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A '''Technological Achievement Tier''' was a level of categorization used by the [[Forerunner]]s to assess the technological advancement of civilizations.<ref name="Bestiarum">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> This system was later adopted by the [[Covenant]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 273''</ref> There are a total of eight tiers, and the lower the Tier number, the more advanced the civilization's technology is/was.
A '''Technological Achievement Tier''' was a level of categorization used by the [[Forerunner]]s to assess the technological advancement of civilizations.<ref name="Bestiarum">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> This system was later adopted by the [[Covenant]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 273''</ref> There are a total of [[seven]] tiers, and the lower the Tier number, the more advanced the civilization's technology is/was.


==Tier 7: Pre-Industrial==
==Tier 7: Pre-Industrial==
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Tier 6 is the outset for massive urbanization. Agrarian societies can remain stable in the pre-industrial stage, but Tier 6 population strain and mechanized food production invariably create political and economic pressures very few can balance. Moving past this usually promises advancement. Some societies improve environmental and medical understanding concurrently with mechanical and transport advancement. Those that do not are frequently doomed.
Tier 6 is the outset for massive urbanization. Agrarian societies can remain stable in the pre-industrial stage, but Tier 6 population strain and mechanized food production invariably create political and economic pressures very few can balance. Moving past this usually promises advancement. Some societies improve environmental and medical understanding concurrently with mechanical and transport advancement. Those that do not are frequently doomed.


[[Human]]ity stood on this level from the late 18th to the mid-20th century. This level is also where the [[Unggoy]] were before joining the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} It is possible that the [[Jiralhanae]] stood in this level before joining the Covenant, because they had recently rediscovered the radio and flight before they were found by the Covenant.
[[Human]]ity stood on this level from the late 18th to the mid-20th century. This level is also where the [[Unggoy]] were before joining the Covenant.<ref name="Bestiarum"/> It is possible that the [[Jiralhanae]] stood in this level before joining the Covenant, because they had recently rediscovered the radio and flight before they were found by the Covenant.
 
The [[Netherop species]] was Tier 6 before the [[Precursor]]s use of the [[Divine Hand]] destroyed the species and [[Netherop|their world]].{{Ref/Novel|Out|17}}


==Tier 5: Atomic Age==
==Tier 5: Atomic Age==
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Tier 4 is often the final resting place for species intelligent enough to break free from their cradle's surface only to fill the gulf surrounding it with war. Their comfort-focused technology can include medical advances.
Tier 4 is often the final resting place for species intelligent enough to break free from their cradle's surface only to fill the gulf surrounding it with war. Their comfort-focused technology can include medical advances.


This is the tier where [[human]]ity stood at the time of the [[Interplanetary War]] in the 2160s, having met the conditions with the development of viable space travel during the 21st century.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''', ''page 33''</ref> This level is also where the [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Yanme'e]] were before joining the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}} In some period of their history the Jiralhanae reached this level, but because of [[First Immolation|a bloody war]] between rival [[master-pack]]s, their civilization fell back to the pre-industrial age.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 194''</ref>
This is the tier where [[human]]ity stood at the time of the [[Interplanetary War]] in the 2160s, having met the conditions with the development of viable space travel during the 21st century.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 33''</ref> This level is also where the [[Kig-Yar]] and [[Yanme'e]] were before joining the Covenant.<ref name="Bestiarum"/> In some period of their history the Jiralhanae reached this level, but because of [[First Immolation|a bloody war]] between rival [[master-pack]]s, their civilization fell back to the pre-industrial age.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 194''</ref>


==Tier 3: Space-Faring==
==Tier 3: Space-Faring==
Species has efficient [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] [[Astrogation|navigation]], [[mass driver]]s, [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|asynchronous linear-induction weapons]], [[Data crystal chip|holocrystal storage]] and semi-[[sentience|sentient]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]—though their creation requires [[Cognitive Impression Modeling|memory transfer]] from the freshly deceased and/or [[flash cloning]]. They have had no outside influence.
Species has efficient [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] [[Astrogation|navigation]], [[mass driver]]s, [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|asynchronous linear-induction weapons]], [[Data crystal chip|holocrystal storage]] and semi-[[sentience|sentient]] [[Artificial intelligence|AI]]—though their creation requires [[Cognitive Impression Modeling|memory transfer]] from the freshly deceased and/or [[flash cloning]]. They have had no outside influence.
   
   
For most of the 25th and 26th centuries, [[human]]ity stood at this level. This level is also where the [[Lekgolo]] were before joining the Covenant.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}}
For most of the 25th and 26th centuries, [[human]]ity stood at this level. This level is also where the [[Lekgolo]] were before joining the Covenant.<ref name="Bestiarum"/>


==Tier 2: Interstellar==
==Tier 2: Interstellar==
The species has the ability to perform exceedingly accurate slipspace navigation, near-instantaneous [[Superluminal communications|interstellar communication]] and man-portable application of energy manipulation. The unified state of the 26th-century [[Covenant]] stood at this level.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}}
The species has the ability to perform exceedingly accurate slipspace navigation, near-instantaneous [[Superluminal communications|interstellar communication]] and man-portable application of energy manipulation. The unified state of the 26th-century [[Covenant]] stood at this level.<ref name="Bestiarum"/>


Both [[San'Shyuum]] of the Covenant and [[Sangheili]] brought the other races of the Covenant to such a high technological level when incorporating them into the Covenant. The two primary extant interstellar civilizations were space-faring prior to discovering Forerunner artifacts—or each other—but they have not successfully reverse-engineered those artifacts.{{Ref/Reuse|Bestiarum}}
Both [[San'Shyuum]] of the Covenant and [[Sangheili]] brought the other races of the Covenant to such a high technological level when incorporating them into the Covenant. The two primary extant interstellar civilizations were space-faring prior to discovering Forerunner artifacts—or each other—but they have not successfully reverse-engineered those artifacts.<ref name="Bestiarum"/>


==Tier 1: World Builder==
==Tier 1: World Builder==
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*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]''


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