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Deep Space Travel:

Getting engines and propulsion set up along with how to keep humans
alive in space for long periods of time was pretty hard.  With this
technology, humans will be able to begin traveling the cosmos.
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Plasma Weapons:

We focused plasma bursts, we have a new weapon.
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Telapathy

For sometime now we have known that some 'special' humans could
read the thoughts of others.  We now have created a department called
the Psycorps to concentrate on strengthening humanity's telapathic
abilities.

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Soul Philosophy:

There is a growing movement that souls are not a mystical thing at all
but a tangible thing that makes us who we are. This diverts radically
from the perception that what we are was the result of chemical balances
in the brain.

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Kindred Spirits:

A new theory was espoused today. That we and other aliens may actually
share souls.
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Synthetic Organisms:

We have created artificial life in the labs. Someday, we may have
vehicles, appliances, and other items actually be a form of living being.
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Organic Creation:

Our scientists have disovered how to build large complex organisms that
adapt.  Can synthetic weapons be far behind?
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Mind Ripping:

The Psycorps have discovered how to use the mind as a weapons.  In
official reports, the Psycorps "accidentially" injured a normal.

More tests are expected to follow.
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Mind Research:

The Psycorps have discovered that reading the minds of aliens has
excellent intelligence value.  For this reason, the Psycorps has
lobbied that not telapath should ever be put in a combat situation
since their value to the state is simply to great for such a risk.

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Jump Gates:

After years of using the Centauri's jump gates (and having to
pay a heavy price), our scientists have learned how to build their
own jump gates.

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Planetary Assualt:

Our space marines have mastered the art of assaulting an entire planet
from orbit.

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Jump Point Formation:

Our larger ships can now open their own jump points and travel even
further into space.
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Artificial Gravity:

We knew the Mimbari had it and because of this knew it was possible.
Now we have it too.
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Organic Ships.

Our engineers can now build star ships that are party living breathing
lifeforms capable of repairing (or healing) themselves and adapting
themselves to be more effective fighting machines.

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Omni Computers:

Omni Computers are the third wave of powerful computer, We have begun
the move away from gigantic computers toward the integration of computer
intelligence into the organics of life.  In essence, the environment
itself will have near infinite computing potential. They are capable
of handling several trillions of instructions per picosecond.
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Galactic Diplomacy:

With the invention of Universal Translators, our anthropologists and
sociologists went into overdrive to learn as much as possible about all
the known alien races.  As we learn about additional races, diplomatic
relations will be immediately available.

Galactic Diplomacy allows for:
        - Treaties with Alien Races
        - Alliances with Alien Races. (Once you attain the
                "Alliances" level of diplomacy.)

Note though, when an alliance treaty is signed, you are bound by it.  To
break an Alliance treaty means to go to war with the person you are
allied to.  Moreover, when a race you are allied with goes to war, you
are obligated go to war with the race that your ally is at war against.

With the development of Diplomacy, a wide range of subjects can now be
discussed from the GIA control center.
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Galactic Trade:

Galactic Trade will greatly benefit our systems.  With trade, you can
send freighters to different races' systems to create permanent trade
routes.  Both races benefit equally from trade routes.

Keep in mind, during times of war, trade routes to enemies are
disrupted. This results in a loss of the profit from the affected trade
routes until the war is over(or you capture the systems in question).
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Alliances:

You can ally yourself with other races.  Bear in mind though, that when
an ally goes to war with a third race, you go to war with that race as
well.  Alliances can only be ended by declaring war on your ally!
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Star Democracy:

A Star Democracy is a significant governmental change for an
intergalactic civilization such as ours.  A lot of Imperial limits on
trade are lifted under this form of government, along with an increased
amount of commerce within each star system.  All in all, the Star
Democracy is a superior form of government compared to the older
Imperial system that we began with.

However, critics of this new form of government have brought up a
significant problem with the system: "What if the people are
unhappy?  They now have the option of leaving the civilization and being
independent.  In a totally unknown galaxy filled with alien
civilizations, some of which are bound to be hostile, can we afford to
just let star systems break free and be independent?  What will the
military do if they do riot and break away?" asked Dr. Brown of the
Orioz Center of Political Studies.

The leaders of our civilization will have to weigh the pros and cons to
make the best decision.
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Star Federation:

Star Democracy brought us a limited amount of independence for star
systems.  However, the central government was still by far the
controlling hand in internal affairs.  The newly proposed Star
Federation form of government sets things up where each star system is
equal.  This encourages people to freely mingle from one star system to
another, without worrying about the standing of a particular star
system. In other words, the approval rating is no longer the most
important factor in determining how well a planet does economically.

Professor Matthew O'Brien of the Arkor University comments on the new
system: "The government now has the task of keeping people happy by
continuing the construction of expensive social projects.  Since the
population of a particular planet is no longer dependent on their
happiness, it is a lot more likely that they will get unhappy.  If they
get unhappy enough, they may rebel and the government will lose entire
star systems."

The added economic benefits of a Federation of systems over a democracy
are significant.
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Turbo Phasors:

Our research has enabled us to increase our phasors' coherent particle
beam density.  Now they pack a greater punch.
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Mega Phasors:

Once again we have increased the particle beam denisty of our phasors.
The effect has been described as running into a lead planet at light
speed.
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Instant Communication:

We are now able to communicate with anyone, anywhere, at any time.  As
long as we are aware of a race's existence, we can communicate with
them.
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1D Phasing:

Certain theories of Quantum Mechanics predicts that space/time consists
of more than 4 dimensions.  Two alternate theories of the structure
have been debated for centuries.  The first, the Klein-Kalusa Theory,
consists of the extra dimensions "looping back" on themselves so that
the effective size  is not noticed in our space/time. The second, the
Visser Theory,  views the extra dimensions as an energy well with our
space/time the bottom of the energy well.  To use the extra dimensions
would require adding hugh amounts of energy to a system.  It has now
been shown experimentally, that the later is true.  The energy developed
from a Casmir Effect Bubble is required to enter this space dimension.
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2D Phasing:

Building on the advance of 1D Phasing technology, an additional space
dimension has been opened. The fifth space dimension available for our
use.  Quantum Mechanics predicts additional space dimensions as well as
an additional time dimension. This advancing technology appears
interesting but no use has been found yet.
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3D Phasing:

Building the base of 1D Phasing and 2D Phasing, a sixth space dimension
has been opened.  This means that we can build "wormholes" similar to
the one that brought mankind to this galaxy.  The main problem is that
time is not completely stable in these wormholes.  This brings up an
interesting question: "Is the human race still in the Milky Way but
somewhere in the Earth mankind's future or past? "
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Impulse Drive

The more effective energy output and the greatly reduced size of
a "cold " fusion reactor has allowed humanity to increase the
effectiveness of the Micro Impulse Drive.  The effective speed of
a ship the size of a colony ship has been doubled.  Small ships
also have received a speed boost but not as great as a colony
ship.  A colony ship now moves at the rate of 2 parsecs per year.
The "fold" in space, which depends on the mass of the ship along
with near by mass concentration, is doubled for a colony ship.
The main problem with this drive is still the small steps of the
Micro Impulse Drive that are made to accomplish ship movement.
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Organic Manipulation:

For centuries, mankind has manipulated the genes of fruits and
animals to provide superior sources of food and raw materials.  Now we
have developed the ability to handle DNA, RNA and proteins at the amino
acid level. What will be done with this new ability?
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Genetic Manipulation:

The complete mapping of the human DNA structure was accomplished by the
early 21st century.  This was quickly followed by the mapping of the DNA
structure of most known species.  This was the "What" question. Organic
Manipulation answered the "How" question.  With Genetic Manipulation we
have answered the "Why" question.  We now know why a given DNA set creates
a given organism.  Now we can create new organisms.
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Molecular Medicine:

We have moved to fixing genetic injuries and mutations with this new
form of medicine.  Molecular Medicine allows doctors to alter the DNA of
damaged or defective cells to produce normal cells.  Suffering across
our civilization has been immensely decreased.
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Transporters:

Transporters allow personnel to be transferred instantaneously from one
position to another.  The drawback to this new technology is that it
requires immense amounts of power.
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Anti-matter:
While the existence of antimatter has been known for a couple
centuries, being able to work with it was extremely difficult.
Containment was energy intensive and contamination from vacuum
energy made it difficult to control a reaction within safe
parameters.  The scalable energy source created by "cold" fusion
over came the containment energy problem.  Use of the Casmir
Effect Bubble as the reactor vessel allowed the reaction to be
controlled to very exacting parameters.
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Warp Drive:

The antimatter reactors allowed a vast amount of energy
producable with very little reaction mass.  This allowed humanity
to overcome the setup problem of the Micro Impulse Drive.  Even
though the Warp Drive is a Micro Impulse Drive, the quantum
nature of the impulses used is below the level of human
recognition.  Therefore it has been described as continuous
folding of space.  Actually it is a rapid folding of space in small
increments.
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Replication:

Copying a living organism is called Cloning.  The duplication of a
non-living object is called Replication.  With Replication, many
different types of materials can be produced from other, more basic,
components.  For example, a ship can be loaded with blocks of a simple
type of matter (like rocks), and with a replicatator, can change that
matter into whatever form is desired (such as food).

While only capable of replicating objects of lesser densities,
replication will help feed millions throughout the galaxy.
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Artificial Life:

A very controversial technology, we can now create a new life form
purely from engineering. This is not the same as cloning. These new life
forms are as unique as any other natural life form.  The difference is
their exact characteristics were pre-determined by genetic engineers,
not random natural processes.
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4D Phasing:

After being able to show and do limited use of the 3 additional
space dimensions, the second time dimension has been opened.
While time travel may be possible under this discovery, the more
important part is that time-stable wormholes theoretically can be
developed.  The possibility of finding our home planet is
now real.
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Sensors:

Radar allowed mankind to determine the position of objects from a
limited distance.  Sensors are the newest refinement on this old
concept. One could argue that radar was really when mankind invented
sensors since these new advanced systems capable of detecting any sized
object from extreme distances are merely the evolution from the
primitive radar of old. However, this new breakthrough is such a leap
over the existing electromagnetic technologies that they have been
placed in a new class - Sensors.
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Battleship Technology:

Strategic Defender Systems today introduced the new "Battleship" class
starship.  This starship is equipped with the latest deflector
technology (the recently developed Shields), along with the powerful new
Warp Drive propulsion system.
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Shields:

Deflectors merely changed the angle of an enemy energy weapon. Shields
actively attempt to discharge those energy weapons. However, the key
difference is that Deflectors do not get worn down, while Shields do.
To work their magic, Shields discharge themselves as much as the weapon
being fired.  Against powerful weapons though, the protection afforded
by Shields is a must.  As long as the shields have some charge, a
ship's armor remains undamaged (unlike with Deflectors).
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