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The [[Forerunner]]s categorized the '''Technological Advancement''' of civilizations into '''Tiers'''.<ref>'''[[Bestiarum]]'''</ref> This system was later adopted by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]]. All sentient life and civilizations in the Universe fall into one of the categories.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 273''</ref> There are a total of [[7]] tiers, and the lower the Tier number, the more advanced the civilization's technology is/was. | |||
==Tier 7: Pre-Industrial== | ==Tier 7: Pre-Industrial== | ||
Tier 7 is one of the most common and stable states, with limited weaponry and environmental threats. Societies tend to be small and scattered, driven by subsistence farming, foraging, or hunter-gathering needs. Technology is limited to simple hand made tools, weapons, or agrarian implements and methods, but a very broad understanding of planetary and solar mechanics is not uncommon. | Tier 7 is one of the most common and stable states, with limited weaponry and environmental threats. Societies tend to be small and scattered, driven by subsistence farming, foraging, or hunter-gathering needs. Technology is limited to simple hand made tools, weapons, or agrarian implements and methods, but a very broad understanding of planetary and solar mechanics is not uncommon. | ||
Every race indexed in the [[ | Every race indexed in the [[Library Project]] was placed at this level after reseeding.<ref name= "FloodAd" >'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''': ''Adjunct'' </ref> | ||
==Tier 6: Industrial== | ==Tier 6: Industrial Age== | ||
Tier 6 is the | Tier 6 is often the pinnacle for a civilization. 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. | ||
This level is also where the [[Unggoy]] were before joining the Covenant. 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. | |||
==Tier 5: Atomic Age== | ==Tier 5: Atomic Age== | ||
Tier 5 species usually begin focusing on clean energy production. The occasional belligerent species will use atomic energy for weapons, often resulting in mass extinctions. In-atmosphere craft are a hallmark, often leading to manned space flight, albeit in a short-scale. | Tier 5 species usually begin focusing on clean energy production. The occasional belligerent species will use atomic energy for weapons, often resulting in mass extinctions. In-atmosphere craft are a hallmark, often leading to manned space flight, albeit in a short-scale. | ||
Humanity entered this age in | Humanity entered this age in 1961, when Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopaedia]]''', ''page ??''</ref>. Early 21st Century [[Humanity]] stood at this level. | ||
==Tier 4: Space Age== | ==Tier 4: Space Age== | ||
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 | Humanity reached this level by the late 21st century, with the colonization of other solar bodies. | ||
This level is likely to be where [[Human]]ity is at the time of the [[Interplanetary War]]. This level is also where the [[Kig-yar]] and [[Yanme'e]] were before joining the Covenant. | |||
In some period of their history the Jiralhanae reached this level, but because of a bloody war between rival master-packs, their civilization fell back to the pre-industrial age. | |||
==Tier 3: Space-Faring== | ==Tier 3: Space-Faring== | ||
Species has efficient [[ | Species has efficient [[Slipspace]] navigation, mass drivers, [[MAC Gun|asynchronous linear-induction weapons]], [[Data Crystal Chip|holocrystal storage]] and semi-sentient [[AI]] (though their creation requires memory transfer from the freshly deceased and/or [[flash cloning]]). They have had no outside influence. | ||
26th Century [[Humanity]] stands at this level. This level is also where the [[Lekgolo]] were before joining the Covenant. | |||
==Tier 2: Interstellar== | ==Tier 2: Interstellar== | ||
The species has the ability to perform exceedingly accurate | The species has the ability to perform exceedingly accurate Slipspace navigation, [[Battlenet|near-instantaneous communication]] and man-portable application of energy manipulation. The unified state of the 26th Century [[Covenant]] stands at this level. | ||
Both [[San'Shyuum]] | Both [[San 'Shyuum]] 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. | ||
Humanity, San 'Shyuum, Forerunners, Precursors, Sangheili, and all species in the Covenant are the only species who have reached this stage. | |||
==Tier | ==Tier 1: World Builders== | ||
The species has the ability to manipulate gravitational forces, create [[Ancilla|AI with full sentience]], fabricate super-dense materials, perform super-accurate Slipspace navigation, [[Huragok|the ability to create life]], and [[Shield World|the ability to]] [[Halo Array|create worlds]]. | |||
Humanity, the Forerunners, the Precursors, and the San 'Shyuum are the only known civilizations to reach this level. | |||
== | ==Tier 0: Transsentient== | ||
As the [[Forerunners]] had no examples of civilizations with technological accomplishments greater than themselves - with the exception of the [[Precursor]]s - this is a theoretical ceiling. It is suspected that they can travel across galaxies and accelerate the evolution of intelligent life. | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'' | *''[[Halo 3]]'' | ||
**''[[ | **''[[Bestarium]]'' {{1st}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:The Forerunner]] | |||
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