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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 [[seven]] 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. |
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| ==Tier 5: Atomic 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.
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| Humanity entered this age in 1945, when the first [[nuclear weapon|atomic bombs]] were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The [[San'Shyuum]] [[Stoics]] of [[Janjur Qom]] were at this level in [[852 BCE]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''', ''page 89''</ref>
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| ==Tier 4: SPACE SUCKS 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.
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| This is the tier where [[human]]ity==SPACE SUCKS== 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>
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| ==Tier 3: Space-Farming on the mincraft space treen king== | | ==Tier 3: Space-Farming on the mincraft space treen king== |
