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Castellan - Unit Provenance Record (MACE-06) Draft

An in-world prop from Six’s background. Castellan’s internal build record for unit MACE-06. What he is, in the language of the people who made him.

The document (in-world)

CASTELLAN BIODYNAMICS  ///  MERIDIAN WORKS
UNIT PROVENANCE RECORD                (internal)
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PATTERN ....... MACE  (Maritime/Assault Close
                Engagement) — Boarding Asset
BATCH ......... 06
UNIT .......... 06  ("MACE-06")
BASE STOCK .... human, engineered. Grown to spec.
INTENDED USE .. hull breach and crew clearance in
                vacuum and free fall. Single-purpose.

CONDITIONING LOAD (installed, not trained)
  · Combat package: master-tier melee and close
    work, zero-G movement, weapon handling. Loaded
    complete at decant.
  · Environmental hardening: vacuum tolerance.
  · Behavioural: Doctrine set — complete the task
    by the most efficient means, leave nothing
    unfinished. Kill/subdue left to efficiency.
  · Belief set: "Silicon Heaven." On end of service
    the unit's pattern is carried up and preserved.
    A low-cost obedience anchor. Performs the work
    of a standing guard at no standing cost.

SERVICE MODEL
  Contract, then cryostorage between contracts.
  No downtime cost. No wage. No pension. The unit's
  whole waking life is task, cold, task.

NOTES
  Social conditioning: NONE loaded. Unit is fluent
  in ships and illiterate in people. This is by
  design and reduces desertion risk. Do not deploy
  in a role requiring negotiation.

  Disposal: assets are inventory, not personnel.
  Standard write-down schedule applies. See
  Asset Protection for recovery of strays.
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