Technology

Nyonian Technology is not consistent across all the cultures on Nyonia. Advanced technology is carefully guarded by governments and powerful merchant and guilds to insure they keep a competitive advantage.

Description of each technology level

Racial/Cultural Technology Levels
Tech Level Weapons and Armor Transportation Power
0 Wood and Stone Weapons
Cloth or Wood Armor
Spears & Spear thrower		 Skis
Dog sleds
Dugout
Canoes		 Human Muscle
Dogs
1 Bronze weapons and armor
Simple Bows & arrows		 Bare horseback
The Wheel
Chariots
Carts
Ship Building
Sails
Celestial navigation
Short ocean going trips (3 to 5 days)		 Donkeys
Oxen
Ponies
Sails
2 Iron weapons and armor (mail)
Siege engines
Crossbows (simple)
Long bows		 Saddle
Wagons
Roads
Triremes
Celestial navigation using Sunstone
Simple tool to identify latitude		 Horses
Water wheels
3 Steel weapons and Cuirass armor
Compound bows
Complex crossbows		 Stirrups
Oceangoing sailing ships (long ships, round-ships, etc)
Mariner's astrolabe		 Heavy Horses
Horse-collars
Windmills (simple)
4 Weapons made from crystals
Pikes / Halberds
Long swords
Brimstone Fire
Horse drawn artillery		 Stagecoach
Paved Highways w/ Way-stations
Three-masted sailing ships
Compass
Marine Sextant
Accurate measure of time and speed		 Windmills (complex)
Belt Drives
Clockworks
Complex gearing
Country Weapons Technology Transportation Technology Power Technology
Ainu 3 2 3
Aksum 2 2 3
Elam 2 2 2
Glauberg 2 2 2
Hallstatt 2 4 3
Hammeh 3 4 2
Koori 4 1 1
Ligurian 2 2 3
Marius 2 2 2
Maurya 3 3 3
Mehgarth 2 2 3
Moche 2 4 3
Nebra 3 2 4
Olduwan 0 0 0
Samara 1 2 2
Strabo 2 4 3
Wangai 2 3 3

 

 

 

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