Riley contemplated the file for her next assignment.

Unexplored World eb21cf077336b000.

Local name: Cthonia

Population: Approximately 6 billion.

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.