GURPS 4th edition. Future History

Contents
Introduction
	About GURPS
	Recommended Books
	About the Author
1. Future Tense
	Defining the Genre
	Approaches to the Future
		Extrapolation
		Speculation
		Yesterday ’s Tomorrows
	Perspectives
		The Near Future
		The Middle Future
		The Far Future
		Genres
	Using the Future
2. Statics
	Scale and Technology
		Examples
		What Tech Level Is Earth?
	Physical Setting
		Future Earth
		Future Solar System
		Astronomical Engineering
		Interstellar Milieu
		Transcendence
	Biosphere
		Evolved Life
		Engineered Life
		Mechanospheres
		Alien Biotas
	Populations and Settlements
		Carrying Capacity
		Local Communities
		Mobile Populations
		Hierarchies of Settlements
	Social Organization
		Divergent Societies
		Alien Societies
3. Kinetics
	Population Growth
		Technology and Energy
		Knowledge
		The Kardashev Scale
		Resources
		Ecological Succession
		Biological Evolution
		Atmospheric Change
		Stellar Evolution
		The Human Future
	Cycles
		Cycles in Societies
			Economic Cycles
			Generational Cycles
			Civilizational Cycles
			Illuminated Cycles
		Natural Cycles
			Climate Cycles
			The Supercontinent Cycle
	Extreme Events
		Natural Disasters
			Astronomical Disasters
			Asteroidal Impacts
			Effects of Gravity
				Tidal Effects
				Planetary Disruption
				Orbital Perturbation
			Technological Disasters
		Plagues and Invasive Species
		Mutants, Superbeings, and the Singularity
		Violence
		Innovations
		Financing Projects
		Ethnogenesis
		Ontological Changes
4. Dynamics
	Structure and Agency
		Planned History
	Forces
		Population Pressure
		Economic Activity
		Beliefs
		Military Power
		Battle and Logistics
		Military Budget Factor Table
	Conflict
		The Individual Level
		The Societal Level
			Very-Long-Term Goals
			War
			Relative Troop Strength Table
	Changes of State
5. Campaigns and Presentation
	Theme
	Design
	Location
		Borrowed History
	Exposition
	Situations
	Texture
6. Characters
	Motives and Themes
	Race
		Infomorphs and Cybershells
		Visitors
	Social Background
	Character Traits
		Advantages
			Extended Lifespan
			Jumper
			Longevity
			Perks
			Resistant
			Unaging
			Unusual Background
		Disadvantages
			Odious Personal Habits
			Secret
			Unusual Biochemistry
		Skills
			Anthropology
			Area Knowledge
			Expert Skill
			Physiology Modifiers
			Linguistics
	Templates
		Racial Templates
			Adaptive
			Homo Superior
			Prosthetic Body
			Upgrade
		Occupational Templates
			Aristocrat
			Client
			Emissary
			Future Primitive
			Habitat Manager
			Imperial Agent
			Planner
			Reliquarian
			Space Entrepreneur
			Wastelander
Bibliography
Index