Full Ascent
Every match is called live by two voices, a pairing the League settled on early and has never seriously reconsidered: one caller for the fast, physical game at Ground and Span, and a second for Crown attempts and everything the crowd argues about afterward — standings, guild politics, and whether that platform was really gauge-legal. The show the two of them host together goes out under the name Full Ascent, which was Brannock’s idea and which Fenwick still pretends to find a little on the nose.
You can hear the Full Ascent Play by Play highlights on the Brass & Bone Investigations YouTube Page.
Emmett “Hammer” Brannock
Eleven seasons as a Grounder for the Ironworks Foundrymen, Western Industrial Slope, before a shoulder injury even a foundry man couldn’t play through.
Calling fouls a half-second before the Line Judge’s flag goes up, and being right often enough that guild bookmakers reportedly watch his face rather than the play.
Beatrix Fenwick
Fellow of the Conservatory of Applied Mechanics — the same institution that trains the guild engineers who build and license lift platforms. Left research to do this. Has never fully explained why, and Brannock has stopped asking on air.
Reading a burn-pressure gauge off a cold camera shot faster than the Platform Inspector reads it in person. The League has quietly asked her opinion on two rules disputes. She has quietly been right both times.
