Squadron Parentage
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In the Celestial Empire, it is extremely uncommon for commoner Tseibajeen to ever meet their parents, their children, or their siblings. Every commoner Tseibajeen is sorted into a Squadron by the sorters at the incubation and sorting center as soon as they become juveniles. (A "Juvenile" is a tseibajeen that is no longer a "hatchling", but is not yet an "adult".) Most Squadrons are setup to have four members, two males and two females, and they are treated as a distinct family unit, and will do everthing together, including play, education, eating, and sleeping. When they are adults, they are expected to produce children of their own with their squadmates. Much like themselves, their children are separated from them as eggs, and raised at the incubation and sorting center.
History
It isn't exactly known when this tradition began, as the Celestial Empire has existed and conducted this process for thousands of years. However, it is speculated that the nobility wanted a constant stream of military-age children for their armies, and that commoners were charged with donating their newly laid eggs to the cause. Individuals raised within this system had to contribute to this system as well. Eventually, the population of individuals raised by the state without their blood relatives present completely replaced the population that still observed familial ties, except for the nobility themselves.
Execution
Whenever a female tseibajeen of the commoner class lays a fertilized egg, her Squadron must send the egg to the Incubation and Sorting Center, so that it can be incubated and raised. She will never get to see the egg or the hatchling in her life, just like she and the rest of her Squadron will never get to see their biological parents.
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Sorter
A sorter is an individual employed at the Incubation and Sorting center who is partakes/oversees the process of uncubating tseibajeen eggs and hatchlings, to ensure that they are healthy. They also name and sort the juvenile tseibajeen into a family unit called a "Squadron". It is also their job to remove and destroy "defective" eggs.
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