#salutaries

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Character Notes- Salutaries

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Examples shown: Vess and Saan.

Salutaries: when first developed on an alternate, now-dead Thousand Year War-era Skaro, the Salutaries were intended to bolster Kaled numbers by being pure Kaled DNA, and be able to birth pure Kaled children (as Thals were targeting and decimating Kaled women and children).

Salutaries were also chimeras regulated by onboard computers. These genetics can be readily edited by an Admin and mutations corrected before they get a footing. The Salutaries proved to have better damage-resistance and tolerance for radiation. Otherwise fatal injuries healed quickly, or manual repairs could be undertaken.

Vess and Saan were subjected to advanced experiments (alt-life projection and immunoglobulin production for Davros, respectively).

On the dead Skaro, a fast-moving, Thal-created meningococcal disease swept through Kaled territory, even killing all 50 Dalek Embryos and Davros himself. Vess and Saan were left behind (with Saan badly injured). Survivors fled the planet with the Salutaries.

Salutaries have unnatural eye/hair colors, used to easily identify them. They cannot escape and blend in among other Kaleds. Their personalities are suppressed. When smuggled to the Integrated Dalek Empire, the Salutaries were edited again to have natural hair/eye colors. There's a secret registry of all Salutaries by the Kaleds who smuggled them.

Mockup example of a Salutary pre and post smuggling/integration

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To Be Human- Marina and the Diamonds (Instrumental Harp Cover)

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"The head of a coin never sees its tail"

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Salutaries- Bits and Bobs

Terms: 'Dead Skaro' = the Skaro that Salutaries originate from The Integrated Empire = the 'default' Skaro that Arkreli answers to. This Skaro boasts the deepest gene pool of not just Daleks, but of Kaleds.

Salutaries= Bio-Cybernetic, female Kaleds meant to bolster the dwindling Kaled gene pool in the Thousand Year War. They have several sets of carefully moderated genetics that make them chimeras, even able to have children with different maternal sets of DNA. Bold hair and eye colors made them visually distinctive.

The life of a Salutary on the 'dead' Skaro was regimented since day of decant as adults. Their lives centered around planned pregnancies, births, and their children going into the Kaled population. They lived cloistered away, most children conceived artificially. Some others, like Vess and Saan, were moved to other experimental tasks that a typical Kaled couldn't (or wouldn't) safely accomplish (Temporal experiments and caring for an alt-Davros (including making immunoglobulins for him), respectively)

Once in the Integrated Empire, the Salutaries were edited to have 'natural' Kaled hair and eye colors. Their identities are kept secret from the Imperial Elites, especially Davros and his leading Daleks. They were married among the male Kaleds who came in.

[Picrew credit] Examples of an unnamed Salutary on the 'dead' Skaro and assimilated to the Integrated Empire.

Uniforms:

The backs of the Salutaries are covered in waterproofed plugs and medical tattoos for various computer, medical, and other equipment. The uniforms on their old Skaro were meant to easily accommodate the need for these plugins.

Gray T-Shirt and drawstring shorts. These would be put with basic socks and clogs. Undergarments are also standard.

Over the T shirt and shorts

Over this are coveralls with reflective bands. Their serial #s are put onto the breast and arm band [Marked LOGO here]. Commonly worn open and sleeves tied around the waist when in the compound, at rest.

During pregnancy, the uniform is changed to maternity scrubs with serial # on a printed band.