Grrl Power #1480 - Separation velocity (Patreon)

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It says a lot about the UCBA that they have a rule specifically addressing what portion of your body has to still exist in order for you to be considered a valid competitor. The 50% rule is strictly about being in bounds though. Some competitors can destroy or abandon their bodies entirely and possess other competitors. For instance, an aetholith (like Lapha) could start the fight piloting a giant mecha, then leap to a kaiju when its nucleon manifold interferometer extractor is destroyed. (That's a science thing that's in space mecha. You don't have to look it up.) Or if you can turn into a swarm of insects or replicators or something, then your "original body" doesn't have to be present at the end of the match. {{{

Basically on the tournament registration form, you have to specify what qualifies as "you." If you are the pilot of a mech, then you have to survive the round. And be in bounds. And not be possessed by another competitor. It doesn't count if the cockpit gets destroyed and the mech's AI takes over and wins the fight. Unless the AI is registered as the actual competitor.  

The point of the UCBA is that it's kind of supposed to be a no holds bar battle, but when you get down to the nitty gritty, there are actually quite a few specific case rules.