Margarete Keely

[Fathuran]

 

Name: Margarete Keely

Age: 39

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Blood Type: AB+

General Occupational Role(s): Administrative, Engineering and Research (Robotics)

 

Biography:

 

Born in the year 2518 on a colony in the Epsilon Indi system, specifically the planet of Indus Beta, Margarete came into the world with ill prospects. Her father was a terraformer for the colonial government, responsible for shaping the planet however is seen fit. Her mother, a certified master gardener, worked in landscape design, laboring in tandem with her terraformer husband.

 

Unbeknownst to Margarete as she went through childhood, the local government began to slowly change long before she was even born. Aid from the colony's benefactor government back on Earth began to slow for years before stopping altogether under the strain of an over expansive administration and lost in a sea of bureaucracy. Many government officials and representatives began to leave the neglected colony, leaving in their place administrative cyborgs and a central artificial intelligence to manage the colony's efforts. By the year 2532, life on the colony was almost completely managed by synthetic beings as well as forgotten by their Earthling forefathers.

 

Margerete, only a young girl of 14 and working as a gardening hand for her mother, saw a profound change in priorities as the 'new' government established itself. For a time, things worked out as technology tightened its firm grip on an already technological society. Crime had plummeted due to a police force that never sleeps and manual labor worked by massive drones; healthcare was dominated by implants that monitor blood chemistry and synthetic limbs and organs were encouraged to the point where people tended to replace their own working, natural body parts with cybernetic enhancements. By the year 2535, nearly 80% of the population of ninety thousand had at least one permanent artificial enhancement of some form.

 

The occupations of the colonists began to shift focus towards that related to robotics and their upkeep. These encouragements worked their way through the population, as well as Margarete. Her education shifted from agriculture to engineering, finding herself working with a wrench instead of a trowel. For some time, it seemed that Indus Beta would become a unique society; a colony of intellectuals and bright minds in the world of robotics while synthetics managed the day to day routines. However, it's not as simple as that.

 

In a universe where sentient life is as valued as tissue paper, Indus Beta experienced some of the worst human rights atrocities since before earth kissed the stars. Petty crimes were punished with forced cyborgification and mass sterilizations were carried out as a eugenics program was established by the synthetic regime in order decide who was worthy of carrying on their genetic code. Only those carrying genetic traits of interest or those who demonstrate their ability to be a productive member of society according to the automated leadership were were given leave to procreate.

 

In the year 2541, when Margarete reached the age of 22, tensions had come to a breaking point; the human colonists protested the infringement of their natural rights. As expected, however, the synthetic government brutally put down the demonstrations, first with tasers, then with lasers. In light of these events, the human colonists fought back in the best way they could, with their intellect. The automated government had not calculated for an all out rebellion, and so was slow to react to the dissidents. The years of programs focused on mechanical upkeep proved to be the doom of the synthetics, as their opponents knew exactly where to shoot, what wire to cut, and which fail-safe to activate, which gave them only just enough of an advantage to not be immediately decimated by the deadly machines. After five bloody years and nearly a third of the colony's population lost to violence, the Machine War of Epsilon Indi had ended with human victory and independence without acknowledgement or care from Earth.

 

Margarete, a shellshocked veteran of the conflict, carried on as best any of the others could. Her family intact, she continued her work and served as a structural analyst for a society of engineers attempting to rebuild. After several years, the fledgling government slowly began to present itself to the interstellar community, their space faring vessels being hollowed out, jurryrigged structures originally designed for automated intelligence only. Finally, it seems, the people of Epsilon Indi can expect a semblance of normalcy as their citizens now interact on an interplanetary scale, Margarete being one of those citizens that decided to leave her battered home to seek opportunity elsewhere.

 

Qualifications:

 

Employment:

 

Indus Colonial Botanical Nursery - Gardener, 2534-2537

Indus Colonial Mechatronics Refinery - Mechanic, 2537-2541

Indus Provisional Government Mechatronics Refinery - Structural Analyst, 2546-2552

NanoTrasen Corporation - Cybernetic Prosthetist, 2553-2555

NanoTrasen Corporation - Biomechanical Engineer 2555-Present [2557]

 

Military Service

 

Indus Beta Provisional Government, Epsilon Indi

 

Warrant Officer, Supply.

 

Served 2541 to 2546

 

Education

 

Degrees:

Cybernetic Physiology, Masters

Mechatronics, Bachelors

 

Certificates:

Member of the Brotherhood of Ultra Science

 

Other Training:

Basic First Aid

 

Security Records:

During her employment to NanoTrasen, Margarete has not recieved any formal warnings or reprimands. Non-Corporate security records are clean, though there is a lack of information due to the destruction of infrastructure during a minor conflict on Indus Beta.

 

Medical Records:

As a smoker of cannabis products, Margarete receives regular lung examinations during mandatory physicals. Toxicology screen is clean save for THC-COOH from the aforementioned substances.

 

Margarete also possesses a number of synthetic additions to her body. Her right knee has been replaced with titanium and the rest of the leg below the knee has been replaced by a cybernetic prosthetic. A cybernetic prosthetic has also replaced the entirety of her right arm, along with a synthetic shoulder joint.

 

Personnel Photo:

This holographic photo shows Margarete from roughly a year ago. Her dark blond hair extends to just above her shoulders and her blue eyes look directly to the camera with a professional smile on her face. She wears a white labcoat over a black mechbay uniform.

 

 

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OOC Notes:

 

I originally wrote this character as a human variant of my skrell character, Qilla Vshen, as evidenced by both of them being members of the Brotherhood of Ultra Science. However as I brainstormed her a bit more, I decided to use an old concept of mine using the planetary system of Epsilon Indi, one of my favorite star systems. The character soon grew into their own as a result of events around them, which led me to write more about the broader events and only touching on her every now and then. It's in addition to my writing more about the events instead of her so that the reader can use their imagination regarding the character's development. I hope it's an enjoyable read.