Only 'relatively new to TL15' relatively speaking.
The 3I fought the 3FW & SolRimWar at Tl14 but during the last century (pre-1105) have upgraded all regular navy units to TL15 & all colonials to TL14.
In the 5FW boardgame (doesn't really jibe with SJG's supplement as far as organisation is concerned) about 90% of the regular ImpArmy units are TL15 & the colonials, of which the 'named' ones mimic the TL of their baseworld, are all over the place but have a significant # of TL14 units.
(There's also a TL16 Imp mercenary batt which I've always thought of as Darrian.)
Also, Vargr & SwordWorld are 2 TL's inferior (TL13) & I've always thought that the Solomani are equal to the 3I since they were equal during the SolRimWar.
The 3I always looks to be the dominant force, but, according to TU historical canon, just never quite seems to be able to 'get it's act together'. Which seems surprising to me since after the more than two decades of large-scale conflict during the tandem 3FW/SolRimWar, the entire Imperium must've been fully mobilized & at the peak of its power. I guess the massive effort was just too much for the old thing.
From: Edward Swatschek <xxxxxx@bitslayer.net>
To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: [TML] Zhodani: Technologically challenged?
Yes. In the default era (1105-1116) the Imperium is relatively
new to TL15, and I think the Hivers may be TL15 as well. The
Zhodani, Solomani, and Aslan lag by one TL, and the K'Kree by two,
IIRC.
On 2018-01-23 00:07, Caleuche wrote:
Taking a look at the systems broken down by Allegiance:
- white circles represent >= TL15 and yellow circles
represent population >= 5*10^10 - it appeared that there is
no Zhodani TL15 world, and there's not, at least in the official
data. Has that always been that way? Is it intentional?
Also, if you look at the power of an empire as a combination
of population and tech level, it seems like the third imperium
should be far more powerful than anyone else.
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