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The spaceport bar on the industrial world of El Zocalo adjoins a zero-gravity arena that hosts regular fights. The players in my Odradek's Drift Traveller game have decided to sponsor a zero-g cage fighter, so I needed rules to resolve the match.1 I did a tiny bit of testing but probably not enough... there will be a proper review in a future session report. The ArenaThe arena has the shape of a flattened sphere with a diameter of 24 meters (it is effectively 2d, because simulating 3d zero-g movement feels like more trouble than it's worth). Gravitors mounted in the floor below create a local area of microgravity in which the fighters must maneuver. There are dull spikes mounted around all sides, and handles between them. Typically, 2-8 fighters fight until the last fighter standing. Participants may tap out during any round, and are otherwise eliminated if knocked unconscious or killed. There is a Medic on-hand with Medic-3. Obviously, there's a hyped-up announcer, and musical riffs…

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