The new dungeon managers replace rented production trailers with their own secured landing vessel after escape and security incidents.
The Valtay remove Senegal Production Systems from the crawler appearance process after an escape attempt and the previous-floor incident involving Loita. They argue that crawlers are too difficult to track outside the dungeon in ordinary rented trailers.
Their landing vessel sits in Earth's primary zone, blocks crawler wetware, and subjects Carl and Zev to constant direct security monitoring in addition to AI surveillance.
A corporate occupying power operating heavily secured landing craft and biological containment systems.
The Valtay impose a stricter external-appearance regime that constrains crawler and liaison communication.
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