The Warp

The Immaterium is the Warhammer 40,000 universe's solution to interstaller travel. An alternate dimension called the Warp which is used to travel effectively faster than light. This is achieved by the Warp being a domain of pure energy, with spacecraft navigating between streams, as in an ocean. Time also proceeds a great deal slower in the Warp than in the Material universe, creating a form of stasis. While an effective solution to generations-long trips across the galaxy, it is a far from perfect solutions. Long-distance journeys take months or even years, and the timing itself is unpredictable due to the very nature of the Warp.

The Warp itself is home to a great many creatures, many of which are hostile to foreign objects from the Material universe. Ships travelling in the Warp are shielded against attacks from these creatures. It gives Psykers their powers by way of channeling its energy, which makes them vulnerable to attack from Warp entities and Daemons.

The Warp is also home to the four Chaos gods; Khorne, Slaanesh, Tzeentch, and Nurgle.

There are conflicting accounts as to whether it is Tzeentch or the Emperor of Mankind which prevents the warp spilling out and completely engulfing the material universe.

This is a list of ships found in the Culture novels by Iain_M_Banks.

By default, all ships in this list are members of the fictional society the Culture. Where this is not the case the vessels affiliation is included.

Common ship types include General_Systems_Vehicles (GSVs), Medium_Systems_Vehicles (MSVs), Light_Systems_Vehicles (LSVs), Rapid_Offensive_Units (ROUs), Light_Offensive_Units (LOUs), Very_Fast_Pickets (VFPs) and General_Contact_Units (GCUs).

Consider Phlebas

• GCU Nervous Energy
• GCU Prosthetic Conscience
• GSV The Ends Of Invention (ex-Culture)
• GSV Eschatologist (temporary name)
• GSV Irregular Apocalypse
• GSV No More Mr Nice Guy
• GSV Determinist
• GSV Bora Horza Gobuchul
• LSV Profit Margin
• ROU Trade Surplus
• ROU Revisionist

The Player of Games

• Clipper Screw Loose
• GCU Flexible Demeanour
• GCU Just Read The Instructions
• GCU Of Course I Still Love You
• GOU Limiting Factor
• GSV Cargo Cult
• GSV Little Rascal
• GSV So Much For Subtlety
• GSV Unfortunate Conflict Of Evidence
• GSV Youthful Indiscretion
• LOU Gunboat Diplomat
• demilitarised ROU Zealot
• Superlifter Kiss My [...]
• Superlifter Prime Mover

Use_of_Weapons

• GCU Just Testing
• demilitarised ROU Xenophobe
• GCU Very Little Gravitas Indeed
• GSV What Are The Civilian Applications?
• GSV Congenital Optimist
• GSV Size Isn't Everything
• GCU Sweet and Full of Grace

Excession

• GCU Different Tan (Mountain Class)
• GCU Fate Amenable To Change (River Class)
• GCU Grey Area
• GCU It's Character Forming
• GCU Jaundiced Outlook (Ridge)
• GCU Problem Child (Troubadour)
• GCU Reasonable Excuse
• GCU Recent Convert
• GCU Tactical Grace (Escarpment Class)
• GCU Unacceptable Behaviour
• GCV Steely Glint (Plains)
• Highpoint (ulterior)
• Shoot Them Later (eccentric;ulterior)
• LOU Attitude Adjuster (Killer)
• ROU [...] Time (Torturer Class)
• demilitarised ROU Frank Exchange Of Views (Psychopath Class)
• GSV Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The (Plate)
• GSV Death and Gravity
• GSV Ethics Gradient (Range)
• GSV Honest Mistake
• GSV Limivourous (Ocean)
• GSV No Fixed Abode (Sabbaticaler, ex Equator)
• GSV Quietly Confident (Plate)
• GSV Sleeper Service (Plate)
• GSV Uninvited Guest
• GSV Use Psychology
• GSV What Is The Answer and Why?
• GSV Wisdom Like Silence (Continent)
• GSV Yawning Angel (Range)
• GSV Zero Gravitas
• LSV Misophist
• LSV Serious Callers Only (Tundra)
• MSV Not Invented Here (Desert)
• Appeal To Reason (Zetetic_Elench)
• Break Even (Zetetic Elench)
• Long View (Zetetic Elench)
• Peace Makes Plenty (Zetetic Elench)
• Sober Counsel (Zetetic Elench)
• Within Reason (Zetetic Elench)
• Kiss the Blade (Affront)
• Frightspear (Affront)
• Furious Purpose (Affront)
• Riptalon (Affront)
• Wingclipper (Affront)
• SacSlicer II (Affront)
• Xenoclast (Affront)
• (MBU) Full Refund (Empire Class- Homomdan Convertcraft Vessel)
• Superlifter Charitable View (Cliff)
• Cruise Ship Just Passing Through
• Added Value
• I Blame Your Mother
• I Blame My Mother
• Heavy Messing - ex-culture ship

The_State_of_the_Art

• GSV Bad for Business
• GCU Arbitrary
• GCU Cantankerous
• GCU Only Slightly Bent
• GCU I Thought He Was With You
• GCU Space Monster
• GCU A Series Of Unlikely Explanations
• GCU Big Sexy Beast
• GCU Never Talk To Strangers
• GCU Funny, It Worked Last Time...
• GCU Boo!
• GCU Ultimate Ship The Second
• GCU It'll Be Over By Christmas
• A Ship With A View
• Ablation
• Arrested Development
• Credibility Problem
• Dramatic Exit
• Excuses And Accusations
• God Told Me To Do It
• Halation Effect
• Happy Idiot Talk
• Helpless In The Face Of Your Beauty
• Heresiarch
• Just Another Victim Of The Ambient Morality
• Minority Report
• Not Wanted On Voyage
• Perfidy
• Sacrificial Victim
• Stranger Here Myself
• Synchronize Your Dogmas
• Thank you And Goodnight
• The Precise Nature Of The Catastrope
• Unwitting Accomplice
• Undesirable Alien
• Well I Was In The Neighbourhood
• You Would If You Really Loved Me
• You'll Thank Me Later

Look_to_Windward

• Winter Storm (Chelgrian)
• Piety (Chelgrian temple ship)
• ROU Nuisance Value
• Vulgarian Superlifter
• GSV Sanctioned Parts List
• VFP Resistance Is Character-Forming
• OU All Through With This Niceness And Negotiation Stuff
• Someone Else's Problem
• Lacking That Small Match Temperament
• GCU Poke It With A Stick
• OU I Said, I've Got A Big Stick
• Hand Me The Gun And Ask Me Again
• But Who's Counting?
• Germane Riposte
• We Haven't Met But You're A Great Fan Of Mine
• All The Same, I Saw It First
• Ravished By The Sheer Implausibility Of That Last Statement
• Zero Credibility
• Charming But Irrational
• Demented But Determined
• You May Not Be The Coolest Person Here
• Lucid Nonsense
• Awkward Customer
• Thorough But ... Unreliable
• Advanced Case Of Chronic Patheticism
• Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory
• Conventional Wisdom
• In One Ear
• Fine Till You Came Along
• I Blame The Parents
• Inappropriate Response
• A Momentary Lapse Of Sanity
• Lapsed Pacifist
• Reformed Nice Guy
• Pride Comes Before A Fall
• Injury Time
• Now Look What You've Made Me Do
• Kiss This Then
• Soulhaven (Chelgrian temple ship)
• GSV Lasting Damage
• GSV Lasting Damage I
• GSV Lasting Damage II
• GSV Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall

Proteus is an instant messenger client for Mac OS X that can access the Jabber, AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo! Messenger networks, as well as supporting chat over local Rendezvous networks.

The most current version of Proteus is 4.07, as of August 2004. Proteus is developed by Defaultware, a division of Defaultmind.

It was originally developped by Justin Wood, then later sold to Defaultware.

Proteus's interface vaguely resembles that of Apple's AIM client iChat, although iChat is brushed metal, while Proteus uses the standard aqua. However, unlike iChat, it has support for multiple networks, and can also group multiple conversations in one window using tabs. Proteus fails to support some features of the AIM network, such as embedded images, and has poor support for file transfers. It also has no audio or video conferencing abilities.