Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170207011746

"Slavery, bad? I have never heard of a Khet that doesn't own at the very least dozens of servants and hundreds of Soulless ones, it's a common practice one I suspect to last as long as this universe does."

- Ras'kut explaining Nektan culture to a terran

The Nektan employ many forms of slavery from manual labor, civil servants, to personal servants. Servants come in two forms mortal and Soulless (Machines) the later is the cheaper  option for most Khets (Each Khet though is expected to have at least a few mortal servants).

Soulless are machines (The Nektan classification for a machine and a sentient being are a bit different from ours). They are used for anything from guard duty, manual labor, and servant duties employed across the Empire.

Soulless that are personal servants are generally given some form of 'individuality' from anything as simple as smoking a pipe to having a love for certain music. The level of the individuality depends on what the master wants.

Under Nektan law Soulless are property and have no individual rights (Save those with actual personalities they are granted a few rights)

Soulless are also used for specialized roles like translators (This is because most Nektan find learning another language as degrading and below them), envoys (Once again dealing with one of a lesser race is seen below a Nektan although a Nektan will be present they will not be the actual envoy), and middle men (Same reasons as for envoy) these types of Soulless are given greater personalities and rights and are generally considered above the common citizen but not full fledged nobles.

The Appearance of a Soulless depends on the master although most have a humanoid shape with the clan symbol on the chest or face and generally 'wear' traditional clothing (Like a skirt) it is very common to decorate a Soulless with gold, lapis, and jewelry to show off the wealth of the master. Lower ranking soulless like workers receive no such decorations. 