Technology

A Quick Overview

The Age of Legends will later be best known for the wonders worked by the One Power, saidin and saidar working together harmoniously. Reflecting this harmony is the culture of the Age of Legends, a time of peace and utopia. Within this Pre-Breaking society, which contained institutions of higher learning such as in Collam Daam in addition to the desire to better the condition of the general populace, a highly advanced technology would have existed.

Transportation

Concerning the One Power, transportation was carried out using Travelling, Skimming and portal stones. Portal stones, however, provided less flexibilty in transportation having fixed origins and destinations.

Jo-car

Perhaps the most common form of transportation, the jo-car would have been used for private, commercial, and military purposes. The vehicle could either have been mounted on wheels or hovering slightly in the air, only enough to avoid minor terrain obstacles. It is also reasonable to assume that a complex and competent road system was developed in practically all areas.

Sho-wing

Also used for both commercial and military use, the sho-wing is the most common aircraft for the era. Used mostly for crossing impassable terrain or for a quick direct route.

Hoverfly

Probably not used as much for transportation since it held a limited number of passengers. Usually, only two people could board a hoverfly. Probably acted as a support unit in the military. The name "hoverfly" suggested that it had the ability to hover in place for an extended period of time. In turn, it could probably preform deft maneuvers that a sho-wing could not, most notably, fly backwards or any other direction. It also probably had an insectoid appearance.

Other

Other highly advanced forms of travel existed. In the cities, public transportation was provided in the form of a monorail system. Horses were rarely used, except perhaps in the more rural areas. Ships also could have been used, but also rarely. It is more likely that ships were for transporting cargo rather than people. One of the cities (Comelle?) was a major port city. It would be more cost-effective to have an Aes Sedai make a gateway than hire a ship, however. Horses and ships may not have been used for practical purposes, but it is possible that they were often used for recreation purposes, especially ships that would have been used for pleasure craft.

Weaponry

Violence was very rare in the Age of Legends until the Collapse. There was a police force made up of men and Ogiers, much like the make-up of the military, but until serious crimes began to plague the world, the forces were mostly for decoration. With the appearance of crime and misconduct, weapons and enforcement became more common in the Age of Legends.

Shocklance

The basic standard weapon of the era. It is a long range weapon firing energy to disrupt the target. Logically, there are variants of the standard weapon. It can be surmised that there were different types of shocklances such as sniper shocklances, mounted heavy shocklances, hand-held shocklances, etc. It is a precision weapon and assumingly powerful enough to kill an unarmored person with one vital shot.

Artillery and other explosives

Seeing as there is an Illuminator's Guild in the Third Age, it is probable that there was a more advanced form and use of explosive powder in the Age of Legends. Explosives were probably discovered before the War of Power and during the Breaking, probably lost to civilization save for the Illuminator's Guild. Artllery would have been relied on heavily being the heavy firepower necessary to destroy heavy armor, especially with armies lacking Aes Sedai to provide other forms of destruction.

Other military technology

Radios and other communication devices were probably used. In an advanced society such as the one presented in the Age of Legends, any probable technology is permissable. Jo-cars, sho-wings, hoverflies, and the other vehicles were definitely armored and put to military use. The uniform of a common soldier consisted of a fan-cloth, helmet, and standard shocklance. He would be fully armored in a way that, with the antennae in his helmet, would lend the appearance of an insect. Swords were almost never used. They were probably only used for military decoration for high-ranking officers. There was, however, a revival of the sport of swordfighting by Lews Therin and Be'lal a few years before the War of Power. Also, during the Collapse, sha'je duels were held, violent duels for sport using swords.