Been a while since I read Excession but SC was definitely involved to some degree. > The Interesting Times Gang (ITG), an informal group of Minds loosely conne

Been a while since I read Excession but SC was definitely involved to some degree. > The Interesting Times Gang (ITG), an informal group of Minds loosely connected with Special Circumstances, try to manage the Culture's response to the Excession. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excession > Whilst it appeared that the Sleeper Service had been Eccentric for 4 decades, it had in fact been a dedicated, if secret, military resource acting on behalf of a sub-set of Special Circumstances Minds known as the Interesting Times Gang https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/Sleeper_Service https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/Sleeper_Service