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==Tier 3: Space-Faring== | ==Tier 3: Space-Faring== | ||
Humans have efficient slipspace navigation, mass drivers, asynchronous linear-induction weapons, holocrystal storage, and semi-sentient AI, but their creation requires blood sacrifice, memory transfer, and flash cloning. They have had no outside influence - until recent events. Since Covenant contact, they have been on the verge of huge artificial advancement. | Humans have efficient slipspace navigation, mass drivers, asynchronous linear-induction weapons, holocrystal storage, and semi-sentient AI, but their creation requires blood sacrifice, memory transfer, and flash cloning. They have had no outside influence - until recent events. Since Covenant contact, they have been on the verge of huge artificial advancement. 26th century Humanity stands at this level. | ||
==Tier 2: Interstellar== | ==Tier 2: Interstellar== | ||
The Covenant's accurate slipspace navigation, near-instantaneous communication, and man-portable application of energy manipulation owes itself to Forerunner technology | The Covenant's accurate slipspace navigation, near-instantaneous communication, and man-portable application of energy manipulation owes itself to Forerunner technology. | ||
(Note: 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.) | (Note: 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.) | ||