Hauksen says he'll reward 1000 gold, and gives out 2000.

Maybe he was so impressed he thought you deserved an extra reward.

Nah, it's the rising inflation that makes for distortion in economic parameters.

Considering the difficulty of this quest and how many resources and manpower are used in the initial assualt typically, I feel that the gold given should be left as is and the text should be changed.

Fixed in v823.