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What is the actual shape of the Vavatch Orbital? A true ring?

Look to Windward contains a description of an Orbital in chapter 12 'It is what they call an Orbital; a band of matter in the shape of a very thin bracelet, orbiting around a sun - in this case the ...
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Did the Culture interfere with other civilizations to a greater or lesser extent after the the Idiran war?

This question seems to be founded on a mistaken impression of the Culture in the Consider Phlebas era. Interfering in other cultures is something the Culture has always done; that's what Contact ...
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