Spotted these while I was out shopping today, and had a thought: Kix and Coric would absolutely keep a pack of these in their medkits for their stupid idiot vode, especially Hardcase who is constantly getting injured in stupid ways and Jesse who has at least one on his body at all times whether he’s injured or not
I feel like the Kaminoans designated specific batches for specialized jobs or positions (medics, pilots, communications, scouts, etc.). I also think they did keep track of who did well in which courses and would pull them into specialized tracks based on those scores. IMO Kix is one of those medics. And those medics, since they have a nonmedic batch they came from, unless the rest of their batch ALL end up in specializations, tend to get trained as field medics specifically.
There are also two different tracks the Kaminoans stick them in. One's obviously field medics. They do all the basic medical training and as much of the infantry training as they can. Tons of sims on how to actively help someone under fire are done to get them used to it (thus the reason this is where they stick a lot of the nonbatch-designated medics). Bonus of those infantrymen learning how to cover for a medic properly. And then when they move to off-planet exercises (especially pre-war), that's when a lot of field medics would get the most experience pre-battle field if anyone got hurt.
And then there's the non-field medics. They are destined to either end up permanently stationed at one of the medical stations around the galaxy, Kamino itself, the CorGuard, or as specialist within Venator medbays. This is probably where most CMOs are initially trained. Since the CMO is running the medbay the entire time and would be taking care of anyone sent back mid-campaign, I doubt they'd be field medics. (At least initially.... as the war goes on and people die, Jedi and their Commanders probably promote from within more often than not.)
So these people do a lot less of the physical training as everyone else (but they still succeed the basics of a civilian doctor for combat since, ya know, Kamino and clones). They also are more likely to be specialized within what they're doing past emergency care a la the field medics. As in the cardiologists and neurologists and such. The more specialized they are, the more likely they are to end up at one of the med stations.
All of them (field medics and non-field medics alike) get emergency care + surgery training as the basis. Some of the field medics that excel the most have at least some additional specialized training outside the basis since the Kaminoans think they can handle it. (Rip their sparse free time with their batch though)
Designated batches start with the simple stuff as soon as the Kaminoans believe humans can handle basic medical training.... which would be really early on, even if it's flash training anatomy or whatever they pick. Those who get pulled into it are identified as quickly as they can, but they keep pulling them in until they're about 5 or so would be my guess. With 10 being the age they send troopers out, they wouldn't want any sort of specialization to be less than half of a clone's life
With the amount of training that is, as it's around-the-clock, gets many of the designated batch medics as close to fulfilling the galaxy's requirements for having a medical license outside the army as they can. Plus the fact that there's flash training and all that -- these medics have the same skillset and abilities and knowledge by the time they hit their early biological and mental twenties. So many people practicing medicine outside the GAR were blown away when they first looked into their training when the war broke out. What do you mean this 10 year old who's equivalently 20 comparatively has a residency done. And that the majority of the army medics are like that. That's crazy. Though the point of a residency is to get irl experience so that would be slightly different because of the nature of Kamino but there's still some there (Kamino definitely does not avoid training accidents... they might consider it worth it to save some of the cadets if it helps the medics learn more.)
One thing that's interesting is that in DB's deleted scene, there's only droids in the medbay. The very beginning of Clone Cadets shows droids and Kaminoans. No clones in the bays that are helping the treating. The war has already started. Whatever clone medics are on Kamino must be assigned to Havoc Battalion at this point, or off doing hyper-specialized stuff and not in the main medbay. Or maybe Droidbait got sent to a low-priority medbay because he only tweaked his arm lol and they got the cadets who are in training at different, higher priority ones.
I would also think that one of the tests field medics have to pass is teaching their batch (or a random squad, if they do happen to be a field medic from a designed medic batch) basic first aid. It would help show they understand what they're learning enough + bonus of the infantrymen learning basics on how to help if a medic can't get there quite yet. It'd be pretty early on in their training.... little tiny cadets teaching each other how to make a splint or put pressure on wounds. Man.
Anyway. That's about all the thoughts I currently have. I am in no way, shape, or form in the medical field or planning on it, so apologies if any of this isn't a realistic adaptation of how this would pan out. I'm just curious about how Kamino runs things a lot lol
flag id: the first two flags have 5 stripes. the left flag's stripes are purple-black, cool purple, light warm purple, cool green, and dark blue. the middle flag's stripes are light warm pink, warm purple, dark cool purple, cool green, and light sky blue. the right flag has 7 stripes, which are cool blue, light turquoise, white, cool purple, white, light warm pink, and warm purple. end id.
banner id: a 1600x200 teal banner with the words ‘please read my dni before interacting. those on my / dni may still use my terms, so do not recoin them.’ in large white text in the center. the text takes up two lines, split at the slash. end id.
polycoricgender | omnicoricgender | bicoricgender
polycoricgender: being more than one -coric gender (synonymous with multicoric); being more than three -coric genders
omnicoricgender: being most, but not all, -coric genders
bicoricgender: being two -coric genders
[pt: polycoricgender: being more than one -coric gender (synonymous with multicoric); being more than three -coric genders
omnicoricgender: being most, but not all, -coric genders
bicoricgender: being two -coric genders. end pt]
polygender, omnigender, and bigender -coric terms for anon! there's already pancoric and multicoric. i mainly took inspiration from the -corian flag.
Rex’s hair (if it’s the length or the way it’s cut) has become a bit of a running joke in The Clone Wars novelization (2008).
From Chapter 2
“Steady with the polish, sir," said the squad sergeant, checking the fluid level on a hemostatic hypospray. "If you shine it up any more, we'll have to put a camo net over you."
Clone Captain Rex paused in midsweep, razor held between thumb and forefinger as he shaved his mirror-smooth scalp, and ran his other palm over his head to test for missed stubble. Hair was just annoying under a helmet. And regrowth itched. Shaving was now both a necessity and a diversion in quieter moments, a comforting ritual.
Rex went on dragging the razor across his head in precise, slightly overlapping strips, one boot resting on his helmet as it lay on the ground. "Use me for signaling. Should be able to see me from orbit."
"You missed a patch, sir. Going for the tufted look?"
"Maybe a topknot." Rex allowed himself a smile, then pocketed the razor. "Or a fancy braid like those Weequay pirates."
It was the first chance he'd had to sit back and take a breather for days, and his head buzzed with fatigue. The armies of Separatist droids here had been reduced to scrap and a few pockets of resistance; Christophsis had finally fallen to the Republic. In the shelter of a colonnaded doorway that was doubling as a first-aid station, he took out his datapad to check the casualty reports coming in, conscious of an injured trooper sitting on an upturned crate while the sergeant—Coric—tended to the man's shrapnel injury. Plastoid armor was said to be the best credits could buy; Rex staked his life on it. But it had to have joints, gaps, and seals-and they were always vulnerable. The trooper had taken a spray of jagged fragments as razor-sharp and as lethal as flechettes. Some had penetrated the gap between back plate and shoulder. "How you doing, Ged?" Rex asked
"Grateful it's just my shoulder, sir," said the trooper, not looking around
"At least I can still sit down."
From Chapter 19
“What a mess," said Cody. He kicked a scrap of droid casing out of the way as he crunched through the carpet of destruction in the courtyard. "And get your hair cut."
Rex, helmet under one arm, scratched the stubble that had sprouted on his scalp since he'd last had a chance to shave. "Yeah, I'll be tripping over it next.”
A gender related to chains, punk styles, goth styles, and emo styles. It may feel dark and gloomy or metallic. It relates to gray/silver colors and the overall aesthetic of chains.
Dazecoric: a -coric gender that is connected to dazecore aesthetics.
On April 12th, 2021 I coined Dazecoric, and created the flag on the left, through the lgbtqia FANDOM wiki.
On April 4th, 2022, @alcremie-mogai-n-kin / @gender-darling coined it separately, and created the flag on the right.
Not mad or hating or anything. Posting to make it clear. Probably wasn't a good idea to coin a term through a wiki page anyway.
Anthrakania is so cool! Is there an identity coined boy in a bird or avian way?
Yes, it's a great term!
Here are similar identities focused on birds and/or boyhood:
Bright: a term for someone who identifies with the nonhuman “masculine” gender of some male birds. Usually includes having/desiring brightly coloured feathers, wanting to sing or display, and having paternal brooding urges.
Aveshonum: a gender related to being a nonhuman bird; a bird-related nonhuman gender. This gender can only be used by bird nonhumans.
Aviancoric: gender based in avians/being an avian and the aesthetic that surrounds avians. Preferably for nonhumans, but anyone can use it.
Exomasc: a gender not explicable with human language or a human structure of gender, yet related to masculinity in its own way. can fluctuate or be static.
Etherio: a gender that is strongly connected to masculinity, boyhood, and manhood, but not in the same way as a Human man/boy would be connected to masculinity, boyhood and manhood. It is something completely separate and is entirely on its own from the Human gender binary. It may be described as a gender that is masculine-aligned, man-aligned and/or mingender and can be miaspec, but is not Humanly man aligned, so there is a connection to manhood but as otherworldly/other dimensional men would experience.