Survey the plot by doing the math. One marker at a time.
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RANK ON COMPLETION: PARTY CHIEFWEEK 24
MARSHAL WREN, THE SURVEYOR: "A proportion is a promise between two ratios. Cross it to check it."
THE GROUNDWORK FILES // EPISODE 6 // THE PHANTOM FEE
Ratios run the supply line: stakes per crew, markers per hour, paint per plot. Keep the proportions balanced or the far camp starves.
PREVIOUSLY The light drums matched the heavy invoices barrel for barrel. Five entries, and the freight line points east.
THE CASE Freight agent Rennick Vale runs the line that loses cargo eastbound and money westbound. His fee exists on no schedule.
Filed by the quartermaster, Pippa George.
Crew name: Class key:
The run will not start without a name. Ten markers, three hint tiers each. Written work handed in class is the gate: no paper, no credit.
Run Voucher
Crew: Class key: Course: Pre-Algebra (GROUNDWORK) Run component: Plot 06: The Supply Line Rank on completion: Party Chief POINTS AWARDED: on the 5 point scale (whole number, never a percent) Ledger: entry 6 of 8, filed and carried to The County Plat Hint tiers used: Quartermaster of record: Pippa George Run date:
PIPPA GEORGE · QUARTERMASTER STAMP
Paper gate: written work handed in class is the gate. No paper, no credit.