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[[Category:Lore]]
[[Category:Science and Technology]]
'''Technology''' has advanced to a great degree, across a variety of fields, in [[New Eden (cluster)|New Eden]].


==Interstellar technology==
Within various sectors of technology, certain aspects related to interstellar activities have taken on such importance that they require a category of their own. This includes not only interstellar travel, but also the general theories and technology that eventually launched the Empyrean Age.

* Once [[The_Capsule_and_the_Clone|the capsule and the clone]] were joined, the Empyrean Age rocketed off.
* Ships always run a [[diagnostic cycle]] prior to undocking.
* [[Interstellar travelling]] is a subject as scientifically voluminous as New Eden itself.
* One thing that still unnerves some people about interstellar travel is memories of the [[The_Peralles_Incident|Peralles Incident]]
* Travel between systems would be nigh-on impossible without the humble [[stargate]].
* And it would take forever to get to that gate without the [[warp drives|warp drive]].


==Information and entertainment==
The conveyance of information - for any purpose, be it informative, militaristic or purely entertainment - is as much an art as it is a science in a world that spans thousands of solar systems, particularly when standards of communication may be unreliable between many of them.

* [[Bioencryption]] is a necessity in many security systems.
* The [[Concord Securities Exchange]] is responsible for securities in New Eden.
* [[Cybernetics (lore)|Cybernetics]] can be used to compensate for lack of compatibility with the capsule solution of piloting ships.
* [[FTL communications]] enabled many areas of interstellar commerce and warfare, not to mention heralding the advent of capsuleer cloning.
* [[FTL communications networks]] are the nervous system of interstellar society.
* An Infomorph may or may not exist, depending on whether what you're reading right now is sentient. Yes, right now. I'm looking back at you, you know.
* A [[personal key]] is important to anyone who has to sign electronic documents.
* [[Universal Time]] lets us know when we are.
** [[YC]] is the popular calendar of the cluster.


==Military==
Humanity has, of course, coupled its ascendancy to the stars with yet another descent into mindless violence, this time on an interstellar scale. Not to be outdone, technology itself has taken on a life of its own in the form of [rogue drones]]; who, it must be said, have within a short time span developed an amazing ability to rival humanity's brutality and appetite for destruction.

* [[Gaseous cellular scan|Gaseous cellular scans]] are believed more secure than DNA-based security.
* [[Mind_control_(lore)|Mind control technology]] is, for better or worse, put to extensive use in certain pockets of the cluster.
* One of the more unpleasant methods of capital punishment is [[nano disintegration]].
* One of the more notorious technological evolutions in New Eden is that of the [[rogue drones]], murderous [[AI|AIs]] with agendas far removed from any kind of sense or sanity.
* [[Slavery#Methods of Control|Slave control technology]], sadly, takes many different forms.


==Domestic==
The idea of life onboard stations and colonies is exciting enough, but beyond the basic technological planning necessary to keep everything rolling and everyone breathing, there are numerous minor, everyday hurdles that must be leaped before life as we know it can roll along in a recognizable manner.

* [[ISK_(lore)|ISK]] makes the galaxy go 'round.
* Many people live on [[mining colonies]] these days.
* The [[space industry]] is a new frontier for previously planet-bound corporations.
* [[Underwater cities]] exist, and tend to meet terrible ends.


==Engineering & Industrial==
What drives us to the stars and keeps us floating (and alive) in their orbits. The advances in engineering and industrial theory have been nothing short of amazing, as may for instance be seen through the possible construction (and eventual destruction) of ever-larger spaceships in New Eden.

* [[Aneutronic fusion]] is the most common form of fusion power in New Eden.
* Proper artificial intelligence, or [[AI]], doesn't yet exist in EVE as such - at least not in sane and nonmurderous form - though many simulations come close.
* [[Blueprint invention]] is not always profitable, but is an important part of industry.
* [[Planetary mining]] is important if you want to remain self-sufficient.


==Health==
In its travels between the stars, the human body may undergo any number of strange developments that evolution, sadly, had not prepared it for. This applies not merely to the actual conveyance from one solar system to the other, but to all the processes imposed upon the body during its stay outside planetary atmospheres. And heavens help anyone caught by those two rollicking theorists of the body and soul, [[Sansha's Nation]] or the [[Blood Raiders]].

* An [[Capsuleer_Accidental_Death_and_Dismemberment_Insurance|Accidental Death and Dismemberment Plan]] is a potential part of any capsuleer's life in space.
* [[Cloning]] technology, while not available to more than a tiny subsection of society, has nonetheless altered every aspect of the political landscape in New Eden.
* [[Cryonic stasis]], while undoubtedly not a pleasant experience at the outset, may be the most serene state anyone ever enters. Nippy, mind, but serene.
* [[Cryopreservation]] may be the precursor to [[Cryonic stasis|cryonic stasis]], or, if not, then to a really bad day.
* [[Exotic tissue sedimentation]] can render cloning nigh impossible.
* [[Face-swapping]], gruesome as it may seem, is regularly offered to New Eden's wealthier denizens.
* [[Gene therapy]] can cure common issues like high blood pressure.
* The [[Amarr]] had an ongoing [[Human Endurance Program]] that led to many things, some of them terrible.
* The [[Jovian Disease]] continues to decimate the population of the [[Jove]].
* The [[Kyonoke infection]] is one of the worst infectious diseases New Eden has had to contend with. At least, of the ones that have been registered thus far.
* [[Organ regrowth]] is a common technology.
* [[Turit disease]] is a rotten condition to have.

==Transport==
The journey from one point to another gets rather complicated when the distance between them is measurable in Astronomical Units, and no less so when one of them may lie on the inside of a massive orbiting body or a gigantic moving vessel. Capsuleers, of course, sometimes have an extra option when it comes to transport, involving the simple, clean, no-nonsense method of dying.

* [[Hot dropping]] is a necessity when cargo cannot be transported overland.


== See Also ==
*[[Ground_technology|Ground technology]]
*[[Stations_and_orbitals_(technology)|Stations and orbital technology]]
*[[Ships_(technology)|Ship technology]]
*[[Items_(technology)|Item technology]]