Looks interesting, I have a thing for magic being treated as a science.
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I thought the whole gimmick of this was not being able to choose your powers...
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ok, go ahead ;)
i'm afraid that my zergs will simply try to assimulate the technology of The Culture, and then try to enslave the other species within The Culture