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This is Salamander7's Mendel SL, and only she should be posting please. If you would like to learn more about the Mendels, visit the thread here.

> 10/4/04 - Update time for Tech! +1 strength, +1 int, and +1 speed for all this bug catching and research!
> 8/2/04 - I updated earlier but Gaia didn't post it, @_@. The server room seemed to get the only reaction, the reaction being positive. The rest were, again... neutral. The Mendel studied SG-1 very closely, but again - no preference. What an odd Mendel.
- In a burst of purple-gray powder, Technetium has emerged from her tube. Your care of her gave her +4% to certain stats!
> 7/28/04 - Again, mostly neutral reactions - except Vivaldi and the Java bit the Mendel seemed to pay even MORE attention to. The lights seemed to have no effect.



Personality: Cold and emotionless, Technetium is not exactly the life of the party. Emotion itself seems to puzzle her, but she enjoys to study it nonetheless, as her greatest talent is being a fantastic observer.

Height: 5.25"

Stats:
Strength: 71%
Constitution: 79%
Speed: 80%
Intelligence: 95%
Dexterity: 70%
Charm: 40%
Creativity: 10%

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/02materials.gif">

The Mendels

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/01rho.gif" align="left">Rhodium: Only met in passing. Iron informed me that she is very intelligent.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/02anti.gif" align="left">Antimony: Unknown.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/03yttri.gif" align="left">Yttrium: Unknown.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/04nick.gif" align="left">Nickel: He has large glass wings and a robotic arm that are not functioning. His head generates electricity, yet he is not inclined to discover the uses of this power, nor is he interested in enabling his wings and robotic arm. Fluorine has dealt with him and declared him unworthy of effort in this respect.

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/05neon.gif" align="left">Neon: She speaks in slang but I am still capable of understanding her. She has been providing me with insects and moths from the forest behind the lab, for study - very helpful. Currently, she is procuring fireflies. I consider this Mendel a 'friend'.

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/06nitro.gif" align="left">Nitrogen: Only met in passing. The sister of Gold.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/07radon.gif" align="left">Radon: Only saw in passing. Very irrational.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/08gold.gif" align="left">Gold: He is not a gas, yet he has wings. Interesting. He is interested in solving mysteries. The brother of Nitrogen.


<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/09fluo.gif" align="left">Fluorine: Intelligent. I am assisting her with the programming of her persocom. She speaks in slang; however, she is easier to understand than Neon. I consider this Mendel a 'friend'.


<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/10cobalt.gif" align="left">Cobalt: Unknown. Neon has recommended I speak to her about learning aikido when we meet.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/11oxy.gif" align="left">Oxygen: She is very helpful and is easier to understand than the others. She sings and is an organizer of things. I consider this Mendel a 'friend'.


<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/12carbon.gif" align="left">Carbon: Unknown.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/13lith.gif" align="left">Lithium: He does not like people. He is not very logical or attentive, and is somewhat difficult to understand. He plays a Mendel-sized guitar, which is interesting. I consider this Mendel a 'friend'.


<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/14silver.gif" align="left">Silver: Unknown.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/15nic.gif" align="left">Arsenic: She is very energetic. She is an older Mendel, but has only began visiting the lab recently. She gave me a drink called absinthe, and I temporarily lost my vision because of it.


<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/16acti.gif" align="left">Actinium: Only met in passing. I understand he is responsible for the idea of the table-leg staircase, so he must be intelligent.


<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/17gally.gif" align="left">Gallium: Very difficult to understand and illogical.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/18iron.gif" align="left">Iron: He speaks with a thick accent. In some ways logical and unburdened with such concepts as "politeness", but I did not understand everything he said.


<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/20calcium.gif" align="left">Calcium: Unknown.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/19plat.gif" align="left">Platinum: Unknown.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/21ti.gif" align="left">Titanium: Only met in passing. He was created at the same time I was.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/22merc.gif" align="left">Mercury: Unknown.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/faces/23bo.gif" align="left">Boron: Unknown.





Cohabitants

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/diefenbaker.gif" align="left">Diefenbaker: A Hortipup; an RCMP (Mountie) wolf. He is deaf and lazy, but extremely intelligent for a canine. He has a fondness for the snow. Generally ignores everyone, including the researcher.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/pica.gif" align="left">Pica: A Brannon; a ferret-gargoyle. She is hyperactive and has a short attention span. She can fly, and acts as my transportation on occasion. I am attempting to train her, with mixed results.



<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/daedalus.gif" align="left">Daedalus: A Skull Monkey. Daedalus is an adult in his species' terms, and studies astronomy, astrophysics and extraterrestrial geology very intently. He wants to be a astronaut. He addresses the researcher as "mom".


<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/mole.gif" align="left">Technetium's Sunny Disposition: This is a curious, marshmallow-shaped mole that Moofuls discovered during the Mendel Labs' Mole Day event. It lives under the researcher's bed and wanders around the apartment, making "hup oy hup hup oy" noises. It appears to eat dust balls.

Element Characteristics

Technetium (Tc)
Atomic Number: 43
Technetium has never been found in a natural form on Earth, and was the very first synthetically-produced element. It is produced from the decay of uranium, or the bombardment of molybdenum with deuterium nuclei. It is also present in stellar matter and certain types of stars. Technetium is also very radioactive.

Elemental Forms

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/element.jpg"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/tube.gif"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/teen.gif">


Further Photographs

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/evilgummy-tech.gif"> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/kalgal/tech/anya-chibi.gif">

Photographers, in order: EvilGummy, Anya!. Click for full-size images.

Pre-Emergence Experimental Findings















Post-Emergence Experimental Findings

Concerning Technetium's Radioactivity:
Tech has discovered that the glowing blue holes in her 'armour' are quite radioactive inside, and she's informed me that both Iron and Lithium's fingers reacted in a manner consistent with radiation exposure to their elements. Her armour appears to act as a radiation shield.

Science Log: 07242004 12:32

I went to the mine safety supply store and picked up a small radiation counter. I've tie-wrapped it to Technetium's tube, and I'll check later to see if the tube emits enough radiation to be dangerous or not.



I stopped in at the Mendel labs and met two Mendels, Oxygen and Fluorine. Fluorine appears to have a strange human that does what she wants - the human girl is really attractive, but acts almost robot-like, and doesn't appear to be her researcher. I'm going to ask around to see if I can figure out what's up with that. I also met Ninja Vert and her tube, Calcium - it will be exciting when our Mendels emerge!

Since I was planning on taking the day off anyway, I've set up Tech in its holder on the coffee table and I'm going to watch a few movies and tv show episodes, and record its reactions. I can get used to a job that requires parking in front of the TV for a day...

Science Log: 07282004 18:40

Phew, I got a little busy for a few days and I've been neglecting Technetium's experiments. So without further ado...



This experiment is going to require a little running around, but luckily I know an arcade who's pool table room has blacklights in it, and there is a handheld UV light in the petrology lab for checking mineral fluorescence at school.

Being an industrious little scientist is turning out to be a lot of fun!

Science Log: 07302004 09:13

Alright! I've decided to try out smells on Technetium today.



Heh, I couldn't resist that last one. I've always thought server rooms have a special kind of computery smell to them, and I am still chuckling over the idea of Tech being a geek.

I played Tech a ton of Mozart yesterday evening, including The Magic Flute. We listened to my shortwave radio as well; I tuned it to CBC Radio 1 in Toronto (a Canadian station, like NPR) and we listened to a couple shows on current affairs and world news. Tech may as well learn something about human things, even though it'll be pretty sheltered from all that for it's whole life.

Science Log: 08022004 19:20

It happened so fast! Tech was just sitting in the tube, calm as usual, and I went to the kitchen to get a glass of iced tea - and when I came back, there she was! Standing on the dresser beside the empty tube with left-over powder all over the place. I just about dropped my glass. She's gorgeous, and purple, with a silver metal outfit on... it looks like something from a sci-fi TV show. She had her hands on her hips and looked like she was examining the room intently.

She turned her head to look at me. "Hello. Who are you? What am I?"

I set my glass down on the desk, and sat on the edge of the bed. "I'm Salamander, or Sal for short. I'm your researcher and caretaker. And you come from the element Technetium... you are a Mendel."

She seemed to ponder this. "So... my name is Technetium, correct?"

"Yes. Although I've been calling you Tech, since it's shorter."

"I believe I am... hungry," she said, putting her hand to her exposed stomach. "May I also see that machine?", pointing to my laptop on the desk.

Well, when I was hoping for a computer geek, I wasn't exactly expecting something straight out of the Star Wars movies. Her silver hair looked like metal, except it lay on her shoulders in a real hair sort of way. And she was acting like an android... or a Vulcan! This was going to be fascinating.

"Here, if you'll step on my hand, I'll bring you over to the machine - it's called a laptop. And I'll go find you some food."

When I came back with some bread and blueberries, the best Mendel-sized food I could find in my kitchen, Tech had her hands on the trackball and was watching the mouse pointer move around the screen. She had already figured out how to 'click' with the buttons and was trying to click on some of the designs on my wallpaper. As she ate a few blueberries I explained the basics of using the trackball and buttons, and she was playing with my ancient version of Encarta Encyclopaedia within minutes.

I brought her into the lab today to meet some Mendels. I'm going to see if I can teach her to write and type, so that she can share her own experience.

Lab RP: August 02, 2004 @ 18:30
In which Technetium visits the lab for the first time and meets Oxygen, Neon and Fluorine. She decides to help Fluo with her persocom programming.