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MUTOIDS

Travis specifically requested mutoids to crew his ships in Seek-Locate-Destroy, and two were seen on Travis' command ship in Duel, one male, the other female with her previous name given as Keera. These were the first mutoids seen in any episode. At least 11 mutoids were seen on UP-Project Avalon, only two discernibly male.

Keera

This is from Project Avalon, it might be Glynis Barber

Travis entered the Control complex on Earth with two female mutoids. After his escape in Trial he was given a ship by Servalan with a mutoid replacement crew (though when next seen, on Exbar, he was accompanied by Crimos). Three female mutoids accompanied Servalan to Exbar.

Servalan's cruiser in the 3rd Season usually had four mutoids present on the command deck. Jarvik crewed three pursuit ships with mutoids when he planned his attack on the Liberator, being unwilling to let men die in what he knew would be a suicide assault. Servalan's aide on Sardos was a mutoid, killed by Lector.

Mutoids appeared only once in the 4th Season, again accompanying Servalan on her visit to Bucol-2. Avon and Soolin each shot one, the third apparently left with the ship. All three were female, and of a "model" not seen in previous episodes. The earlier model had a tall, black headpiece which may have contained communication equipment; the later model had blonde wigs.

Travis expressed a preference for mutoids, citing their "high bionic rebuild" as making them "more reliable, less likely to let emotion interfere with judgement or duty". Keera and the mutoid that attacked one of the Subterrons working with Avalon both exhibited exceptional physical strength. Other mutoids on UP-Project Avalon responded spontaneously to a transmitted signal, suggesting implanted receivers being a (possibly standard) fitment. The mutoids given to Travis in Trial were ordered to be "blanked" and programmed to respond to the first person to use the trigger word "outlaw".

In Hostage

Mutoids used blood serum to supply their nutritional needs, a process described by Keera as "a functional convenience". Serum bottles were housed in a chest unit. Keera was also fitted with a hypodermic device for extracting blood, mounted on her right wrist. She attempted to use it on Jenna, but was ordered to stop by Travis. Opponents of modification apparently referred to mutoids as "vampires".

In Volcano

Mutoids claimed to have no memory of their past lives, and believed that this information was not held on any computer record. Travis, however, did manage to obtain information on Keera from the Central Computers.

Rashel in Weapon noted that a disobedient slave could be modified, possibly a reference to mutoid modification. Travis conjectured in Duel that a mutoid dismissed the service would probably cease to exist, although there seems no obvious reason why such a mutoid could not simply be reprogrammed (though this would, in a sense, be ceasing to exist for the dismissed personality). Keera at least held an officer's rank and was threatened with a court-martial.

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