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| These are people who generally earn little money with low-skilled manual labour. Little has changed for those in the bottom of society since the Old-[[Earth]]'s dark ages. Some governments such as on [[Eranin]] exploit citizens with duties and redistribute people's wealth into their own pockets.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game</ref> On the planet Zaonce, masses trade stocks for the planet-wide [[Bank of Zaonce]], selling high and buying low, but receive nothing of the gains they make.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game</ref> | | These are people who generally earn little money with low-skilled manual labour. Little has changed for those in the bottom of society since the Old-[[Earth]]'s dark ages. Some governments such as on [[Eranin]] exploit citizens with duties and redistribute people's wealth into their own pockets.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game</ref> On the planet Zaonce, masses trade stocks for the planet-wide [[Bank of Zaonce]], selling high and buying low, but receive nothing of the gains they make.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game</ref> |
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| == Kardashev Scale ==
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| The '''Kardashev scale''' measures a civilization's level of technological advancement based on the amount of energy a civilization is able to use for communication.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale</ref>
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| * '''Type I''' - a planetary civilization capable of utilizing all of the energy of a single planet. Earth, circa 2015, sits at 0.724 (circa 1960, 0.7), just under Type I.
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| * '''Type II''' - a stellar civilization is capable of utilizing all the energy of a star
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| * '''Type III''' - galactic civilization can control energy on the scale of the entire host galaxy
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| Type IV and V civilizations are thought to be too advanced by Nikolai Kardashev and may not be possible according to current scientific understanding. Other theorists like Michio Kaku, Robert Zubrin and Carl Sagan think it is possible.
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| * '''Type IV''' - a civilization that can control or use the entire universe. They can take on gargantuan, superhuman projects such as changing the structure of space-time.
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| * '''Type V '''- a civilization that can control or use a collection of universes. They are like gods, can jump between multiverses with the knowledge to manipulate the universe as they please.
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| == Type II Civilizations ==
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| Based on the Kardashev scale, we can determine how advanced a civilization really is depending on the amount of energy it uses and how much it could harvest for its own needs.
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| === Humans ===
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| [[File:Elite_Dangerous_Human_City_Concept_Art.png|thumb|right|200px|Human megalopolis]]
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| [[human|Humans]] are a Type II civilization in the Elite Universe. It's estimated to be around level 2.5 which is in between Type II and Type III. This is evident in the following technological abilities and achievements of humans in the 34th century:
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| * With the [[Frame Shift Drive]] humans can travel many times the speed of light between star systems.
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| * Humans can travel in a higher dimensional region known as [[Hyperspace]].
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| * [[corporations|Corporations]] control countless companies which farm, mine and use entire planets and star systems for resources and food. This is done to produce basic goods which trillions of people use for their survival. Corporations have the technological capability and actively harness the energy of entire [[Star Systems|star systems]]. A good example of this is the energy production from planet Lucifer which orbits [[Sirius|Sirius B]].
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| * With faster than light travel (FTL) being commonly available, Dyson spheres are inefficient compared with harnessing energy (and resources) at a smaller scale over more stars and systems.
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| * Humans were able to jump across the galaxy and between galaxies with modifications to the original hyperdrive. It used the fuel Quirium in the classic [[Elite]].<ref>https://www.drewwagar.com/lore/elite-dangerous-lore-hyperspace/</ref>
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| * The Middle-classes can afford spaceships like cars in the 20th century.<ref>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/edrpg/elite-dangerous-role-playing-game</ref>
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| * Humans can travel to almost any point in the whole Milky Way galaxy on a mass scale
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| * Humans have the ability to harness power of thousands of star types in the [[galaxy]].
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| * Humans have expanded heavily on an interstellar level. Primarily in [[The Bubble]], the [[Colonia|Colonia Region]] and the [[Pleiades Nebula]]. Human [[Settlement|settlements]] and [[Asteroid Base|asteroid bases]] are scattered in [[Deep Space|deep space]].
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| * Tens of thousands of systems have been colonized so far. Corporations rule over vast sections of the galaxy, much of that is uninhabited.
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| * There's a galactic infrastructure called [[GalNet]]. It provides galactic news, market information and communication systems for ships and stations.
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| * Humans can use [[Holo-Me]] [[hologram|holograms]] to join other ships with [[telepresence]]. This works throughout the galaxy.
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| Humans don't yet control or use the energy of the entire Milky Way galaxy. This is a requirement for a Type III civilization.
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| === Guardians ===
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| [[File:Guardians_Ancient_Ruins.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Guardians ancient ruins]]The [[Guardians]] are an extinct Type II civilization. This is based on the recovered data packages of the [[Ancient Ruins]]. They had an ecologically-conscious philosophy. The Guardians created a monolith network for interstellar communication. It was used for all communications of their whole society. Their ships could travel faster-than-light.
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| == Type III Civilizations ==
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| === Thargoids ===
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| [[File:Unknown-Ships-Group-Thargoids.png|thumb|right|200px|Thargoid Interceptors]]
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| The [[Thargoids]] are possibly a Type III civilization. They are an arthropod, insectoid [[species]] and said to originate outside of known space. They may exist in a parallel universe or spatial dimension.
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| They are able to interdict ships in Hyperspace (a higher-dimensional region) which indicates that they can control energy on the scale of their entire galaxy of origin.
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| Thargoids are not a Type IV civilization, because they don't control the universe. This is evident by their lack of control over the Milky Way galaxy.
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| == References == | | == References == |
| <references />[[Category:Guides]] | | <references />[[Category:Guides]] |
