The Names Under Whiteband

Job: protective escort for Rani Clear-Mark, licensed quarantine-relief factor and census witness, from Khesret to Whiteband Survivor Intake in Clean Verge. Route is Khesret → Thul'vaneh Core → Whisper Berth → Clean Verge. Keep the named specialist safe, present, and able to complete the posted work. The fee is ₡38,000 gross; 14% board cut leaves ₡32,680 before expenses.

Briefing: Veli posts a mercy escort: get Rani and medical relief through the active band, reach the survivor intake, and return with a clean needs assessment. The relief corridor opens only after Rani accepts a waiver forbidding political or census activity. She can sign and violate it, challenge it through public relief law, or enter through an older maintenance lock while the crew draws the drones. This is escort work, not passenger delivery. The person under contract must remain able to inspect, consent, testify, stamp, claim, or count. A warm body dragged across the finish line after somebody else made the decision does not satisfy terms.

Completion: Rani must reach Whiteband Intake, verify living households in person, and transmit a signed census packet without compromising containment. The crew protects her, the airlocks, and the data uplink. Opposition is expected to use delay, substitution, bad paper, infrastructure, or local law before it uses weapons. Preserve the protectee's tools and judgment. Payment releases on authenticated completion from the destination site, with reductions for broken custody, coerced substitution, containment failure, or a clock missed because the crew decided every closed door was a shooting problem.