[X] You need the money that badly and you need it fast. You don't have the time to wait for a safer opportunity and you don't have anything to work with. The pay for just filling out the numbers is more than most professional pilots make in a year, probably because the odds of never being able to pilot again are so high. Even if you hobble out on crutches it will be worth it. And you might even have money left over if things go well enough.
[X] For lack of a better term, an Ancient Zoidian. Plenty of corporations and governments would be willing to dissect you if that's what it took to unlock ancient technology that you don't even remember. You can't end up a lab rat.
[X] You need the money that badly and you need it fast. You don't have the time to wait for a safer opportunity and you don't have anything to work with. The pay for just filling out the numbers is more than most professional pilots make in a year, probably because the odds of never being able to pilot again are so high. Even if you hobble out on crutches it will be worth it. And you might even have money left over if things go well enough.
[X] A Royal Heir. There are enough people that you know who'd string you up to add to the festivities. They might even try to make it part of the 'reenactment'. And you refuse to die as part of their spectacle. You know you're meant for something greater.
[X] You need connections. Militaries, corporations, independent Zoid teams, and even criminal organizations have representatives here to do business or scout out new talent. One of the 'filler' pilots has the odds stacked against them so even surviving is sometimes enough to get an offer. And if you want to get a chance to talk to a general or an arms dealer, well it's hard to find another. You just need to think of this as a networking opportunity. A potentially lethal networking opportunity.
[X] A Royal Heir. There are enough people that you know who'd string you up to add to the festivities. They might even try to make it part of the 'reenactment'. And you refuse to die as part of their spectacle. You know you're meant for something greater.
[X] You need connections. Militaries, corporations, independent Zoid teams, and even criminal organizations have representatives here to do business or scout out new talent. One of the 'filler' pilots has the odds stacked against them so even surviving is sometimes enough to get an offer. And if you want to get a chance to talk to a general or an arms dealer, well it's hard to find another. You just need to think of this as a networking opportunity. A potentially lethal networking opportunity.
[X] For lack of a better term, an Ancient Zoidian. Plenty of corporations and governments would be willing to dissect you if that's what it took to unlock ancient technology that you don't even remember. You can't end up a lab rat.
