The development of fusion power provides an efficient, nonexpendable energy source that almost obliterates the need for chemical fuel sources. Advanced space exploration and colonization become possible. Computers become even more accessible, reliable, and powerful, leading to the development of virtual systems and widespread access to the global Internet.
Slowly, society experiences another revolution as individual nations are replaced by world powers. Megacorporations number among these new superpowers as the line between the national citizen and corporate employee is rendered indistinct. Armed with the means to eradicate the entire species, the world powers keep conflicts to the level of skirmishing and posturing, and integration of the Information Age's improvements proceed peacefully.
Scientific advanced in genetic engineering lead to artificial evolution and the first government- and corporate-sanctioned attempts to genetically manipulate human beings. Early results are encouraging, with the manifestation of positive and negative
mutations in the species toward the end of the age. Scientists also perfect
cloning technology, and the first human clones are created.
In the later years of this age, the first crude applications of
gravity induction technology appear, in the form of civilian and
military vehicles that can move through the air without using physical propulsion or consumption of fuel.
Chemical-powered explosives and
firearms remain the
weapons of choice; fusion technology can't be effectively miniaturized for personal
combat. Nevertheless, advanced chemistry and superconducting technology change the materials and capabilities of many
weapons. True spaceships become possible, propelled by powerful fusion drives, but still require a reaction mass to traverse space.
The age sees the tenuous settlement of other planets and asteroids within the same
star system.