Riley contemplated the rather sparse file for her first field assignment.
Unexplored World eb21cf077336b000.
Local name: Not immediately derivable from linguistics
Population: More than 300 million. Observed area is not a standard planetary body and does not have clear boundaries within the range of soulseeker scan.
Warnings:
Potential interstellar or inter-realm civilization based on linguistic analysis
Unidentified physics is present.
Unidentified magical effects are present.
Priority objectives:
Analyze local magic.
Assess risk level.
Secondary Objectives:
Standard precepts
Open diplomatic relations
She took a deep breath and rechecked her equipment, four dodecs, her mage staff, a tent, two changes of clothes, an auxiliary generator, and an auxiliary processing core.
"Well, I guess the reward for good work is more important assignments."
She steeled herself, ran one last internal diagnostic, uploaded one last incremental backup, and activated the transposer.
And then she was somewhere else.