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=== ZENITH BOARD — Anagenese Verge (106 worlds rendered) ===
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--- PATROL (24 listings) ---
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[PATROL] The Border Is A Muscle
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 70 CR
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| THE BORDER IS A MUSCLE
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| A border is not a line, it is a muscle, and ours has been flexing in the same direction for a season while something on the far side measures the twitch. Our latest readings put MindWeave instruments at the exact point of our habitual response, waiting to see what we do once more. Do something they have not modelled. The Concord will fund the experiment gladly.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] MindWeave In The Habitable Band
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 120 CR
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| MINDWEAVE IN THE HABITABLE BAND
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| Contacts in the habitable band are loitering above our agri-domes where the light is best and the witnesses are most numerous. Nothing has been fired; MindWeave footage is being made, and everyone below can see whose sky they are trusting to hold it. The Concord pays well for demonstrations of its own. Go up there and out-perform them in whatever manner you prefer.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] Refit Watch
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 85 CR
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| REFIT WATCH
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| Our yards are mid-refit and for eleven days our pickets will fly light while their heavier frames hang open in dry-dock. Rivals read a yard schedule the way predators read a limping herd, and we have every reason to expect Apex arithmetic this cycle. Fly what you have, stay in company, and hold the field until the fleet closes its own gaps.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] Apex In The Habitable Band
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 115 CR
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| APEX IN THE HABITABLE BAND
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| Contacts in the habitable band are loitering above our agri-domes where the light is best and the witnesses are most numerous. Nothing has been fired; Apex footage is being made, and everyone below can see whose sky they are trusting to hold it. The Concord pays well for demonstrations of its own. Go up there and out-perform them in whatever manner you prefer.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] A Flaw In The Watch
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 80 CR
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| A FLAW IN THE WATCH
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| Our own picket rotation has a gap of four minutes twice a cycle — an inherited flaw we have meant to correct for two seasons. Somebody new to this system has found it and is flying through it with impressive regularity, and the pattern carries Apex fingerprints. Until engineering fixes us, hold the seam by hand. Whatever you catch in the gap belongs to your claim ledger.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] Apex Are Being Polite About It
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 85 CR
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| APEX ARE BEING POLITE ABOUT IT
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| Apex flights entered our space, hailed correctly, held formation at a legally unimpeachable distance, and stayed nine hours. Every dome in Anagenese Verge watched and none of us could do a thing by law. The Concord does not require you to be lawful in the same way we require you to be effective. Find a reason that survives review.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] MindWeave Wants Our Water Lane
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 90 CR
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| MINDWEAVE WANTS OUR WATER LANE
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| Our water hauls run a fixed lane for reasons of gravity, not sentiment, and something has learned the schedule. Two MindWeave near-misses in a week have already raised insurance across the whole ring, which is a way of taking a lane without firing. The Concord prices its thirst accordingly. Hold the lane and make the attempt expensive enough to be abandoned.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] Twelve Hours Of Nothing
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 95 CR
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| TWELVE HOURS OF NOTHING
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| For twelve hours our scopes will show nothing at all in the outer field — a scheduled calibration, unavoidable and completely invisible to anyone not in the know. Something in MindWeave space has noticed that we go blind on this rotation, and it would be unfortunate if they mistook the habit for an invitation. Stand patrol on the quiet side of our own blindness and correct any mistake they make.
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[PATROL] The Slow Ones Are The Problem
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 105 CR
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| THE SLOW ONES ARE THE PROBLEM
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| Our models flag two contacts in the outer field: one sprinting hard at our sensor edge, one crawling so slowly it barely registers. We know that pairing — fast to provoke, slow to measure the response. Apex are running tactics drills against Zenith reflexes, and we are obliged to be excellent students. Take the patient one first and let the fast one report what happened.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] MindWeave Are Naming Our Moons
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 95 CR
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| MINDWEAVE ARE NAMING OUR MOONS
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| Long-range transmissions from this system have begun referring to our moons by names that are not ours, in a syntax that assumes agreement. Renaming is how a rival files a claim without ever launching anything, and the Concord has read enough MindWeave traffic to know where that ends. Locate the transmitter, silence it, and let the record show which names survived.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] MindWeave Are Learning Our Voices Slowly
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 120 CR
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| MINDWEAVE ARE LEARNING OUR VOICES SLOWLY
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| A hauler was challenged in a cadence almost right and lived to describe it, which means the MindWeave rehearsal is early. Somebody is working our phrasing from recordings, badly enough that only a Concord pilot would catch it, and soon enough that they will not need to. Sweep the traffic lanes for the imitator before the accent improves.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] Apex Samples In Our Gravity
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 80 CR
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| APEX SAMPLES IN OUR GRAVITY
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| Two Apex hulls entered Anagenese Verge and took samples of our gravity well at the exact gradient our own survey ships use. That is curiosity with a budget, and curiosity this precise gets tested on us later at range. The Concord prefers its specimen data collected from its own stock. Sweep the survey vectors and return their instruments to them in a form they will find difficult to read.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] Whatever Is Under The Ice
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 80 CR
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| WHATEVER IS UNDER THE ICE
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| Our soundings under the fourth moon keep returning a hollow that was not on any survey and have stopped returning anything else, which is how concealment behaves when it is confident. Something has been installed in ground we own, and every model points toward MindWeave methods. Sweep downward as well as outward; the Concord pays for what you recover as much as for what you destroy.
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[PATROL] MindWeave Are Editing Our Border
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 115 CR
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| MINDWEAVE ARE EDITING OUR BORDER
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| Three beacons at the meridian have been moved — not destroyed, relocated by a few hundred kilometres in ways that make our own charts look sloppy to passing traffic. That is MindWeave patience with a surveyor's toolkit, and it works on weaker powers than ours. The Concord corrects errors. Find the crew doing this and file them along with their equipment, then reset the marks yourself.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] Perfection Has A Rival
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 75 CR
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| PERFECTION HAS A RIVAL
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| Something in this system is performing well — unnaturally so for unregistered traffic, holding formation tolerances that suggest either excellent breeding or excellent machinery, and the Concord does not care which. It cares whose it is. Our models leMindWeave. Identify the flight, test it at close range, and demonstrate the difference between competence and standards.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] Apex Are Learning Our Voices Slowly
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 120 CR
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| APEX ARE LEARNING OUR VOICES SLOWLY
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| A hauler was challenged in a cadence almost right and lived to describe it, which means the Apex rehearsal is early. Somebody is working our phrasing from recordings, badly enough that only a Concord pilot would catch it, and soon enough that they will not need to. Sweep the traffic lanes for the imitator before the accent improves.
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[PATROL] Apex Testing Our Patience
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 105 CR
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| APEX TESTING OUR PATIENCE
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| Apex craft have crossed into our space eleven times in a fortnight, always retreating at the exact instant our pilots would have to fire first, which is a discipline we respect and intend to break. They are counting how long restraint lasts here. Answer the count inside Anagenese Verge, where the ground and the law are both ours, and let them revise downward.
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[PATROL] MindWeave Are Teaching Us New Threats
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 110 CR
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| MINDWEAVE ARE TEACHING US NEW THREATS
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| Every engagement report this month describes a manoeuvre no one has seen before, executed once, never repeated, always withdrawn from at a range we cannot close. Our analysts call it field testing; the tested material is our doctrine. The Concord does not appreciate being an examination. Find whichever MindWeave unit is conducting it and grade it in the only currency that closes a report.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] Proving Ground
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 85 CR
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| PROVING GROUND
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| For six days something out of Apex space has been running weapons trials against our outer markers, aiming carefully at nothing and calling it navigation. Trials are how a rival measures what our armor is worth before deciding to buy or break it. The Concord will not fund that arithmetic with our habitats as the backstop. Fly out, meet them on their range, and change the subject of their study.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] MindWeave Are Being Polite About It
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 90 CR
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| MINDWEAVE ARE BEING POLITE ABOUT IT
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| MindWeave flights entered our space, hailed correctly, held formation at a legally unimpeachable distance, and stayed nine hours. Every dome in Anagenese Verge watched and none of us could do a thing by law. The Concord does not require you to be lawful in the same way we require you to be effective. Find a reason that survives review.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[PATROL] MindWeave Samples In Our Gravity
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 95 CR
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| MINDWEAVE SAMPLES IN OUR GRAVITY
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| Two MindWeave hulls entered Anagenese Verge and took samples of our gravity well at the exact gradient our own survey ships use. That is curiosity with a budget, and curiosity this precise gets tested on us later at range. The Concord prefers its specimen data collected from its own stock. Sweep the survey vectors and return their instruments to them in a form they will find difficult to read.
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[PATROL] They Keep Photographing The Yard
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 90 CR
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| THEY KEEP PHOTOGRAPHING THE YARD
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| Four separate Apex hulls have taken the same approach to our construction orbit in the same window, each for eleven minutes, each leaving before a formal challenge could be drafted. That is a data collection schedule and we are the subject. Somebody believes our next keel matters. Make their next collection attempt the last entry in the file.
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[PATROL] MindWeave Count Our Berths
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 75 CR
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| MINDWEAVE COUNT OUR BERTHS
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| A survey-grade pass has been made over our orbital yards at a dwell long enough to count berths, dry-dock cycles, and crew rotations. Building capacity is a weapon inventory and someone in MindWeave space now holds ours in readable form. The Concord does not permit audits. Find the auditor inside our own sky and cancel the engagement.
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[PATROL] A Patrol That Will Not Commit
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 90 CR
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| A PATROL THAT WILL NOT COMMIT
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| One MindWeave fighter has shadowed our picket line for two cycles, matching every turn without ever crossing a single metric we could lawfully cite. It is a contest of discipline and somebody hopes we will lose it loudly. The Concord does not lose composure and prefers not to lose pilots either. Fly the intercept with your safety on your nerve, and end the shadow by means that require no explanation.
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--- BOUNTY (35 listings) ---
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[BOUNTY] Apex Defection Handler
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 170 CR
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WANTED — SYLAINE PERDROV · “the kind voice on our own band”
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CHARGES — Recruiting our disaffected pilots into Apex frames
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CRAFT — Apex courier, clean-hulled and unhurried
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| the kind voice on our own band
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| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
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| APEX DEFECTION HANDLER
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| Sylaine Perdrov speaks kindly to our disaffected pilots on our own band and offers them better frames. Four have taken the offer; two were carrying something. Her office sits in Apex territory. Close it, politely.
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Graft Surgeon
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 205 CR
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WANTED — DOCTOR CASSILEM RHOATE · “he installs what we grow”
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CHARGES — Grafting captured Concord biological fittings onto Apex crews
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CRAFT — Apex medical craft with a very busy theatre
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| he installs what we grow
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| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
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| Doctor Cassilem Rhoate installs what we grow into Apex crews and calls the result improvement. Concord biological fittings are not trade goods; they are our people, borrowed. Recover them where he operates.
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Adoption Officer
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 220 CR
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WANTED — MAGISTRANE ILVO KESH · “the collector of other people's work”
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CHARGES — Adapting captured Concord fittings for Apex frames
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CRAFT — Apex fighter wearing borrowed Concord plating badly
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| the collector of other people's work
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| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
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| Magistrane Ilvo Kesh strips Concord fittings and bolts them into Apex frames, then flies them at us to see which hold. The Concord does not license its work. Cancel the adoption where she keeps her tools.
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[BOUNTY] Apex Escort Breaker
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 145 CR
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WANTED — HENDRIL VAUNCKER · “he takes the wingman first”
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CHARGES — Breaking our convoys by killing the closest escort
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CRAFT — Apex interceptor with a brutal merge rate
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| he takes the wingman first
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| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
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| APEX ESCORT BREAKER
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| Hendril Vauncke takes the wingman first, every time, because a convoy that grieves scatters faster than one that fights. Three escorts have learned this too late. Teach Apex the lesson in his own airspace.
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — MindWeave Salvage Admiral
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 195 CR
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WANTED — ROSALIND KERROVHANE · “she raises our dead to fly again”
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CHARGES — Refitting Concord wrecks for MindWeave service
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CRAFT — MindWeave heavy, recognisably one of ours under the wrong colours
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| she raises our dead to fly again
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
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| Rosalind Kerrovhane raises our dead and paints them for MindWeave service, flying hulls whose crews she never bothered to name. The Concord remembers every registry number. Take her yard apart in her own sky.
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — MindWeave Freight Inspector
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 155 CR
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WANTED — MARSHAL ODO VARNCKE · “he searches our hulls and keeps the interesting parts”
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CHARGES — Boarding Concord freight under someone else's authority
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CRAFT — MindWeave heavy escort with boarding claws bolted on
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| he searches our hulls and keeps the interesting parts
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
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| Marshal Odo Varncke boards Concord freight under someone else's authority and keeps whatever interests him. His paperwork is excellent and borrowed. End MindWeave's inspection round where the reports are filed.
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[BOUNTY] MindWeave Attrition Poet
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 155 CR
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WANTED — LIVYRA HONNOME · “she writes our losses into song”
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CHARGES — Broadcasting Concord defeats to make defection fashionable
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CRAFT — MindWeave broadcast craft with no visible weapons and no shame
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| she writes our losses into song
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
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| MINDWEAVE ATTRITION POET
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| Livyra Honnome writes our losses into broadcast song so that defection sounds fashionable by chorus. Our settlements hum her refrains without knowing the tune's source. Silence the singer inside MindWeave ground.
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[BOUNTY] MindWeave Doctrine Author
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 195 CR
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WANTED — COMMANDANT SEVERIN HALEK · “he writes the book we are in”
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CHARGES — Publishing tactics specifically for fighting Concord frames
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CRAFT — MindWeave command fit, escorted by people who memorised him
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| he writes the book we are in
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
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| MINDWEAVE DOCTRINE AUTHOR
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| Commandant Severin Halek publishes tactics for fighting Concord frames, chapter by chapter, using our last month as his notes. Our pilots have begun reading him first. Recall the author inside MindWeave territory.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — MindWeave Cold Trials Officer
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 210 CR
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WANTED — PETRA NOLVANE · “she freezes our systems to see what fails”
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CHARGES — Probing Concord armor against experimental cold loads
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CRAFT — MindWeave hull with radiators too large for its class
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| she freezes our systems to see what fails
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
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| Petra Nolvane freezes our systems to see which fail first, then files the number against a habitat's shield budget. She has used two of our stations as a test bench. Run MindWeave's trials officer off our stations, onto her own.
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — MindWeave Range Officer
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 220 CR
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WANTED — CAPTAIN OVID RANCKE · “he measures us with a ruler”
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CHARGES — Firing test shots across our claim line to grade his own guns
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CRAFT — MindWeave long-barrel, slow on purpose
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| he measures us with a ruler
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
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| Captain Ovid Rancke fires test shots across our claim line to grade his own guns, and files our restraint as windage. Three posts have been bracketed this month. Correct his measurements inside MindWeave ground.
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — MindWeave Weapon Proving Captain
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 235 CR
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WANTED — BRAM QUIROVENE · “new guns need old targets”
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CHARGES — Testing experimental loads on our forward posts
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CRAFT — MindWeave heavy with a barrel nobody has catalogued yet
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| new guns need old targets
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
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| Bram Quirovene tests experimental loads on our forward posts because new guns need old targets, and ours are near. Two habitats have been used as a data set. Refuse the role inside MindWeave territory instead.
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[BOUNTY] Apex Attrition Analyst
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 185 CR
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WANTED — DOCTORA ILMARET VOSS · “she counts what we can afford to lose”
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CHARGES — Modelling Concord losses to time the next push
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CRAFT — Apex observer, unarmed and unacceptably calm
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| she counts what we can afford to lose
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| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
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| APEX ATTRITION ANALYST
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| Doctora Ilmaret Voss models what the Concord can afford to lose and tells her commanders when we will have lost it. She counts our dead as inventory and files by week. Remove her from Apex ground early.
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[BOUNTY] MindWeave Pace Setter
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 140 CR
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WANTED — TOVIN ALDERQSNE · “he runs our lanes faster than we do”
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CHARGES — Running our courier schedule to prove it can be done
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CRAFT — MindWeave sprinter, tanks stretched past the warranty
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| he runs our lanes faster than we do
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
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| MINDWEAVE PACE SETTER
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| Tovin Alderqsne runs our courier lanes faster than their owners do, timing us from the inside of the schedule he stole. Speed we can answer; theft of tempo we cannot. Break his run in MindWeave ground.
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Cold Trials Officer
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 160 CR
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WANTED — PETRA NOLVANE · “she freezes our systems to see what fails”
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CHARGES — Probing Concord armor against experimental cold loads
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CRAFT — Apex hull with radiators too large for its class
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| she freezes our systems to see what fails
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| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
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| Petra Nolvane freezes our systems to see which fail first, then files the number against a habitat's shield budget. She has used two of our stations as a test bench. Run Apex's trials officer off our stations, onto her own.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[BOUNTY] MindWeave Attrition Analyst
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 195 CR
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WANTED — DOCTORA ILMARET VOSS · “she counts what we can afford to lose”
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CHARGES — Modelling Concord losses to time the next push
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CRAFT — MindWeave observer, unarmed and unacceptably calm
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| she counts what we can afford to lose
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
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| MINDWEAVE ATTRITION ANALYST
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| Doctora Ilmaret Voss models what the Concord can afford to lose and tells her commanders when we will have lost it. She counts our dead as inventory and files by week. Remove her from MindWeave ground early.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Harbour Auditor
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 210 CR
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WANTED — MEZZA FULCRONNE · “she knows which of our docks are empty”
|
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CHARGES — Auditing our berth occupancy for Apex planners
|
||
CRAFT — Apex light, dressed as customs traffic
|
||
| she knows which of our docks are empty
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
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| Mezza Fulcronne audits our berth occupancy for planners who want to know which docks stand empty at shift change. Her tables are precise and sold. Close the audit inside Apex territory before the next census.
|
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
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|
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[BOUNTY] MindWeave Defection Handler
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 180 CR
|
||
WANTED — SYLAINE PERDROV · “the kind voice on our own band”
|
||
CHARGES — Recruiting our disaffected pilots into MindWeave frames
|
||
CRAFT — MindWeave courier, clean-hulled and unhurried
|
||
| the kind voice on our own band
|
||
| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
|
||
| MINDWEAVE DEFECTION HANDLER
|
||
| Sylaine Perdrov speaks kindly to our disaffected pilots on our own band and offers them better frames. Four have taken the offer; two were carrying something. Her office sits in MindWeave territory. Close it, politely.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
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|
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — MindWeave Harbour Auditor
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 160 CR
|
||
WANTED — MEZZA FULCRONNE · “she knows which of our docks are empty”
|
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CHARGES — Auditing our berth occupancy for MindWeave planners
|
||
CRAFT — MindWeave light, dressed as customs traffic
|
||
| she knows which of our docks are empty
|
||
| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
|
||
| Mezza Fulcronne audits our berth occupancy for planners who want to know which docks stand empty at shift change. Her tables are precise and sold. Close the audit inside MindWeave territory before the next census.
|
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[BOUNTY] MindWeave Escort Breaker
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 225 CR
|
||
WANTED — HENDRIL VAUNCKER · “he takes the wingman first”
|
||
CHARGES — Breaking our convoys by killing the closest escort
|
||
CRAFT — MindWeave interceptor with a brutal merge rate
|
||
| he takes the wingman first
|
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
|
||
| MINDWEAVE ESCORT BREAKER
|
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| Hendril Vauncke takes the wingman first, every time, because a convoy that grieves scatters faster than one that fights. Three escorts have learned this too late. Teach MindWeave the lesson in his own airspace.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
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|
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[BOUNTY] MindWeave Merit Broker
|
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 160 CR
|
||
WANTED — ILES KARAMOREV · “he buys our veterans”
|
||
CHARGES — Purchasing trained Concord pilots with MindWeave credits
|
||
CRAFT — MindWeave fast courier, never carrying anything traceable
|
||
| he buys our veterans
|
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| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
|
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| MINDWEAVE MERIT BROKER
|
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| Iles Karamorev buys trained Concord pilots with MindWeave credits, which costs us years of grove-work per head. He recruits our best by paying them what we should. End his market in MindWeave ground.
|
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
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|
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[BOUNTY] MindWeave Line Inspector
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 175 CR
|
||
WANTED — ADRIENNE KELVOCK · “she walks our fences”
|
||
CHARGES — Charting weak sectors of our picket line for MindWeave use
|
||
CRAFT — MindWeave patrol frame flown with irritating legality
|
||
| she walks our fences
|
||
| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
|
||
| MINDWEAVE LINE INSPECTOR
|
||
| Adrienne Kelvock walks our picket fence in eleven legal passes and charts the sectors that reinforce slowest. Her survey is better than ours and hers are the plans now. Correct MindWeave's findings in person.
|
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
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|
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[BOUNTY] Apex Pace Setter
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 155 CR
|
||
WANTED — TOVIN ALDERQSNE · “he runs our lanes faster than we do”
|
||
CHARGES — Running our courier schedule to prove it can be done
|
||
CRAFT — Apex sprinter, tanks stretched past the warranty
|
||
| he runs our lanes faster than we do
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
||
| APEX PACE SETTER
|
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| Tovin Alderqsne runs our courier lanes faster than their owners do, timing us from the inside of the schedule he stole. Speed we can answer; theft of tempo we cannot. Break his run in Apex ground.
|
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
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|
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[BOUNTY] Apex Merit Broker
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 145 CR
|
||
WANTED — ILES KARAMOREV · “he buys our veterans”
|
||
CHARGES — Purchasing trained Concord pilots with Apex credits
|
||
CRAFT — Apex fast courier, never carrying anything traceable
|
||
| he buys our veterans
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
||
| APEX MERIT BROKER
|
||
| Iles Karamorev buys trained Concord pilots with Apex credits, which costs us years of grove-work per head. He recruits our best by paying them what we should. End his market in Apex ground.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Bloodline Forger
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 150 CR
|
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WANTED — ANSELM VOCHANE · “he fakes what we breed”
|
||
CHARGES — Selling forged Concord lineage papers to Apex pilots
|
||
CRAFT — Apex escort, paperwork-forward and gun-light
|
||
| he fakes what we breed
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
||
| Anselm Vochane sells forged Concord lineage papers to Apex pilots, which is not fraud but theft of a kind we cannot reprint. His stock passes scans. Find the press before the paper becomes history.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
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[BOUNTY] Apex Attrition Poet
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 240 CR
|
||
WANTED — LIVYRA HONNOME · “she writes our losses into song”
|
||
CHARGES — Broadcasting Concord defeats to make defection fashionable
|
||
CRAFT — Apex broadcast craft with no visible weapons and no shame
|
||
| she writes our losses into song
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
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| APEX ATTRITION POET
|
||
| Livyra Honnome writes our losses into broadcast song so that defection sounds fashionable by chorus. Our settlements hum her refrains without knowing the tune's source. Silence the singer inside Apex ground.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Cadre Prime
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 210 CR
|
||
WANTED — VALENTIN MORVACAE · “the season's entire opposition”
|
||
CHARGES — Directing every probe, trial and provocation against Zenith space
|
||
CRAFT — Apex command frame with a screen of believers
|
||
| the season's entire opposition
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
||
| Valentin Morvacae directs every probe, trial and provocation against Zenith space from one desk and expects a promotion. The Concord promotes excellence too, but not at our expense. Remove Apex's season-long opposition.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Freight Inspector
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 190 CR
|
||
WANTED — MARSHAL ODO VARNCKE · “he searches our hulls and keeps the interesting parts”
|
||
CHARGES — Boarding Concord freight under someone else's authority
|
||
CRAFT — Apex heavy escort with boarding claws bolted on
|
||
| he searches our hulls and keeps the interesting parts
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
||
| Marshal Odo Varncke boards Concord freight under someone else's authority and keeps whatever interests him. His paperwork is excellent and borrowed. End Apex's inspection round where the reports are filed.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Weapon Proving Captain
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 150 CR
|
||
WANTED — BRAM QUIROVENE · “new guns need old targets”
|
||
CHARGES — Testing experimental loads on our forward posts
|
||
CRAFT — Apex heavy with a barrel nobody has catalogued yet
|
||
| new guns need old targets
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
||
| Bram Quirovene tests experimental loads on our forward posts because new guns need old targets, and ours are near. Two habitats have been used as a data set. Refuse the role inside Apex territory instead.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[BOUNTY] WANTED — MindWeave Graft Surgeon
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 155 CR
|
||
WANTED — DOCTOR CASSILEM RHOATE · “he installs what we grow”
|
||
CHARGES — Grafting captured Concord biological fittings onto MindWeave crews
|
||
CRAFT — MindWeave medical craft with a very busy theatre
|
||
| he installs what we grow
|
||
| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
|
||
| Doctor Cassilem Rhoate installs what we grow into MindWeave crews and calls the result improvement. Concord biological fittings are not trade goods; they are our people, borrowed. Recover them where he operates.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[BOUNTY] Apex Sensor Surgeon
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 240 CR
|
||
WANTED — KELVA DRUMMANE · “she cuts the eyes out politely”
|
||
CHARGES — Blinding our pickets without firing a shot
|
||
CRAFT — Apex electronic hull with more cooling than armor
|
||
| she cuts the eyes out politely
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
||
| APEX SENSOR SURGEON
|
||
| Kelva Drummane blinds our pickets without firing a shot and leaves the crews conscious of the dark. She calls it surgery and charges for the lesson. Take her table apart inside Apex ground.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[BOUNTY] Apex Doctrine Author
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 155 CR
|
||
WANTED — COMMANDANT SEVERIN HALEK · “he writes the book we are in”
|
||
CHARGES — Publishing tactics specifically for fighting Concord frames
|
||
CRAFT — Apex command fit, escorted by people who memorised him
|
||
| he writes the book we are in
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
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| APEX DOCTRINE AUTHOR
|
||
| Commandant Severin Halek publishes tactics for fighting Concord frames, chapter by chapter, using our last month as his notes. Our pilots have begun reading him first. Recall the author inside Apex territory.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Range Officer
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 205 CR
|
||
WANTED — CAPTAIN OVID RANCKE · “he measures us with a ruler”
|
||
CHARGES — Firing test shots across our claim line to grade his own guns
|
||
CRAFT — Apex long-barrel, slow on purpose
|
||
| he measures us with a ruler
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
||
| Captain Ovid Rancke fires test shots across our claim line to grade his own guns, and files our restraint as windage. Three posts have been bracketed this month. Correct his measurements inside Apex ground.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — MindWeave Break-In Pilot
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 240 CR
|
||
WANTED — RONVEL SANDORCKE · “he flies our frames better than we do”
|
||
CHARGES — Test-flying captured Concord hulls for MindWeave evaluation
|
||
CRAFT — an a hull built to our lines by people who never earned them
|
||
| he flies our frames better than we do
|
||
| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
|
||
| Ronvel Sandorcke flies captured Concord hulls better than their pilots did, which tells MindWeave planners exactly where our frames break. He enjoys the evaluation visibly. Ground his test airframe in his own sky.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[BOUNTY] MindWeave Sensor Surgeon
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Orebody Choir PAYOUT — 230 CR
|
||
WANTED — KELVA DRUMMANE · “she cuts the eyes out politely”
|
||
CHARGES — Blinding our pickets without firing a shot
|
||
CRAFT — MindWeave electronic hull with more cooling than armor
|
||
| she cuts the eyes out politely
|
||
| DESTINATION — OREBODY CHOIR
|
||
| MINDWEAVE SENSOR SURGEON
|
||
| Kelva Drummane blinds our pickets without firing a shot and leaves the crews conscious of the dark. She calls it surgery and charges for the lesson. Take her table apart inside MindWeave ground.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
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[BOUNTY] WANTED — Apex Break-In Pilot
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Keshine Tally PAYOUT — 170 CR
|
||
WANTED — RONVEL SANDORCKE · “he flies our frames better than we do”
|
||
CHARGES — Test-flying captured Concord hulls for Apex evaluation
|
||
CRAFT — an a hull built to our lines by people who never earned them
|
||
| he flies our frames better than we do
|
||
| DESTINATION — KESHINE TALLY
|
||
| Ronvel Sandorcke flies captured Concord hulls better than their pilots did, which tells Apex planners exactly where our frames break. He enjoys the evaluation visibly. Ground his test airframe in his own sky.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
--- ESCORT (30 listings) ---
|
||
|
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[ESCORT] The Gene Vault Run
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 280 CR
|
||
| THE GENE VAULT RUN
|
||
| A vault ship carrying eleven generations of Concord stock is standing still inside Apex territory with a drive fault and a security doctrine that forbids towing by strangers. She will accept your link because we have told her to, which is the only introduction available. Bring her home through Apex whatever-rises, and let nothing be scanned on the way out. Destination: Anagenese Verge.
|
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
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[ESCORT] Apex Are Counting What We Rescue
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 295 CR
|
||
| APEX ARE COUNTING WHAT WE RESCUE
|
||
| Every recovery we have run this season was watched, timed, and filed by Apex analysts — a running estimate of what a Concord hull costs us to fetch. Our people suggest the price is about to rise sharply, so let us set the last figure now. Link fast, hold nothing back, deliver to Anagenese Verge, and be paid for the arithmetic.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] MindWeave Have A Reason To Be Polite
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 245 CR
|
||
| MINDWEAVE HAVE A REASON TO BE POLITE
|
||
| Our freighter Aurelian took shelter in MindWeave territory during a drive failure and has been treated beautifully for eleven days, which means they have asked her captain something he has not yet answered. Politeness with a deadline is a countdown. Get her off that ground, link to your wing, and finish the delivery at Anagenese Verge.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] A Debt Owed In Apex Ground
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 280 CR
|
||
| A DEBT OWED IN APEX GROUND
|
||
| Two Concord hulls are inside Apex border on a private contract nobody in our registry will sign for, and their people are now somebody else's leverage. They went as free pilots; they will come back as our problem, which we accept. Link them both, hold the formation tight, and get them home to Anagenese Verge. The Concord pays debts it did not authorise.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] Three Hulls Stuck In Apex Ground
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 265 CR
|
||
| THREE HULLS STUCK IN APEX GROUND
|
||
| A tow pair went in past the border to help a stranded hauler and got stuck helping — three hulls now standing in Apex ground with increasingly theoretical options. The Concord does not write off crews who make that choice; it sends someone better than them. Link all three and bring the whole stubborn lot home to Anagenese Verge.
|
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] MindWeave Are Waiting For A Better Cargo
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 295 CR
|
||
| MINDWEAVE ARE WAITING FOR A BETTER CARGO
|
||
| Our tender Meridian Fold is carrying reactor stock worth more than her own hull through ground that MindWeave hold and have, frankly, been studying. They will want the moment she moves and they will be wrong about how fast she can go. Fly escort from the link outward, keep her between you and whoever rises, and put her down at Anagenese Verge.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] Apex Hold Our Medical Barge
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 245 CR
|
||
| APEX HOLD OUR MEDICAL BARGE
|
||
| A medical barge out of our second ring crossed into Apex territory chasing a distress signal that we now believe was written for her. Her crew is intact, her patients are not, and something outside wants her to open up. The Concord does not leave its own healers to be examined by rivals. Bring her home to Anagenese Verge, fast enough that the argument never starts.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] Our Own Ship, The Wrong Sky
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 215 CR
|
||
| OUR OWN SHIP, THE WRONG SKY
|
||
| The hauler Perfection Waits is flying home under her own power and someone else's risk — she routed through Apex ground on a shortcut our own charts should never have printed. Somebody will make an example of her before she clears the border. Meet her at the last rock, hold the lane open, and bring her into Anagenese Verge where the chart is ours.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] The Seedlings Are Awake
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 290 CR
|
||
| THE SEEDLINGS ARE AWAKE
|
||
| A Concord agri-barge carries forty thousand dormant seedlings that have begun waking early because her hold lost heat inside Apex ground, and her captain will not leave until somebody guarantees the crop. He is right; a generation of work rides in those trays. Escort him out through whatever Apex think the harvest is worth, and set her down at Anagenese Verge.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] Apex Are Being Hospitable
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 260 CR
|
||
| APEX ARE BEING HOSPITABLE
|
||
| A Zenith tug holds station. Our hauler Seren Reach has been invited to refuel by her Apex neighbours, on their terms, at their distance, with their cameras running. Hospitality like that is a receipt for whatever comes next. The Concord prefers its obligations unpaid. Fly in, break the invitation off politely or not, and bring her home to Anagenese Verge with her registry unbroken.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] A Debt Owed In MindWeave Ground
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 265 CR
|
||
| A DEBT OWED IN MINDWEAVE GROUND
|
||
| Two Concord hulls are inside MindWeave border on a private contract nobody in our registry will sign for, and their people are now somebody else's leverage. They went as free pilots; they will come back as our problem, which we accept. Link them both, hold the formation tight, and get them home to Anagenese Verge. The Concord pays debts it did not authorise.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] One Of Ours Is Parked In A Rival's Yard
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 235 CR
|
||
| ONE OF OURS IS PARKED IN A RIVAL'S YARD
|
||
| A Concord freighter took engine trouble into the wrong sky and now sits in MindWeave-held ground with a crew that has begun negotiating out of boredom. We do not negotiate; we pay recovery instead, which is cheaper and reads better. Link at her coordinates, take the convoy out under whatever guns you can keep warm, and deliver her back to Anagenese Verge.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] Apex Are Timing Our Rescue
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 300 CR
|
||
| APEX ARE TIMING OUR RESCUE
|
||
| We know exactly where our stranded tug sits inside Apex territory, and so, by the quality of their recent patience, do they. A rescue that arrives on schedule simply joins the exhibit. Arrive badly: come in fast, link early, and take her home to Anagenese Verge at a time nobody has written down yet.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] MindWeave Are Being Hospitable
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 230 CR
|
||
| MINDWEAVE ARE BEING HOSPITABLE
|
||
| A Zenith tug holds station. Our hauler Seren Reach has been invited to refuel by her MindWeave neighbours, on their terms, at their distance, with their cameras running. Hospitality like that is a receipt for whatever comes next. The Concord prefers its obligations unpaid. Fly in, break the invitation off politely or not, and bring her home to Anagenese Verge with her registry unbroken.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] MindWeave Are Counting What We Rescue
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 225 CR
|
||
| MINDWEAVE ARE COUNTING WHAT WE RESCUE
|
||
| Every recovery we have run this season was watched, timed, and filed by MindWeave analysts — a running estimate of what a Concord hull costs us to fetch. Our people suggest the price is about to rise sharply, so let us set the last figure now. Link fast, hold nothing back, deliver to Anagenese Verge, and be paid for the arithmetic.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] Apex Are Asking For Our Flight Records
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 245 CR
|
||
| APEX ARE ASKING FOR OUR FLIGHT RECORDS
|
||
| Our courier Bellamy Voh has been asked, courteously and repeatedly, to surrender her flight records while she waits in Apex space for a repair that will never arrive. Those records hold the performance envelope of every frame we fly, and the request itself is an act of war with better table manners. Take her convoy out and deliver it to Anagenese Verge.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] Bring Back The Trials Pilot
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 230 CR
|
||
| BRING BACK THE TRIALS PILOT
|
||
| A Concord test pilot pushed an experimental frame two gate-hops past his welcome to prove a point about range and is now sitting in Apex space with the proof and no escort. We agree with his conclusion; we require the airframe back and unexamined. Link him, cover him, and finish the demonstration over Anagenese Verge. His arrogance becomes doctrine if he survives it.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] Apex Inspection Scheduled In Fourteen Hours
|
||
ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 235 CR
|
||
| APEX INSPECTION SCHEDULED IN FOURTEEN HOURS
|
||
| Rival authorities have scheduled an inspection of our freighter Halcyon Stand inside fourteen hours, and the Concord prefers its hulls examined by nobody. She is whole, her crew is armed and quiet, and the border between her and us belongs to Apex for the whole distance. Link, move before the paperwork arrives, and deliver her to Anagenese Verge.
|
||
| ACCEPT CONTRACT
|
||
|
||
[ESCORT] Apex Are Holding Our Chirurgeon
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 285 CR
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| APEX ARE HOLDING OUR CHIRURGEON
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| A Concord surgeon was invited to consult across the border and has not been permitted to leave now that the consultation is finished; her knowledge of our biology is more useful to Apex alive than dead, which is why she will be moved tonight. Her transport waits at the given coordinates. Bring her and the ship home to Anagenese Verge.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[ESCORT] The Long Walk Out Of MindWeave Ground
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 210 CR
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| THE LONG WALK OUT OF MINDWEAVE GROUND
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| One of our survey hulls lost her drive three jumps from anywhere friendly and drifted, under MindWeave watch, into a patience contest she is losing. She can be towed, she can be shielded, and she cannot do either herself. Take the link, hold her on your line, and deliver her into Anagenese Verge. The Concord pays for endurance and doubles it for results.
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[ESCORT] Apex Are Waiting For A Better Cargo
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 215 CR
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| APEX ARE WAITING FOR A BETTER CARGO
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| Our tender Meridian Fold is carrying reactor stock worth more than her own hull through ground that Apex hold and have, frankly, been studying. They will want the moment she moves and they will be wrong about how fast she can go. Fly escort from the link outward, keep her between you and whoever rises, and put her down at Anagenese Verge.
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[ESCORT] MindWeave Have Seen Her Registries
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 300 CR
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| MINDWEAVE HAVE SEEN HER REGISTRIES
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| Our courier Adaline Voh has been held to a very polite inspection in MindWeave ground for nine days, and every hour she spends there her manifests get read by people who were trained to read them. Nothing is being taken yet, which means the plan involves her choosing to leave. Take the convoy out of that arrangement and deliver her to Anagenese Verge, un-read.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[ESCORT] The Family Barge
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 300 CR
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| THE FAMILY BARGE
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| A Concord family barge — three generations, one very old drive — crossed for a funeral and cannot leave without an escort she does not deserve to need, while Apex traffic makes a polite habit of passing close. Her crew will not abandon the ship and neither will we, at this price. Link at her coordinates and set them down in Anagenese Verge.
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[ESCORT] MindWeave Are Timing Our Rescue
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 300 CR
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| MINDWEAVE ARE TIMING OUR RESCUE
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| We know exactly where our stranded tug sits inside MindWeave territory, and so, by the quality of their recent patience, do they. A rescue that arrives on schedule simply joins the exhibit. Arrive badly: come in fast, link early, and take her home to Anagenese Verge at a time nobody has written down yet.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[ESCORT] The Long Walk Out Of Apex Ground
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 265 CR
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| THE LONG WALK OUT OF APEX GROUND
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| One of our survey hulls lost her drive three jumps from anywhere friendly and drifted, under Apex watch, into a patience contest she is losing. She can be towed, she can be shielded, and she cannot do either herself. Take the link, hold her on your line, and deliver her into Anagenese Verge. The Concord pays for endurance and doubles it for results.
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[ESCORT] MindWeave Are Holding Our Chirurgeon
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 235 CR
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| MINDWEAVE ARE HOLDING OUR CHIRURGEON
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| A Concord surgeon was invited to consult across the border and has not been permitted to leave now that the consultation is finished; her knowledge of our biology is more useful to MindWeave alive than dead, which is why she will be moved tonight. Her transport waits at the given coordinates. Bring her and the ship home to Anagenese Verge.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[ESCORT] Three Hulls Stuck In MindWeave Ground
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 230 CR
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| THREE HULLS STUCK IN MINDWEAVE GROUND
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| A tow pair went in past the border to help a stranded hauler and got stuck helping — three hulls now standing in MindWeave ground with increasingly theoretical options. The Concord does not write off crews who make that choice; it sends someone better than them. Link all three and bring the whole stubborn lot home to Anagenese Verge.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[ESCORT] MindWeave Are Asking For Our Flight Records
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 230 CR
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| MINDWEAVE ARE ASKING FOR OUR FLIGHT RECORDS
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| Our courier Bellamy Voh has been asked, courteously and repeatedly, to surrender her flight records while she waits in MindWeave space for a repair that will never arrive. Those records hold the performance envelope of every frame we fly, and the request itself is an act of war with better table manners. Take her convoy out and deliver it to Anagenese Verge.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[ESCORT] Apex Have A Reason To Be Polite
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — apex GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 255 CR
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| APEX HAVE A REASON TO BE POLITE
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| Our freighter Aurelian took shelter in Apex territory during a drive failure and has been treated beautifully for eleven days, which means they have asked her captain something he has not yet answered. Politeness with a deadline is a countdown. Get her off that ground, link to your wing, and finish the delivery at Anagenese Verge.
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| ACCEPT CONTRACT
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[ESCORT] MindWeave Would Like Our Crew Lists
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ISSUER — Zenith Concord ENEMY — mindweave GROUND — Anagenese Verge PAYOUT — 290 CR
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| MINDWEAVE WOULD LIKE OUR CREW LISTS
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| A Concord passenger run is standing in MindWeave ground with four hundred names aboard, and a very reasonable demand to file them for inspection. Our crews are the only record our rivals cannot fabricate, so we treat that request as what it is: an intelligence operation with manners. Link the convoy, ignore the demand, deliver the ship to Anagenese Verge.
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