Susan Mendes

Susan Mendes, also known as Suz, was a geologist sent to Vega 6 to study a blue rock known as Veganite. In the course of her original investigation she met Alby Brook. When the Daleks invaded Vega 6 and enslaved the population, Susan's defiant behaviour made her a target of Dalek investigation. This behaviour also served in the Daleks' favour and they used Susan to help implement a shift system for their slave workforce so that productivity would be more efficient and the slaves would live longer. Through the course of her captivity and service to the Daleks, Susan and her ally Kalendorf plotted in secret ways to bring about the downfall of their masters and free the galaxy from Dalek rule.

Dalek Invasion
Susan Mendes was a geologist working for the Rhinesberg Corporation. Taking a break from her work one fateful day, Susan had a short picnic lunch with Alby Brook, who was working as a water-taxi operator in the marshlands of Vega 6. As they were chatting about their jobs over some homemade pickled onions, they witnessed a burning starship streak through the atmosphere on a collision-course for Vega City. As the two rushed back to the city, Susan and Alby found that they could only pick up local broadcasts— the satellites had been destroyed. Through those broadcasts, they learned the reason behind chaos that had come hurtling through the clouds; a furious battle against the Dalek invasion force. The broadcast was interrupted, the Daleks announcing their victory and subjugation of the Vega system. (BFDE: Invasion of the Daleks)

Susan only knew of the Daleks from obscure history lessons and was confused and even appalled by Alby's seemingly cold behaviour toward the situation. Refusing to follow him, Susan remained on Vega 6, wanting to find her parents before it was too late. The Daleks stormed the planet, laying waste to cities and enslaving the population. The weak and injured were exterminated as they would only serve to slow down the efficiency of the workforce. Other captives were surgically-altered into Robomen. As the population was being coralled, Susan assisted a man named Kalendorf and in turn stopped him from being exterminated by the Daleks. Susan's obstinate attitude toward the Dalek patrol confused and intrigued them, and Susan was kept under close scrutiny. (BFDE: Invasion of the Daleks)

The machine drilling was stopped and the enslaved population of Vega 6 was put to work, digging and chipping away at veins of Veganite in poorly-ventilated shafts with little more than their own bare hands. The Robomen assisted the Dalek patrols, ordering the slaves to work without rest and food. Disobedience was punishable by constant whippings and extermination. The slaves were quite literally worked to death, dropping by the hundreds, and even the Robomen were showing fatigue. Growing exhausted from being overworked to her breaking point, Susan once again lashed out at her Dalek masters, demanding rest and food. Her outburst was recorded and transmitted to the Dalek Supreme in the Seriphia Galaxy, which demands to speak with Susan. Taken to a communications chamber, Susan is left alone, facing a screen and the Dalek Supreme, who tells her that it is transmitting from the Seriphia Galaxy, which the Daleks had created themselves using the Apocalypse Element. Having asserted that the Daleks will not be defeated, the Dalek Supreme demands to know why Susan continues to be defiant and even genuinely awaits an answer. (BFDE: Invasion of the Daleks)

Susan was too exhausted to think clearly, trying to explain that the slaves needed rest. However, if the slaves rested, the work would stop and that was not acceptable. If the slaves die, more slaves can be brought in. Susan attempts to counter by demanding rest, food, and hope, but cannot adequately explain why the slaves need these things due to her fatigued state. Frustrated and spent, Susan tells the Dalek Supreme to kill her. Instead, it informs her that the slaves will be allowed to rest and that they will speak again. In time, a shift system is implemented for the slaves, allowing work to continue and the slaves to survive. (BFDE: Invasion of the Daleks)

The Dalek Empire
Susan Mendes and Kalendorf worked together, implementing the shift policy throughout the Dalek Empire. Productivity was increased, countless of people lived, and Susan became known as "The Angel of Mercy." Despite all that, despite her newfound popularity, leadership, and power, Susan hated herself for giving in to the Daleks' demands. Over time, however, Susan began to change. She began to actually feel proud at what she had accomplished, and one day on Garazone Kalendorf called her on it. The words hurt her and Susan storms off. (BFDE: The Human Factor)

Not soon after, Susan is sent to the Garazone moon, K-5000, to put an end to a slave rebellion. A slave named Morebi and his followers had overpowered the Robomen supervisors and were torturing a lone Dalek controller within a burning warehouse. Kalendorf was also present, trying to subdue the rebellion before it had gotten out of hand. Susan tried to desperately convince the Daleks that Kalendorf was on the moon to try and persuade the rebels to surrender. The Daleks reluctantly allow Susan to do the same. Susan's pleas are fruitless to Morebi as he no longer cared for his very life. He had lost hope, and the promise of a large-scale revolt did little to ease those feelings. Defeated, Susan returned to the Daleks, telling them that another man, Wernay, had incited the rebellion, and watched helplessly as the rebel slaves were slaughtered. Kalendorf was appalled by Susan's actions. Susan insisted that what she had done was for the greater good; to protect them and their rebellion. If Morebi and the rebels had surrendered, they would be interrogated and the full-scale rebellion discovered. (BFDE: The Human Factor)

Six months pass, and Susan is sent to the ocean world of Guria. However, the saucer transporting her and Kalendorf never made planet-fall as a battle had broken out. Susan wonders why, if the situation had soured and the Daleks were having difficulties maintaining their control over that planet. Kalendorf finds that notion to be interesting; Susan is beginning to act like her Dalek masters. As the Daleks prepare for battle, Susan and Kalendorf are ordered to the command deck to witness the events unfold. As the Earth Alliance fleet descends upon the Dalek forces, decimating them, bewildered thoughts enter Susan's mind as to why the Dalek Supreme wishes for her to watch what appears to be a very sound defeat. What is there to gain? (BFDE: The Human Factor)

The Dalek Supreme's ulterior motive comes to the fore as for a split second, Susan sees the face of Alby Brook on the screen. The transmission is cut and Susan is hustled off for a communique with the Dalek Supreme. There, Susan's very humanity is dissected as the Dalek Supreme probes away to find out what Alby Brook means to her and why. The event is forever burned into Susan's mind. (BFDE: The Human Factor)

Sowing the seeds of destruction
Throughout Susan's service as an "Angel of Mercy," another plan had been unfolding, paving the way for a massive revolt that would free the galaxy from Dalek rule. As Susan was taken from planet to planet to speak to the slaves and give them hope, Kalendorf accompanied her, operating in secret under the watchful eye of the Daleks. With his telepathic abilities, Kalendorf was able to plant within the minds of the slaves the seeds to the Daleks' eventual destruction. (BFDE: "Death to the Daleks!")

The years pass and Susan continues her duties, avoiding suspicion. Work efficiency is at its peak and the slaves have shown no signs of rebellion. The Daleks continue their invasion of the galaxy, the Earth Alliance suffers massive damage and defeat and billions perish. The situation comes to a boiling point when, on the planet Selatron, Susan actually kicks a Dalek from her office, scolding it for daring to talk back to her. She refuses to have even a single word with that sector's Supreme Controller, saying that she will only speak with the Dalek Supreme. Despite Kalendorf's warnings, Susan continues to be obstinate toward the Daleks, believing she has power over them. Only when the door is blasted down and Kalendorf's life is threatened does Susan agree to speak with the Supreme Controller, and she realizes that the only people she has any semblance of power over are the slaves. (BFDE: "Death to the Daleks!")

Despite Susan and Kalendorf's best efforts to be discreet with their plans of rebellion, the Supreme Controller had noticed that something was amiss; Kalendorf had been interacting closely with the slaves, though no words were exchanged. Those actions were deemed suspicious and the Supreme Controller demanded an answer. Susan's reply that the slaves "were praying" failed to impress. As a punishment for her obstructive behaviour and for coercing a group of Selatron slaves into removing surveillance devices from her office, Susan is forced to watch the cold-blooded extermination of the workers. The surveillance devices are replaced, and Susan is permitted to speak with the Dalek Supreme as she had so adamantly requested. (BFDE: "Death to the Daleks!")

Susan, still with a notion that she holds some level of power, complains to the Dalek Supreme about how she is treated, who listens for a while before harshly reminding her that she answers only to the Daleks and that all Daleks answer to it. Though, to her and especially Kalendorf's surprise, the Dalek Supreme recognizes that Susan needs emotional support and demands to know if Kalendorf's friendship is ineffective. If Kalendorf is causing unneeded stress for Susan, then he will be exterminated. Alby Brook is mentioned again, and the Dalek Supreme suggests that replacing Kalendorf with Alby would make Susan more efficient. Conflicted, Susan declines, finally realizing what little power she has. She also knows of the Daleks' suspicions. Extra care must be taken if the rebellion is to proceed, while both Susan and Kalendorf must work harder to prove their loyalty. (BFDE: "Death to the Daleks!")

Susan is taken to Yaldos where she is to make a great speech. Before that, though, she is to have her last audience with the Dalek Supreme. She reflects on Alby, confessing to herself that she loves him and has always felt his presence with her. Her quiet musing is shattered as she is told by the Dalek Supreme that Earth, the last remaining stronghold of the Earth Alliance, has fallen. The Daleks are victorious. And Susan is permitted at last to speak with the Dalek Emperor, who informs her that her long and arduous journey has finally come to an end. (BFDE: "Death to the Daleks!")

Susan Mendes' (first) apparent death
Susan was ordered to give a speech that was to be broadcast to the conquered races of the galaxy, telling them that their work efficiency has expedited the Dalek conquest. However, Susan and Kalendorf had ulterior motives for this speech, as they decided that it was time for the revolt that would bring about an end to Dalek rule. On Yaldos, an argument erupted between Susan and Kalendorf on who was to deliver the message, as they knew that such a treacherous act against their Dalek masters would cause them to be exterminated. Kalendorf begged Susan to allow him to deliver the message from a secure location. Susan agreed, and then requested to be alone. Unbeknownst to Kalendorf, Susan requested the help of the Seer of Yaldos where she had her mind psychically linked to the sorceress. (BFDE: "Death to the Daleks!")

Susan made her speech, telling the slaves what the Daleks wished for her to say. Toward the closing of her speech, Susan announced the one thing that would launch into a galaxy-wide rebellion; "Death to the Daleks!" The crowd repeated those four words like a mantra and Susan's two Dalek guards closed in on her. One was taken down by the rioting slaves, though the second one opened fire, striking Susan down. (BFDE: Project Infinity)

Susan Mendes and the Dalek Emperor
to be added

Suz's (second) apparent death / Suz's death...?
to be added