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		Eric_WVGG on March 22, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boaty McBoatface: What You Get When You Let the In... Pillar of Autumn is one of the runner-up votes, and it is widely speculated that the original Halo was heavily influenced by the Culture books. http://marathon.bungie.org/story/halo_culture.html

masklinn on March 22, 2016 [–]

That doesn't have the classic "lack of gravitas" of Culture ship-naming conventions though. It reads more like a Morthanveld or Zihdren-Remnanter ship name. Unless there's a joke I'm missing in there.

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