Nox opened Holt's redirected route map across every freight channel that still carried a signal. Three food trains had been ordered toward populated districts, with mana fuel cars placed behind the grain so braking too late would turn the cargo into a fire.
He attached the original order, the cancelled-release ledger, and the Hunger Road junction terms. Every conductor could see the command that had redirected their train, the cargo manifest they were carrying, and the safe bay available before each threatened district.
"You are not being asked to join the Citadel. Refuse the derailment order, take a marked bay, and hand the load over under the posted receipt," Nox said through Diana's relay.
"Holt can cancel our licenses. If we stop, he says we stole the train," a freight driver said from a passenger car full of maintenance workers.
