EVE Fiction

This is my understanding of the "levels" as they stand now:

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Tech I:
Standard, human-grade tech, pilotable and used by normal humans and capsuleers alike. Ships require standard crew, reduced in capsuleer-piloted vessels, and modules are standard.

Tech II:
Tech developed specifically for capsuleer use, unable to be piloted without the use of a capsule. Ships have vastly reduced crew, even compared to Tech I capsuleer-controlled vessels, and modules require an advanced understanding of workings (also likely unusable by non-capsuleers: see NPC loot drops)

Tech III:
Developed through research on Sleeper/Architect and other ancient New Eden races' technology. Only compatible with capsuleers; ships require no crew whatsoever, save for the capsule pilot, and Tech III subsystems require new, specific knowledge of their workings.

Tech IV:
Terran-level tech from the era of the EVE Gate's collapse. The only modern example of their power is Jamyl Sarum's usage of an ancient Terran weapon found near the Gate on the Minmatar Elder fleet during the events of Empyrean Age. Suggests that shields were a liability on Terran vessels, considering the ability of the weapon to invert the shields' polarity and wreak havoc. No ships constructed from researched tech have been developed, and Sarum's modified Abaddon was destroyed in the events leading to the Seylin Event. (Additionally, there is a tech IV icon like the ones seen for I, II and III in the game files)

Tech V:
Modern Jovian technology, the culmination of millennia of research and development. Only known example was the 'Nibelung' Particle Bore Stream V, given to a player by t0rfifrans years ago. Jovian tech is highly sophisticated and well-hidden. Future events may reveal more.

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Now, you may say "but the Terrans have the strongest tech!"

Well, look at the Amarr timeline to begin to understand what I mean.

The Terran tech we have seen used can from no time after the collapse of the EVE gate, in 8061 AD. This means that Terran tech in New Eden was the result of developments spanning 6000 years, and cannot have been any newer due to the gate's cutoff.

On the other hand, looking at Jovian "Tech V", there has been a significantly longer time during which development could be made. As the Jovians never regressed following the Gate's collapse, they have had (looking at the timeline again) over 15000 years to improvise and develop technology: more than twice the length of Terran tech's period, and even going so far as to have used Terran tech as a springboard.

One more thing to consider: Sleeper tech has had just as long as long a time to develop as the Jovians have, if not longer due to their ability to control time dilation in the Virtual Construct. However, the Sleepers have historically focused more on the virtual world than the "real" world, and contain themselves within it for the most part, leaving their renowned drones (from which we get Tech III) to defend them.

Anyhow, this is just to explain things to people and myself. Enjoy

I would like to know which sources you used, particularly for the TIII crew requirements. For me, this is not very useful without references to sources.

I only say it like I did because the terran tech we have seen was from when the eve gate collapsed in 8061 AD.

From now to then is a little over 6000 years, so the terrans had 6000 years to develop tech.

From the time the EVE gate closed (8061 AD) to now (~23341 AD) is over 15000 years.

The Jovians also had the Terran tech to spring from, as they never regressed after the Gate's collapse (though they were, at the time, the least advanced group).

So it stands as such:

Terran tech:
~6000 years of development

Jovian Tech:
~15000 years of development

We haven't seen enough of either type of tech to make a call, but I think it's safe to assume that the Jovians have tech that is more advanced that the tech the Terrans had, at least on some levels.

EDIT: source for the timeline: https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Amarr_timeline

I agree with you...
but

Potential Terran tech TODAY...equal or better than Jovian tech
I wonder if we ever see that.

Thats because it is.



Bit of an error there - the Jovians were just as badly affected as every other race, initially, but as they are on the opposite side of the galaxy (almost) they where less impacted by it than the other races. They have also had lots of rises and falls during that 15,000 years, so much of their technological prowess would have regressed as well. For example, the Jovians today are not a spit on the First Golden Age of Jovian tech.

Terran Tech is still, even after all this time, superior to practically everything in New Eden, It is why the Jovians went to the trouble of hiding it all in the first place - they didn't want the Empires playing with something that they didn't understand, not just the Empires being too behind for them.

It is when the Empress got the Terran Superweapon - while every other nation was going "OMGWTFBBQ" at what she pulled out, the Jove simply asked "Where did you find that?"

after reading a bit of lore about Jove history (in few pages of Source aviable here ), Jove were severly crippled by fall of first empire, even more so after fall of second empire and current Jove have just a little bit of tech and knowledge of past Jove. So yeah, Terran tech > Jove tech.

Tech 1 is military grade tech.

IRL, I'm not licensed to operate either a forklift or an Apache black ops helicopter. I could mostly figure out the forklift and could get certified in a week if I wanted, but the helicopter is high-grade military tech that would take years of training.

Tech 1 is more in line with the Apache, and 'Civilian' modules more in line with the forklift. A non-capsuleer can train to use it, but they need to dedicate a significant part of their life to doing so.

Tech 2, OTOH, is as you said - beyond non-capsuleer use. Which makes me wonder - is this why the Empires ban interdictor/HIC bubbles in lowsec, because only T2 ships can launch them?

I request sustained effort in developing at least less medieval tracking computers before hiring a long-bowman to lead target point my rails the old fashioned way. Don't care how fast it moves it's still an at least a 30m radius sphere.