He filed the B-Rank challenge in the morning.
The registration hall's challenge desk was the same desk he had used for the C-Rank challenge four months ago. The same clerk, who recognised him now and reached for the correct form without being asked. The B-Rank challenge form was longer than the C-Rank version—more evidence categories, a higher documentation threshold, a requirement for output assessments at B-adjacent level rather than simply above current rank.
He filled it in at the desk rather than taking it to a table. He knew what it contained.
Evidence: combat record from C-Rank work, three months of zone fourteen and zone fifteen boundary data, the Division's monitoring record from the eastern district event, the C-Rank assessment board's notes about his output profile. Assessor Lindh's formal assessment. The Field Authority evaluation's final report.
Requested assessment type: extended evaluation. B-zone access required. Full output spectrum reading preferred.
