This is the New Toy, a Mobster class Rapid Offensive Unit (ROU) of the Culture. 480 meters long with two primary hulls, each carry eight effector units as well as a variety of self propelled and displacer delivered munitions as well as powerful field systems which could be used for (among other things) point defense. The design was put into service after the Excession incident in which a new form of highly mobile response ship was deemed to be advantageous. Overall production of Mobster class ROUs was limited to a few hundred ships. They are notable for being on the whole the Minds of these ships were alot more sociable than the rather enigmatic Abominator class. Never the less ships like the New Toy did spend most of their time on deep space patrols, more often than not without a crew, even though they could keep up to a thousand humanoids in comparative comfort indefinitely. They are also statistically more likely to get caught up in Special Circumstances chicanery than most.







The Culture belongs to Iain M Banks' estate

