ADMIRALTY CHRONICLE 15-B / SECTION 6 — PERSONNEL ISSUANCE
Mintin'
§6.1
Gen 0
Gen 0 supply cap: 5000. Mint price: 50 HIVE. Class roll: 90% Deckhand, 10% Privateer. Paid from in-game HIVE balance.
§6.2
Gen 0 Fair RNG
Every roll uses a server-seeded PRNG. Th' seed be written to th' MintEvent row fer replay. See /docs/security fer th' audit procedure.
§6.3
Gen 1
Gen 1 supply cap: 20000. Paid in WAGE at quartile-tiered prices (see below). Class roll: 90% Deckhand, 10% Privateer. Gen 1 privateers roll ranks G1-G8 — see distribution below.
§6.3a
Gen 1 Privateer Rank Distribution
Steeply skewed toward G1-G3. Gen 0 be th' HIVE-gated path to reliable G5-G8 privateers.
| Rank | Weight | Approx. Rate |
|---|---|---|
| G1 | 400 | 39.9% |
| G2 | 250 | 25.0% |
| G3 | 150 | 15.0% |
| G4 | 100 | 10.0% |
| G5 | 60 | 6.0% |
| G6 | 30 | 3.0% |
| G7 | 10 | 1.0% |
| G8 | 2 | 0.2% |
§6.3b
Gen 0 Quality Edge — Best-of-N Hidden Stats
Gen 0 NFTs roll hidden stats 2 times an' keep th' highest-scorin' candidate (scored on yield floor + yield ceilin' + burnout tolerance). Gen 1 uses a single roll. Expected hidden-stat premium fer Gen 0 over Gen 1: ~8-10%.
§6.4
Gen 1 Quartile Costs
| Quartile | Cost |
|---|---|
| Q1 | 2000 WAGE |
| Q2 | 4000 WAGE |
| Q3 | 8000 WAGE |
| Q4 | 16000 WAGE |
§6.5
Forfeiture
Every Gen 1 mint has a 10% chance o' bein' confiscated by a random HQ-staked Privateer. Th' NFT goes to th' Privateer's owner instead o' th' minter. Th' minter's WAGE be not refunded.
§6.6
Forfeiture Edge Case
If no Privateers be staked at HQ when a forfeiture fires, th' mint NFT goes to th' minter as normal. Th' WAGE cost be not refunded an' no burn occurs in th' forfeiture lane.
§6.7
Art Generation
NFT art be generated asynchronously by th' overlay pipeline. A placeholder image be shown at mint an' th' final 1024-pixel portrait typically resolves within thirty seconds.