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Re:The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans by dodobirdlord on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:40AM (#25926546)
I believe the Culture is credited as having creating the ring in Consider Phlebas.
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Re:The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans by mkl on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:49AM (#25926611)
Do you mean Vavatch, that was scheduled for destruction? That was Culture, but an Orbital.
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Re:The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans by arethuza on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:43AM (#25927048)
Vavatch was destroyed by a militarised Culture GSV but it wasn't "owned" by the Culture.
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Re:The Culture War: Iain M. Banks’s Billionaire Fans by p_l on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:51AM (#25927588)
Vavatch was, IIRC (I'd have to search through) built by Culture, but since then ceded, similarly the ships that helped evacuate it
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