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[Culture] Is the Culture technologically stagnant?
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Not in the slightest.  We have had a lot of tech and cultural changes over the years.

A few examples:

  - 'OU class ship:  Prior to the Idiran War a dedicated warship would be unthinkable.  By the time of the Excession Incident or the War in Heaven we have already seen great leaps in design and lethality.  Some of those heathens don't even have crew! 


  - Displacement:  We learned a lot during the fiasco that was the Excession (may the ITG rot in hell).  For one, we got detailed scans of the Excession "jumping" a displace.  To this day some Culture ships don't know how to pull that trick.  SC has appropriate files and charts of who can be shown that one.

  - Mind Design:  Minds from the Idiran War era wouldn't even qualify for the title anymore.  Minds from the time period have upgraded themselves extensively.   However, similar capabilities built new would be called minds (small m) or AI cores.  What once operated a GSV is now used for interstellar shuttles.

  - Drones:  Drone designs and capabilities have shown a similar change.  Drones use to have far larger bodies.  Some older drones still keep those old chassis as a sign of how long they have been around.

  - Human/technology integration has taken huge steps forward.  It would have been easier if The Player of Games had had a Neural Lace instead of having to give up his pen terminal to play Azad. 

  - Some Orbitals use to make all building entirely space rated in case the Orbital came under attack.  This was a fad prior to and for a period after the Idiran conflict.  Now we still take precaution but some Orbitals are much more "old school" and still hold defensive drills.

  - Organisationally we have had changes.  SC and Contact were joined by Quietus,   Numina, and Restoria.


  - Thats not even getting into all the toys and fun SC has been working on.  Have to constantly stay ahead of the curve.  How else are we suppose to keep the motto: "Don't Fuck with the Culture."