The weapon licence, the peer line, and the steward gets his vest back

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/beats.js

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 // (beats <-> gameplay and beats <-> zombies are runtime-only import cycles, same pattern as
 // input <-> gameplay: the imported bindings are only touched inside functions, never at load.)
 
-import { TUNE, UI, bossArt, matchFoe, BENCH, ZFAMS, COURT, HOME, racketStage, leagueOf, cupRoundsFor } from './config.js';
+import { TUNE, UI, bossArt, matchFoe, BENCH, ZFAMS, COURT, HOME, racketStage, leagueOf, cupRoundsFor, foeLevel } from './config.js';
 import { endRun, MODE_MATCH } from './stats.js';
-import { award, prof, save as profSave, push as profPush, setPromo } from './profile.js';
+import { award, prof, save as profSave, push as profPush, setPromo, levelAt } from './profile.js';
 import { G, P, O, ball, score, setupPoint, sendBoy, other } from './state.js';
 import { voice, zombieDuck, aww } from './audio.js';
 import { zombies, pellets, extras, shots, spawnRacketZombie, spawnChapterBoss, spawnZombie, explode, killPlayer } from './zombies.js';
@@ -649,8 +649,11 @@ function matchOpponent() {
   // 1.6 s intro beat until the tap, and the head wears the same z_<fam>head crop the card wore.
   // In the cup the round names itself on the second line.
   const cup = G.match.cup;
+  // the "am I its peer yet?" line (Oliver, 2026-08-29): the body's ladder position spread over
+  // the profile's own level scale, beside yours — display only, nothing scales off it
+  const vs = 'LEVEL ' + foeLevel(G.match.opp) + ' — YOURS: ' + levelAt(prof.xp);
   showModal({ title: zb.foe.name, color: UI.hot, icon: 'z_' + zb.fam + 'head', iconH: 64,
-    body: [zb.foe.line].concat(cup ? [cup.rounds[cup.round].name + (cup.rounds[cup.round].need > 1
+    body: [zb.foe.line, vs].concat(cup ? [cup.rounds[cup.round].name + (cup.rounds[cup.round].need > 1
       ? ' · FIRST TO ' + cup.rounds[cup.round].need + ' GAMES' : '')]
       // the top of the band walking BACK on is the arcade's natural "what now?" moment — the
       // intro answers it in place (THE LEAGUES: the cup is the only promotion)