Science (Shade)

(stuff I posted elsewhere, will edit it down later)

Because I tend to think of Earth eras in terms of technological achievement, the 'modern' Shade is still behind us in that sense.

In practical terms, there are fast long-distance forms of transport (working on a mixture of magical manipulation and mechanics). Electricity has been experimented with but isn't in widespread use. People still use things like candles, but 'mage lights' are cheaply available too. There are no recording methods or long-distance communication, like I've said. There has been development in other scientific areas - for example, they're some way ahead of us in genetic manipulation, but that's still theoretical: they haven't done much of it in society as a whole. It's likely they'll develop communications technology soon, likely basing it on the methods telepaths use, and space travel probably isn't far off.

Nifteh. --Ree