the Federation.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:00 am
by Deepcrush
Rochey wrote:
I think the problem is that I don't picture an intelligent race building around TNG Trek tech. More like beefed up TOS style tech. TNG stuff that doesn't explode when you look at it.
Having the same level of technological advancement as the UFP does not necessarily mean being as stupid in applying that tech as the UFP. We could have an AQ-par race without any of the problems of the Federation.
Not the same level. The same types of tech. Ship safety, Infantry weapons, c4 control panels, seat belts, armored windows on starships, keys and passwords that work. Stuff like that.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:05 am
by Monroe
Deepcrush wrote:
Rochey wrote:
I think the problem is that I don't picture an intelligent race building around TNG Trek tech. More like beefed up TOS style tech. TNG stuff that doesn't explode when you look at it.
Having the same level of technological advancement as the UFP does not necessarily mean being as stupid in applying that tech as the UFP. We could have an AQ-par race without any of the problems of the Federation.
Not the same level. The same types of tech. Ship safety, Infantry weapons, c4 control panels, seat belts, armored windows on starships, keys and passwords that work. Stuff like that.
That's a different topic. I didn't want to vote on say torpedo type when we're dealing with a race that might not even use torpedoes like a Q equivalent tech race.

Re: DITL Species 9- Technology Level

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 4:10 am
by Deepcrush
Fair enough.