Data Reconstruction [1/3]

Data Reconstruction [1/3] is the first chapter of NuCaloric Agricultural's three-part Priority contract chain, and it represents the faction's deepening investigation into the fate of New Cascadia's food and agricultural systems. NuCaloric's handler Gaius tasks Runners with locating and scanning bioprinters spread across Perimeter: biological fabrication units that were part of the colony's self-sustaining infrastructure before the UESC occupation. Recovering data from these units is NuCaloric's attempt to reconstruct what the colony was producing in its final days and to understand whether the agricultural systems can be restored.

The contract requires scanning four bioprinters across two locations in Perimeter: a Sparkleaf Bioprinter at South Relay and two Fungal Bioprinters at Overflow. Runners must also activate an Agricultural Report terminal at North Relay. Multiple players in a squad can interact with the same bioprinter to satisfy the objective, and the objectives can be completed across multiple runs without requiring a successful exfiltration for each. Data Reconstruction [1/3] awards Faction Reputation on completion and advances the chain to the second stage, which takes Runners deeper into Tau Ceti IV's more demanding zones.