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Bora Horza Gobuchul was a Culture Mind that was created during the Idiran-Culture War. It survived an active wartime career. In 1331 CE, during the war, the new Mind was aboard a factory ship in the path of the Idiran advance. It was intended for a General Systems Vehicle. The Mind was evacuated by being installed in a ship assembled from salvage before the factory ship was destroyed. The escape ship was also intercepted and the Mind ordered it to self-destruct and ejected into hyperspace. More...

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