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Battlemode 0999 and the Notoriety System: Battles fought in Battlemode 0999 earn the victorious pilot Notoriety, the equivalent of pro-battling rank points. Unlike rank points, Notoriety can be spent on a variety of rewards, which are detailed individually below. Note that like rank points, Notoriety determines your rank in various sanctioned
Earning Notoriety: Notoriety is earned much like Rank Points are earned in the pro-battling circuit. Victories earn notoriety, which defeats take it away. However, because 0999 battles do not conform to league regulations or standards of any kind, Notoriety can be earned regardless of the relative ranks of yourselves and your opponents.
If you win a 0999 battle, each member of the winning team gets 1 point for every opponent on the losing team. The losers lose half a point each.
Sanctioned teams can track notoriety, but they lose a full point for a defeat rather than a half-point.
Spending Notoriety: Notoriety is generally spent in the Ammo Shop, Repair Shop, or Zoid Shop of the forum. Using Notoriety is the same as using money except a notoriety cost is noted instead of or in addition to the money.
Gambling: Match gambling is legal on 0999 matches, as per the Kalmora proposal.
Notoriety Rewards:
Name: Corrupt Contacts
Type: General
Cost: 1
In Brief: Corrupt Contacts allows you to reduce the wait on one order by 24 hours. It doesn’t make it free. Description: Half of dealing with sanctioned battling league is dealing with all the red tape. Hell, that’s what drives most pilots to underground matches in the first place. Almost any pilot worth his salt will get to know the right people after a while. It’s not illegal; it’s just bending the rules. Attaching Corrupt Contacts to any order that normally requires you to wait (repairs, mod orders, Zoid orders, ect.) reduces the wait by 24 hours. This can include an order with multiple items - ie: a multiple Zoid or mod order. You can use Corrupt Contacts more than once in such an order to reduce the wait time by an additional 24 hours. Name: Mod Fencing
Type: Mod
Cost: 2
In Brief: Mod Fencing allows you to sell a non-permanent mod for half its purchasing price. Description: Did you know that the sanctioned battling authorities individually track each mod sold to sanctioned pilots? Who knows why - the arms market has plenty of those mods as is. All you have to do is file a form claiming it was damaged beyond repair during your last battle and you’re free to sell it on the black market. Mod Fencing allows you to file a reverse mod-purchase (you can abbreviate it as Sell or Selloff in the forum for the sake of the judges’ sanities). You’re give half the purchase price of the mod from black market fences. Name: Shady Borrowing
Type: Mod
Cost: 3
In Brief: Shady Borrowing allows you to use a mod you don’t have for one of your Zoids for three battles. Description: Borrowing’s legal in the sanctioned battling circuit, right? Who said it wasn’t? A few of your black market salvage contacts want to know if some mods of theirs still work after they picked them up off that broken-down wreck they “found.” They’ll let you use it for a while. Shady Borrowing lets you use a mod you don’t own for a Zoid you do own for the next three battles that Zoid participates in (like a “mod rental”, except you don’t have to pay for it). Name: Black Market Retool
Type: Mod
Cost: 5
In Brief: Black Market Retool removes all permanent modifications from a Zoid. Description: Don’t you just hate how permanent those permanent modifications are? Regular mechanics won’t take them off; they’re not insured for it. Luckily, you know a guy. He’ll take those mods off your hands and sell them on the market, leaving you with a stock Zoid. Sadly, he can’t target which permanent mods you want to remove if you’ve got more than one, but eh - you live and you learn. Black Market Retool allows you to remove all permanent modifications from a Zoid. At this point they leave your possession; you can’t add them to a new Zoid. You don’t get any money back from the Black Market Retool. Black Market Retool doesn’t work on upgrades. Name: Underground Casino
Type: Mod
Cost: 5
In Brief: Underground Casino, once purchased, allows you to gamble on the new league's matches. Description: There’s old saying amongst card sharks and high rollers: never trust a man you don’t know. Officially, there’s no gambling on the outcome of matches. Above-the-board casinos respect that, so you can’t satisfy the itch legally. If you build up enough standing in the underground world, though, you can secure an invite to a seedier establishment that will let you place bets as freely as you like. Underground Casino allows you to gamble on the new league's matches (see gambling system rules). Name: Vid Deal
Type: Mod
Cost: 10
In Brief: Vid Deal gives you an instant $20,000. Description: The ZBC are really stingy with the pilot rewards, frankly. They probably get millions for those televised matches, what with the whole population of Zi glued to their seats, and what do you get? A few measly grand, and only if you win! You don’t even draw a salary! Lucky for you, a few legitimate businessmen have just approached you with a lucrative deal: they think in-cockpit vids from a few of your matches will sell. You stand to become a very wealthy pilot. Vid Deal allows you to add $20,000 to your funds instant. Post it in the mod forum. Name: Salvage “Insurance”
Type: Zoid
Cost: 1/3/5/7/9
In Brief: Salvage “Insurance” reduces the cost of replacing a Zoid killed in 0999 by 10%*the level of insurance owned. Description: Dead Zoids are a tragedy - even the most bloodthirsty of the Backdraft old guard is willing to admit that. However, even when the light of the Zoid core flickers out for the last time, the body of the deceased is rarely beyond repair. The problem is that very few salvage and emergency repair companies are willing to come out the illegal, underground 0999 battlefields to do the salvage work. Those that are pretty shoddy. Luckily for you, you can build up your contacts to make sure your old friends won’t have died in vain. Salvage Insurance has five levels. For each level of salvage insurance you get, you get 10% off on replacing a dead Zoid (you can purchase the same Zoid for 10%*level less, MODS NOT INCLUDED). You MUST PURCHASE PREVIOUS LEVELS BEFORE PURCHASING THE NEXT LEVEL. Each level costs more than the last and the costs and effects are cumulative. To get level 1 salvage “insurance” you need to pay just one point for the first level. Second level costs another 3 on top of that (4 in total) but gives you a 20% bonus. All five levels cost 25 points together and are very difficult to get. Name: Backalley Rental
Type: Rental
Cost: 10
In Brief: Backalley Rental, once purchased, protects you from negative effects of a rental Zoid dying in 0999 combat. Description: Renting Zoids is great, but using them in 0999 combat is a risk -- an unacceptable risk for most people. Losing a rental Zoid to the void earns you a hefty fine, a suspension from sanctioned battling, and even possible jailtime. Even for the adrenaline-seeking 0999 battlers, that’s often too much of a chance to take. Lucky for you there are people who don’t bother to send rental records to the sanctioned league. Once Backalley Rental is purchased, you don’t suffer any penalties (fines, suspensions, or jailtime) from a rental Zoid dying. However, the rental Zoid isn’t replaced so if you still had some battles left, you lose them.
Type: General
Cost: 1
In Brief: Corrupt Contacts allows you to reduce the wait on one order by 24 hours. It doesn’t make it free. Description: Half of dealing with sanctioned battling league is dealing with all the red tape. Hell, that’s what drives most pilots to underground matches in the first place. Almost any pilot worth his salt will get to know the right people after a while. It’s not illegal; it’s just bending the rules. Attaching Corrupt Contacts to any order that normally requires you to wait (repairs, mod orders, Zoid orders, ect.) reduces the wait by 24 hours. This can include an order with multiple items - ie: a multiple Zoid or mod order. You can use Corrupt Contacts more than once in such an order to reduce the wait time by an additional 24 hours. Name: Mod Fencing
Type: Mod
Cost: 2
In Brief: Mod Fencing allows you to sell a non-permanent mod for half its purchasing price. Description: Did you know that the sanctioned battling authorities individually track each mod sold to sanctioned pilots? Who knows why - the arms market has plenty of those mods as is. All you have to do is file a form claiming it was damaged beyond repair during your last battle and you’re free to sell it on the black market. Mod Fencing allows you to file a reverse mod-purchase (you can abbreviate it as Sell or Selloff in the forum for the sake of the judges’ sanities). You’re give half the purchase price of the mod from black market fences. Name: Shady Borrowing
Type: Mod
Cost: 3
In Brief: Shady Borrowing allows you to use a mod you don’t have for one of your Zoids for three battles. Description: Borrowing’s legal in the sanctioned battling circuit, right? Who said it wasn’t? A few of your black market salvage contacts want to know if some mods of theirs still work after they picked them up off that broken-down wreck they “found.” They’ll let you use it for a while. Shady Borrowing lets you use a mod you don’t own for a Zoid you do own for the next three battles that Zoid participates in (like a “mod rental”, except you don’t have to pay for it). Name: Black Market Retool
Type: Mod
Cost: 5
In Brief: Black Market Retool removes all permanent modifications from a Zoid. Description: Don’t you just hate how permanent those permanent modifications are? Regular mechanics won’t take them off; they’re not insured for it. Luckily, you know a guy. He’ll take those mods off your hands and sell them on the market, leaving you with a stock Zoid. Sadly, he can’t target which permanent mods you want to remove if you’ve got more than one, but eh - you live and you learn. Black Market Retool allows you to remove all permanent modifications from a Zoid. At this point they leave your possession; you can’t add them to a new Zoid. You don’t get any money back from the Black Market Retool. Black Market Retool doesn’t work on upgrades. Name: Underground Casino
Type: Mod
Cost: 5
In Brief: Underground Casino, once purchased, allows you to gamble on the new league's matches. Description: There’s old saying amongst card sharks and high rollers: never trust a man you don’t know. Officially, there’s no gambling on the outcome of matches. Above-the-board casinos respect that, so you can’t satisfy the itch legally. If you build up enough standing in the underground world, though, you can secure an invite to a seedier establishment that will let you place bets as freely as you like. Underground Casino allows you to gamble on the new league's matches (see gambling system rules). Name: Vid Deal
Type: Mod
Cost: 10
In Brief: Vid Deal gives you an instant $20,000. Description: The ZBC are really stingy with the pilot rewards, frankly. They probably get millions for those televised matches, what with the whole population of Zi glued to their seats, and what do you get? A few measly grand, and only if you win! You don’t even draw a salary! Lucky for you, a few legitimate businessmen have just approached you with a lucrative deal: they think in-cockpit vids from a few of your matches will sell. You stand to become a very wealthy pilot. Vid Deal allows you to add $20,000 to your funds instant. Post it in the mod forum. Name: Salvage “Insurance”
Type: Zoid
Cost: 1/3/5/7/9
In Brief: Salvage “Insurance” reduces the cost of replacing a Zoid killed in 0999 by 10%*the level of insurance owned. Description: Dead Zoids are a tragedy - even the most bloodthirsty of the Backdraft old guard is willing to admit that. However, even when the light of the Zoid core flickers out for the last time, the body of the deceased is rarely beyond repair. The problem is that very few salvage and emergency repair companies are willing to come out the illegal, underground 0999 battlefields to do the salvage work. Those that are pretty shoddy. Luckily for you, you can build up your contacts to make sure your old friends won’t have died in vain. Salvage Insurance has five levels. For each level of salvage insurance you get, you get 10% off on replacing a dead Zoid (you can purchase the same Zoid for 10%*level less, MODS NOT INCLUDED). You MUST PURCHASE PREVIOUS LEVELS BEFORE PURCHASING THE NEXT LEVEL. Each level costs more than the last and the costs and effects are cumulative. To get level 1 salvage “insurance” you need to pay just one point for the first level. Second level costs another 3 on top of that (4 in total) but gives you a 20% bonus. All five levels cost 25 points together and are very difficult to get. Name: Backalley Rental
Type: Rental
Cost: 10
In Brief: Backalley Rental, once purchased, protects you from negative effects of a rental Zoid dying in 0999 combat. Description: Renting Zoids is great, but using them in 0999 combat is a risk -- an unacceptable risk for most people. Losing a rental Zoid to the void earns you a hefty fine, a suspension from sanctioned battling, and even possible jailtime. Even for the adrenaline-seeking 0999 battlers, that’s often too much of a chance to take. Lucky for you there are people who don’t bother to send rental records to the sanctioned league. Once Backalley Rental is purchased, you don’t suffer any penalties (fines, suspensions, or jailtime) from a rental Zoid dying. However, the rental Zoid isn’t replaced so if you still had some battles left, you lose them.