Mandrell's corrupt administration exploiting resources and manipulating citizens through the ConSumCard system

Mandrell’s captive group is brought before him after Goudry reports them in the service subway. Goudry presents the Doctor’s claim of interplanetary origin, which Mandrell dismisses outright. When Mandrell attacks …

Mandrell reveals a stolen ConSumCard valued at a thousand talmars, untouched and therefore invisible to Company records, to coerce the Doctor into a dangerous mission. The card’s redemption point at …

Mandrell gives the Doctor a stolen ConSumCard and sends him to the ConSum Bank with Cordo to withdraw funds. The Doctor initially resists but realizes compliance is the only way …