The woman began registering each of their names into the system. The purpose of this database went beyond just mission tracking. As she had explained earlier, it allowed the base to monitor the movements of outsiders, log the number of missions taken, and keep records of potential casualties.
In an apocalyptic world like this, human nature had already taken a dark turn. The scarcity of resources had driven some to commit murder just to survive. That's why the HOPE Base took its monitoring seriously, to ensure that people didn't believe they could get away with such actions under the radar.
If anyone was found to have murdered others for supplies or cores, regardless of whether they were awakened ability users or not, the HOPE Base would immediately blacklist them. No second chances. It was a hard rule, but a necessary one to protect what little order remained.
