The Hydrogen Sonata
| Civilisation | Ship Type | Name | Class | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture | Ue | Mistake Not… | n/a | The Mistake Not… is of indeterminate ship type and class; it identifies itself as Ue, for Unit (eccentric/erratic). Its full name, which is a private joke amongst other Culture Minds and almost never used, is the Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath |
| Culture | GOU | Questionable Ethics | ||
| Culture | LOU | New Toy | ||
| Culture | ROU | Learned Response | ||
| Culture | LOU | Caconym | Troublemaker | Apparently the precursors to the Abominator-class; although classed as a LOU, Troublemaker-class LOUs are "nominatively camouflaged". In actuality, they are the pinnacle of Culture warship technology, outclassing all previous GOUs. "Caconym" is Ancient Greek, meaning "bad name". |
| Culture | MSV | Pressure Drop | Shelf | |
| Culture | GSV | Kakistocrat | home GSV of Mistake Not… "Kakistocrat" is Ancient Greek, meaning "very bad ruler". | |
| Culture | MSV | Passing By And Thought I'd Drop In | Desert | |
| Culture | GSV | Empiricist | System | Described as being big, even by the standards of System Class ships. |
| Culture | ROU | Refreshingly Unconcerned With the Vulgar Exigencies of Veracity | ex-Thug | Fast Picket |
| Culture | ROU | Value Judgement | ex-Thug | Fast Picket |
| Culture | LCU | Beats Working | Scree | |
| Culture | GOU | Headcrash | Delinquent | aboard the Empiricist |
| Culture | GOU | Xenocrat | Delinquent | aboard the Empiricist |
| Culture | GSV | Contents May Differ | Atmosphere | |
| Culture | GSV | Just the Washing Instruction Chip in Life's Rich Tapestry | ||
| Culture | GCU | Displacement Activity | River | |
| Culture | LCU | Anything Legal Considered | Ridge | |
| Culture | Superlifter | Zoologist | Boulder | |
| Culture | GCU | Warm, Considering | Delta | |
| Culture | MSV | A Fine Disregard for Awkward Facts | original home GSV of Warm, Considering | |
| Culture | GSV | Teething Problems | most recent home/contact GSV of Warm, Considering | |
| Culture | VFP | Outstanding Contribution to the Historical Process | ex-Psychopath | |
| Culture | VFP | Rapid Random Response Unit | Troublemaker | Former LOU but now demilitarised |
| Culture (Culture-Zihdren-Remnanter hybrid) | (ex-)GCU | Smile Tolerantly | The Smile Tolerantly, once an ancient GCU, is now what might best be described as a Culture-Zihdren-Remnanter hybrid. | |
| Culture | GSV | Unreliable Witness | original home GSV of the Smile Tolerantly | |
| Culture | LSV | You Call This Clean? | Blue | |
| Gzilt | IR-HAS cruiser | 5*Gelish-Oplule | regimental cruiser | Indefinite Range, High Acceleration/Speed |
| Gzilt | IR-HVW battlecruiser | 7*Uagren | battle-cruiser | Indefinite Range, High Velocity/Weapon-load |
| Gzilt | IR-FWS battleship | 8*Churken | Indefinite Range, Full Weapon Spectrum | |
| Liseiden | Collective Purposes Vessel | Gellemtyan-Asool-Anafawaya | (First Class) | flagship |
| Liseiden | Collective Purposes Vessel | Quiatrea-Anang | ||
| Liseiden | Collective Purposes Vessel | Laskuil-Hliz | ||
| Liseiden | Collective Purposes Vessel | Abalule-Sheliz | ||
| Liseiden | n/a | Fulanya-Guang | ||
| Zihdren-Remanter | Ceremonial Representative Carrying Ship | Exaltation-Parsimony III | ||
| Zihdren-Remanter | Adjunct Entity | Oceanic Dissonance | ||
| Ronte | n/a | Melancholia Enshrines All Triumph | Interstitial/Exploratory | |
| Iwenick | n/a | Strategic Outreach Element CH2OH.(CHOH)4.CHO |
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