Nox set the contract on the records glass beside the statute, both notices under one light. The document priced each team, each casualty bond, each recovered item, and left every signature line open for a graduate to refuse.
"Read the terms before you decide the rector wrote them," Nox said, turning the glass toward the instructor tier. "I wrote them, and I priced them against the law he stands behind."
{ First Citadel rescue contract: extraction of isolated licensed units, priced per team, casualty bond posted in advance, recovered items retained by the extracting party. Acceptance valid from any trapped graduate. No rank sponsor required. Refusal carries no penalty. }
"Splitting the contract onto the raid feed now, every trapped pocket reads the terms in the count the rector reads them," Diana said, opening both channels.
The nation watched an unlicensed party post a price where the license had posted only silence.
