Crudrat (job)

Crudrats are often young children, orphans, who go through machinery to clean out the crud and keep them running properly. They are paid by how much weight their companion murmel puts on during the run and how quickly they complete the job. The longer they work as a crudrat, their hair and even their skin is likely to turn blue. Many crudrats get cut from running through the scythers, some even losing limbs or lives. They often end up in this job because they are non-citizens (they lack a chip identifying them as such). They make use of air ducts to move about the spaceport. All crudrats are sterilized upon chip rejection. Crudrat, Chapter 15 
== Known Crudrats ==
* Ger
* Hoike
*Maura
*Phex
* Rees
== Infonet Information on Crudrats ==
Crudrat variant, classification: S1 + symbiont. Symbiont = murmel. Murmels are genetically engineered Animalia Chordata Mamalia Primates Haplofeli Felidae. Crudrats will emotionally whither, and possibly die, without murmels. 
== Terminology ==
* Pup - a crudrat who hasn't been doing the job long enough to have their hair turn blue and is inexperienced. Crudrat, Chapter 9
== Quotes ==
* "Crudrats may be licensed to work, but they were still rejects. Rejects were invisible. Rejects weren't there. If rejects got noticed, they got trouble and pain with the noticing." Crudrat, Chapter 2
== References ==
Category:Tinkered Stars