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| Group | Role | Description | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Culture | Member | A galaxy-spanning post-scarcity civilisation of mixed humanoid and machine intelligences. Governed by hyper-intelligent AI Minds rather than any formal political structure, the Culture is anarchist, hedonistic, and interventionist – using its Special Circumstances division to meddle in less advanced civilisations it believes it can improve. | |
| Special Circumstances | Operative | The Culture's covert operations division, tasked with intervening in the affairs of other civilisations. SC recruits agents – both Culture citizens and outsiders – willing to do the morally ambiguous work that the Culture's utopian self-image prefers not to acknowledge. | |
| Contact | Member | The Culture's division responsible for interactions with other civilisations. Contact handles diplomacy, exploration, and first encounters. Special Circumstances operates as a secretive subdivision within Contact, handling situations that require more forceful or covert intervention. |