Table: Tech level
| Tech | Years
| Era
| Material
| Armor construction (standard)
| Armor forms (advanced)
| Representative weapons
| Items
|
| 0 | -35,000 to -12,000
| Ice Age
| Cloth, softwood, hides, flint
| Fabric
| Vest, shirt, sleeves, jacket, leggings, trousers, gloves
| Dagger, hand axe, javelin, knife, shepherd's sling, spear
| Leather Pouch
|
| 1 | -12,000 to -4300
| Stone Age
| Quilting, leather, bone, hardwood
| —
| Boots, greaves, vambraces, helmet
| Flatbow, footman's mace, light axe, quarterstaff
| Fishhook, rope
|
| 2 | -4300 to -3200
| Copper Age
| Copper
| Plate
| Breastplate
| Battle axe
| Wheel, oil lamp
|
| 3 | -3200 to -1200
| Bronze Age
| Bronze, quilted leather, cuirboilli
| Scale
| Cuirass, coif
| Falchion, gladius, glaive, scimitar, throwing axe
| Candle, papyrus, soap, chariot
|
| 4 | -1200 to -332
| Iron Age
| Iron
| Plate (thick)
| —
| Composite bow, doru, lance, pike, sabre
| Flint & steel, cloth saddle
|
| 5 | -332 to 372
| Roman Era
| Ancient steel
| Chainmail, lamellar
| Haubergeon, hauberk, skirt
| Falx, knightly sword, light crossbow
| Block & tackle, parchment,
|
| 6 | 372 to 700
| Dark Ages
| —
| Splint
| —
| Hand crossbow, repeating crossbow, push dagger, tonfa
| Paper, stirrup
|
| 7 | 700 to 1066
| Viking Age
| —
| —
| —
| Great axe, great sword, maul
| Pen & ink, kerosene lamp, toilet paper
|
| 8 | 1066 to 1300
| Age of Chivalry
| Damascus steel
| Plate & mail, padded jack
| —
| Horseman's axe, horseman's flail, longbow, arbalest, stiletto
| signet ring
|
| 9 | 1300 to 1500
| Age of Unrest
| —
| Full plate, brigandine
| Visor, full armor
| Bastard sword, footman's morningstar, halberd, war hammer
| Compass
|
| 10 | 1500 to 1650
| Renaissance
| —
| —
| —
| Estoc, rapier, sai, arquebus
| —
|
| 11 | 1650 to 1800
| Age of Reason
| Crucible steel
| —
| —
| Small sword, flintlock
| Grappling hook
|
| 12 | 1800 to 1871
| Industrial Revolution
| Bessemer steel
| —
| —
| Baker rifle, bayonet
| Friction match, portable camera
|
| 13 | 1871 to 1914
| Second Industrial Revolution
| Silk
| —
| —
| Muzzle-loading rifle
| Incandescent lightbulb, kerosene lantern, combination lock
|
| 14 | 1914 to 1939
| Great War
| —
| —
| —
| Breech-loading rifle, automatic rifle
| Radio
|
| 15 | 1939 to 1945
| World War II
| —
| —
| —
| Machine gun, submachine gun, carbine, grenade
| Radar, high explosives
|
| 16 | 1945 to 1965
| Nuclear Age
| Acrylic, uranium
| Flak jacket
| —
| Assault rifle, bazooka, napalm
| Digital watch, laser, synthetic rope, CCTV
|
| 17 | 1965 to 1992
| Space Age
| Modern steel, depleted uranium
| —
| —
| Defense spray, flashbang
| Personal computer, night vision goggles
|
| 18 | 1992 to 2002
| Knowledge Economy
| Kevlar
| Ceramic plate
| Ballistic helmet
| —
| Wireless modem, cell phone, sat phone, digital camera, handheld thermal camera, GPS
|
| 19 | 2002 to 2015
| Intangible Economy
| Titanium
| Kinetic reactive
| —
| Remote combat drones
| LED flashlight, PDA, Vidphone
|
| 20 | 2015 to 2025
| Biotech Age
| Eglin steel, synthetic silk
| —
| —
| —
| Bionic prosthetics
|
| 21 | 2025 to ?
| Nanotech Age
| Nanocomposite
| Photodermal camouflage
| —
| —
| —
|
| 22 | ? to ?
| Quantum Age
| Nanorod, reactive
| Gravametric camouflage
| —
| Gravatomic disruptor
| —
|
| 23 | ? to ?
| Plasma Age
| Plasma
| Force field
| —
| Blaster rifle, hand blaster, light saber
| —
|
