The following ratings provide a scale of the techlevel of various artifacts and devices that might appear in game play. In general, these ratings correspond to the tech level of those character who could understand such devices, or design/build such devices within his or her specialty. Use of a device depends on its design and purpose.

rating		description
1		Simple tools: knife, club, hammer, rock, etc.
2		Simple mechanisms: gun, car, lock, etc.
3		Simple electronics: television, radio, VCR, telephone, etc. Military hardware: automatic weapons, grenades, bombs, etc.
4		Advanced electronics: computers, microchips, scanning devices, etc Advanced weaponry: laser sights, rockets, comlinks, etc.
5		High-tech items: laser guns, supercomputers, security systems, advanced scientific equipment, etc.
6		Very high-tech items: Mandroid Armor, Guardsman Armor, adamantium, mutant detectors, force fields, robots, psi shields, Murderworld, Crimson Dynamo Armor, Titanium Man Armor, etc.
7		Cutting edge tech: Cerebro, Iron Man Armor, AI robots, cloning, Quinjet, cybernetic enhancements, unstable molecules, Sentinels, inhibitor collars, etc.
8		At human theoretical limits: Shi'ar, Kree, Skrull, microverse, Gamma bomb, Recorders, Ultron, Negative Zone Interface, hyperdrive, Super Adaptoid, Mandarin's rings, X-Men's Blackbird, Danger Room, Pym particles, Master Mold, etc.
9		Advanced alien tech: High Evolutionary, Cosmic Cube, time travel, Nimrod, Ship, Blue Area tech, Nega Bands, etc.
10		Cosmic tech: Watchers, Galactus' ship, Celestial tech, etc.
11		Beyond: ULTIMATE NULLIFIER