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== Borderline Type III: power use roughly equivalent to a galaxy's radiant output. 1E36W ==
=== Film ===
* The Milky Way shines with about 4×10<sup>37</sup>W.▼
* Human civilization in the [[Xenosaga]] series and to its extent, Xenogears, by proxy, have come ''very'' close to this level thanks in part to the Zohar Engine, which in and of itself is a relic of a type IV or above civilization. or, as some have suggested, just a well placed deus ex machina. The ships seemed to be powered by zero point energy units called "Logic Drives". In addition, the device shown at the end of the series, Zarathustra, is a extreme example of something that would be a type IV...being able to "reset" heat death.▼
* The Pa'anuri of ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' designed a gadget that overwrote the Milky Way galaxy with a pocket universe (ok, so they didn't build it themselves, but they provided the plans and 'observers' to the F'sherl-Ganni), and use entire ''star systems'' as projectiles, so they might be here, though that's highly dependent on the efficiency of their phlebotinum. Given that they're fighting over a single galaxy, they're probably not higher or much lower than this.▼
** That's their expeditionary force though, the combined 'power' of their population in Andromeda...▼
* The Galactic Republic/Empire of [[Star Wars]], a galaxy-spanning society with very fast FTL and at least a million heavily developed planets, is a very high Type II, possibly a Type III (at least when the guy with the underbite helmet pulls the lever).
** See http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Superlaser for details on the Death Star's power output, possibly as high as
** The first Death Star charged up for a planet-buster in about a day, which would give its power core a sustained output of around ''3 million of our Suns''. And the second one charged in a couple ''hours''.
** Star Destroyers, given their [[Apocalypse How|very impressive planetary-bombardment capabilities]], may generate as much power as stars, and almost` certainly generate more power than the Earth has generated to date—and they're big for a starship in the setting, but not ridiculous.
** The Executor-class Star Dreadnought has a power core that puts out the same energy as class G star. Regular old Star Destroyers are said to exceed the total energy consumption of some planetary civilizations over their entire history (potentially hundreds of thousands of years in [[Star Wars]]) when they jump to hyperspace.
* The aliens in ''[[Contact (film)|Contact]]'' engage in [[Terraforming|galactiforming]]. It's implied they're pushing the limits of their capabilities by doing this, though the extent of their works isn't very clear.▼
=== Literature ===
* [[The Culture]] is an interstellar civilization that draws most of its power from the "[[Applied Phlebotinum|hyperspace Grid]]" rather than from the visible universe, and its ''demiliatarised diplomatic ships'' are capable of destroying whole planets. Their theoretical power level might be even higher; they are stated to be a "post scarcity" society and could have the capability to harness energy that might possibly qualify them as a Type IV, but if so they deliberately choose not to.
* The Galactic Union of E. E. Smith's ''[[Lensman]]'' series has starship engines (combined total-conversion nuclear power and [[Zero Point Energy]] devices) generating hundreds of exawatts (roughly 5x10^20 W) at peak power. A starship can have anything from one or two to hundreds of these engines. And most fleet battles engage thousands or millions of these ships, if not more.
** That's child's play next to their [[Nuclear Option|weapons of mass destruction]]. Which include [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|antimatter bombs of Earth-like mass]]. [[More Dakka|Oh, and they throw those around by the thousands, too.]]
* The ''[[wikipedia:Star Maker|Star Maker]]'' by [[wikipedia:Olaf Stapledon|Olaf Stapledon]]. The stellar energy output of the whole galaxy is utilized by the ''Galactic Community of Worlds''. -- about 10<sup>36</sup>W
* A rare single being example, Nuklear Man from Brian Clevinger's ''[[Nuklear Age]]'' is capable of using half the power of ''every star in the Milky Way'' to kill [[Reality Warper|Nihilus]].
=== Video Games ===
▲* The aliens in ''[[Contact (film)|Contact]]'' engage in [[Terraforming|galactiforming]]. It's implied they're pushing the limits of their capabilities by doing this, though the extent of their works isn't very clear.
▲* Human civilization in the [[Xenosaga]] series and to its extent, Xenogears, by proxy, have come ''very'' close to this level thanks in part to the Zohar Engine, which in and of itself is a relic of a type IV or above civilization. or, as some have suggested, just a well placed deus ex machina. The ships seemed to be powered by zero point energy units called "Logic Drives". In addition, the device shown at the end of the series, Zarathustra, is a extreme example of something that would be a type IV...being able to "reset" heat death.
=== Web Comics ===
▲* The Pa'anuri of ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' designed a gadget that overwrote the Milky Way galaxy with a pocket universe (ok, so they didn't build it themselves, but they provided the plans and 'observers' to the F'sherl-Ganni), and use entire ''star systems'' as projectiles, so they might be here, though that's highly dependent on the efficiency of their phlebotinum. Given that they're fighting over a single galaxy, they're probably not higher or much lower than this.
▲** That's their expeditionary force though, the combined 'power' of their population in Andromeda...
=== Real Life ===
▲* The Milky Way shines with about 4×10<sup>37</sup>W.
== Solid Type III: More power than a single galaxy, but probably less than a galactic supercluster. ==
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