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 taking a break from her work and having 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
As Suz and her friend Kalendorf made their way across the Dalek occupied planets they (mainly through Kalendorf and his telepathic abilities) sowed the seeds of the Daleks' destruction. (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.

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: "Death to the Daleks!", Project Infinity)

Susan Mendes and the Dalek Emperor
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Suz's (second) apparent death / Suz's death...?
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