Guild Mission

Jin-Ah's slate synchronized with the public bounty frequency, and the harsh angular glyphs rearranged themselves into clean text.

[High-Hazard Expeditionary Contract: Driftmark Mining Guild]

[Classification: Nest Extermination & Territorial Reclamation] 

[Target Zone: Sector Delta-Nine (The Obsidian Vein)] 

[Threat Profile: Void-Beast Infestation (Organized Swarm Hive)]

[Operational Status: Critical / Mining Suspended] 

[Bounty Payout: 20,000 Zuni (Direct Guild Treasury Transfer)]

[Secondary Concession: Exclusive First-Claim Salvage Rights on Primary Core Ore] 

[Warning: Three licensed mining gunboats lost with all hands… Two mercenary escorts routed with catastrophic structural failure… Sector Delta-Nine quarantined under lethal-hazard protocol.]

"Twenty thousand..." Harper breathed.