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All right, so I've seen tons of RPs taking place in various tech eras. The problem is, according to the dates and such, various eras overlap and certain time periods have no tech era associated with them. The purpose of this is to establish a standardized system which is easily understood. Here is what I have:

Ancient Tech(0 AD and before)[AT]: Includes stone, bronze, and iron age technology.

Past Tech(0 AD-1450 AD)[PT]: Includes iron and steel age technology.

Colonial Tech(1450 AD-1750 AD)[CT]: Includes gunpowder, muzzle-loading firearms, inter-continental travel, printing press, etc.

Industrial Tech(1750 AD-1950 AD)[IT]: Includes steam engines, combustion engines, factories, assembly line, breech-loading firearms, automatic firearms, airplanes, nuclear weapons, etc.

Modern Tech(1950 AD-2050 AD)[MT]: The era we are in now, includes rockets, satellites, computers, telecommunications, etc.

Post-Modern Tech(2050 AD-2100 AD)[PMT]: The transition period between modern and future tech, includes laser weapons, sound weapons, space weapons, inter-planetary travel within solar system.

Future Tech(2100 AD and after)[FT]: The space age. This includes trans-galactic travel, inter-galactic travel, plasma weapons, space ships, and multi-planetary nations.

Additionally, a denotation of +n or -n may be added to indicate the number of decades after or before the start of an era respectively. For example, my nation, according to my time line, currently exists in the year 2044. This could be indicated as either [MT+9] or [PMT-1]. Ancient tech only has -n.

I hope this guide is helpful. Please feel free to leave comments and suggestions below. Thanks for reading. :D

OOC:

Here's what people use:

PT for past technology.
MT, for modern technology.
PMT for post modern technology.
FT for future technology.

There are no set dates for the divisions between the tech eras. It just depends on how you want to group you technology and define your nation.

People on this forum tend to react adversely to standardization, especially when it comes with drastic change.

Thanks for telling me, I just thought it would be helpful.

It is helpful, it's just been attempted before.

It is helpful, it's just been attempted before.

I must, however, concur with Farenz. Standardization, if it is helpful in any way, and the standards have been agreed to by the participants, should not bother anyone.

You are, however, correct in stating the difficulty in creating a standardized system and enforcing it like a set of rules.