Fiction:Salsetthe Republic/Testing Initiative

Overview
The Salsetthe Republic's Testing Initiative is a relatively small starbase-like structure located in the Astecor sector. The few prisoners that the Salsetthe Republic takes are sent here as long as they're cleared to be admitted in, after they've been knocked completely unconscious, submitted to mind probes, and placed inside a customized stasis chamber. Inside, their mind is uploaded to a virtual reality where the testing takes place.

History and Information
At first, the Testing Initiative was built for psychological experiments, such as seeing how different species react and adapt to different environments and how to most efficiently "break" the mind of an individual so then even if they were rescued somehow, they could no longer function as an individual. In many ways, the Testing Initiative still is that, but it has become a source of information and entertainment for some members of the Salsetthe Republic. Many of the tests were inspired by some of the things they observed on Earth when they were observing its progress. Some examples include the video game Portal, Team Fortress 2, various scenarios from books, and a much more complicated game of chess. The rest were of their invention or inspired by activities they observed from other civilizations. The way they choose what test each individual will be placed in is by analyzing their species' mental capacity, physical abilities, and the individual's abilities. For example, an individual from a much less intelligent species (i.e. the Loron) would be placed in a much different test than that of a much more intelligent species or one with more unique physiology or abilities.

The Tests
Currently one of the most common test programs running in many ways resembles the Earth video game Portal. The individual, using a portal gun, must complete puzzles in individual test chambers before they can continue. Approximately 67% of all test participants in the facility are uploaded to that test. If an individual fails a test chamber, which would result in them usually dying if it was in real life, their life is terminated. Exceptions generally include falling from heights and some minor hazards. Around 31% of the test participants are part of a much more violent game of capture the flag, much like that of Team Fortress 2. Individuals must defend their flag while trying to capture the enemy's flag and bringing it back to their base. Each individual gets seven lives before their life is terminated. Individuals are also prevented from identifying each other as their actual form due to a part of the coding. The remaining 2%, provided that they don't have any special telepathic abilities or anything that might end up in them communicating with anyone outside the facility, are submitted to medical testing. If a scan using a tricorder or some other sort of scanner isn't sufficient, they remotely perform a dissection of the individual after their life has been terminated. The reason why they perform it remotely is the chance that the individual might carry some sort of disease or is some sort of biological weapon, or is carrying one. Others are exposed to various biological weapons and other things if the Salsetthe Republic were to ever decide to exterminate their species. If an individual's telepathic abilities can't be suppressed, they are immediately disposed of. Cybernetic implants are removed unless it can be confirmed that it can't be used to communicate with anyone/anything outside the facility.