Rim Atmo Survey, New Kingston

Job: escort one Colonial Affairs field surveyor and a sealed ecology kit to New Kingston — four hops through Sol space, deploy a mobile atmo/dust rig on the escarpment above the condenser district, run colony health metrics, upload the chain, come home. James Porter talks in particulate counts and filter change intervals. Claire Hammond at the Rim Ecology desk talks in liability law. Both swear it's template filler for a frontier charter that doesn't want to become a screamsheet lawsuit.

Briefing: Hammond books instrument custody — primary protocol only on the writ you sign: atmo composition, dust load, condenser bleed particulates, baseline colony health indices. Council co-sign required before the masts spin up. Porter loads vibration pads and treats the kit like evidence. You ride Khesret → Sol → Alpha Centauri → Lacera → the ridge pad overlooking a poor strip and a Witness Security annex that isn't on the ecology brief. Upload on chain acceptance. Soft clock — fourteen-day survey window.

Terms: ₡23,500 gross, 10% desk fee, Rank 2 minimum. Honest money for honest science — except the crate ships with a second sealed sleeve labeled Colonial Affairs Form 77-E that maps berth traffic and intake patterns on the same ridge where someone recently hunted a protected witness. MODERATE on the board because the job is paperwork and particulates until a quiet professional offers cash to borrow one hour of intake logs.