SERGEANT · QUARTERMASTER
Trax
Grey tabby. Black turtleneck. Carries the stamp and the ledger. Drafted by the squad to collect the toll and does nothing else. Has not smiled on duty.
TRANSMISSION 001 // TOLL BOOTH OPEN
Sergeant Trax runs Commander Vrax's toll booth. A flat 3% comes off every transaction, gets logged by paw-stamp, and goes straight into BBAX, the squad's buyback drone. No trade moves without paying the toll first.
PROCEDURE // TOLL
A buy or a sell comes through the checkpoint. It does not pass yet.
3% is skimmed off the top and logged in the ledger. One paw-stamp. No discussion. The booth does not care whose trade it is.
The toll drops into the drone's coin slot. It hums. It clicks once. Extraction follows.
TRAX > Toll collected. 3% logged, paw-stamped, routed to BBAX.
BBAX > whirrr. click.
TRAX > Extraction confirmed. Checkpoint open. Next transaction.
UNIT PROFILE // BBAX
Matte gray. Boxy. One coin slot, one vacuum tube, no fur. BBAX swallows every toll coin Trax hands over and runs the extraction: the toll goes back into buying $STRAX.
It has never said a word. It is not expected to.
ROSTER // CAT SQUAD
SERGEANT · QUARTERMASTER
Grey tabby. Black turtleneck. Carries the stamp and the ledger. Drafted by the squad to collect the toll and does nothing else. Has not smiled on duty.
UNIT · EXTRACTION
Buyback drone. Coin slot and vacuum tube. Takes what Trax collects and puts it to work. Communicates in hums and single clicks.
COMMANDER · THE ORIGINAL
The squad's original cat commando. Watches the toll booth from the back of the room. Nods once when the ledger balances.
END OF TRANSMISSION
No toll, no trade.
Skim first. Log it. Feed BBAX. Repeat.