Scientific Differences
"Doctor Desnos", Nala See looked down upon the white haired humanoid and sighed, this conversation had been going on longer than it should have and she had a lot to do. While kaminoan cloning technology was the most advanced in the galaxy, every prime clone was different and she had to investigate some abnormal hormone levels inside the amniotic fluid in the artificial wombs of batch C-56.
Tanasi Desnos growled, visibly upset. "This is ridiculous, the Mandalorian hired me for my expertise with retrovirus modification. How am I supposed to do what I am paid for if you keep standing in my way?"
"I am not trying to." See explained calmly. "This is simply a talk between colleagues and as the chief scientist I am here to focus on the work that we are asked to do by the Mandalorian."
"Is it about safety?" Desnos sat down in one of the blinding white chairs and began swivelling around. "As I was trying to explain, my methods only have an instant rejection rate of around one in ten thousand and long term health effects for one in five thousand."
"Numbers that are unacceptable as low as they are. The clones are genetic copies, they would very likely react similarly to the same treatment, possibly killing whole batches or threatening the long term health of our clones."
"I can work around that." She promised. "Give me embryonic clones to experiment on, let me speed up their growth as fast as I know to observe the long term effects, give me computer calculation time so I can figure out the viral vector with the lowest response rate."
"And you will be given all that and more as needed, as long as you work on modifications within certain boundaries."
Desnos wanted to respond, but Nee cut her off before she could respond.
"Doctor, you are too focused on the soldier part of this project. At the end of the day, we are not creating the ultimate soldier, we are creating a product for the republic. A product has to appeal to their sensibilities. The republic is majority human and related species, they will not react well if the clones are equipped with the kind of modifications you were proposing."
"The human form is so limiting, there are so many species out there suited better for this project."
"The buyer has their reasons." See added and sat down too. "See it as an additional challenge, both to make your retroviral treatments safe for the clones and to keep their outward appearance intact."
"Allright" She sighed. "You do realize this means it will all take longer, right?"
"Yes.", See leaned back. "But we have some time."