Iain banks the player of games6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() The classification of the ship types sometimes implies a degree of cultural embarrassment of the power they can potentially wield, for example their renaming of Demilitarised Rapid Offensive Units ((D)ROUs) as "Very Fast Pickets", whether or not they are actually "Demilitarised", while later the term "picket ship" is used to describe an Abominator-class General Offensive Unit, one of the most powerful front-line warship classes ever built by the Culture. ![]() Warship names are similar in retaining the whimsical nature, though the humour tends to be more cynical and threatening. The Minds choose their own names, and thus they usually express something about a particular Mind's attitude, character or aims in their personal life. The machine intelligences called Minds (and, as a consequence, the Culture starships that they inhabit) usually bear names that do a little more than just identify them. ![]()
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