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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]] | The [[Forerunner]]s categorized the '''Technological Advancement''' of civilizations into '''Tiers'''.<ref>'''[[Bestiarum]]'''</ref> This system was later adopted by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 273''</ref> All sentient life and civilizations in the Universe fall into one of the categories. There are a total of [[List of "seven" references in Halo|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== | ||
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 [[Library Project]] was placed at this level after reseeding.<ref name= "FloodAd" >'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''': ''Adjunct'' </ref> | Every race indexed in the [[Library Project]] was placed at this level after reseeding.<ref name= "FloodAd" >'''[[Halo: The Flood|Halo: The Flood (2010)]]''': ''Adjunct''</ref> | ||
==Tier 6: Industrial Age== | ==Tier 6: Industrial Age== | ||
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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 1961, when Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.<ref>'''[[Halo | Humanity entered this age in 1961, when [[Wikipedia:Yuri Gagarin|Yuri Gagarin]] became the first man in space.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page ??''</ref> Early 21st century humanity stood at this level. | ||
==Tier 4: Space Age== | ==Tier 4: Space Age== | ||
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==Tier 3: Space-Faring== | ==Tier 3: Space-Faring== | ||
Species has efficient [[ | 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-sentient [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] (though their creation requires memory transfer from the freshly deceased and/or [[flash cloning]]). They have had no outside influence. | ||
26th | 26th century [[human]]ity 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, near-instantaneous interstellar communication and man-portable application of energy manipulation. The unified state of the 26th century [[Covenant]] stands at this level. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
==Tier 1: World Builders== | ==Tier 1: World Builders== | ||
The species has the ability to manipulate gravitational forces, create [[ | The species has the ability to [[Buffer field|manipulate gravitational forces]], create [[Contender-class artificial intelligence|AI with full sentience]], fabricate super-dense materials, perform super-accurate slipspace navigation, [[Huragok|the ability to create life]], and [[Astroengineering|the ability to create worlds]]. The Forerunners and [[Prehistoric human civilization|prehistoric humans]] are the only known civilizations to reach this level. | ||
==Tier 0: Transsentient== | ==Tier 0: Transsentient== | ||
As the | 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}} | **''[[Bestarium]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:The Forerunner]] | [[Category:The Forerunner]] | ||
[[Category:Technology| ]] | |||