The current Escalation records for both sides appear to have modified (double for the BDF run, unclear for the PALA run, but I couldn't replicate the cash based on kills or spots in the current version) kill rewards and are played on coop, while other record attempts are played on the standard map.

If game settings can be changed for any%, then why stop at double kill rewards, wouldn't it be optimal to set starting player cash to $1b if game settings can be changed ahead of time?

To be honest with you, this is something I really should've looked into earlier. I apologise for that

There's no need to apologise, but can you clarify the rules?

Similarly, what even are the full game categories? What do you run to do them?

I can clarify the rules, yes.

Can you elaborate on what you mean by the last two questions?

How do you run/what are "Heartland Front (BDF)" and "Heartland Front (PALA)". There is no description of what these are, in game, on this site or anywhere on the internet to the best of my knowledge.

So, I wasn't here when that was added, as these were added in by MisfitMaid.

But what I know is that those are long speedruns of the bigger missions: Altercation, Confrontation, Domination, and Escalation - And you have to speedrun them all in one sitting. And these missions take place on the Heartland map.

I should reorganise these soon so that it won't be confusing for people.

I don't see why categories exist for a way of playing that is not supported by the game, that no one has ever run and that no one has heard of. Just delete them.