The qualification zone filled the abandoned tram district between the river warehouses and the eastern market. Five capture pylons stood across its streets, each one worth trial points if a faction held it for ten continuous minutes.
Nox entered through the west boundary with Vasa, Yeda, and Mina, while Diana's relay displayed the public map above the barricades. The other three teams began at the eastern boundary, which Rook had called a random assignment before every camera in the city.
"Saltline is moving along the canal, Civic Aegis has taken the central tram station, and North Quay is waiting on the roof line," Vasa said, reading the movement marks from her tablet.
"They are not dividing pylons, so the trial is not their first objective," Nox replied, checking the compact shock baton at his belt.
