The Alexandra Sisters: Retribution vs. Pyrrha

From Toronto, Canada€¦ The Alexandra Sisters: Retribution!

The Alexandra Sisters - Cassandra and Sophitia - are a two-part clusterbot. Cassandra is a simple wedge-shaped flipper, armoured in a range of Aluminium, Polycarbonate, and a Titanium/Vanadium alloy. Two S28-400 Magmotors run at 24v provide decent acceleration and a top speed of 14mph. Sophitia is larger and heavier than her sister, making intelligent use of the tracked weight bonus. Sophitia features a slightly more powerful flipper, a tough Titanium/Vanadium shell and a top speed of 16mph through its own set of S28-400 Magmotors.

From Northampton, England€¦ Pyrrha!

Pyrrha is a simple box shaped robot armoured in 4mm thick Titanium. It has four S28-400 Magmotors overvolted to 25.9v, providing plenty of power and a 15mph top speed. Its main weapon is interchangeable between a set of lifting forks and a pneumatic scoop. The sides and rear are protected from wedges by skirts. For this battle, Lian has opted to go for the lifting forks set-up.

Roboteers, stand by€¦

Our house robots in The Battlegrounds today are Shunt and Sgt. Bash.

3€¦ 2€¦ 1€¦ Activate!

The Alexandra Sisters split up straight away and head to either side of Pyrrha, who has already advanced to the centre of The Battlegrounds. It's Cassandra Alexandra that makes the first move, darting in towards the side of Pyrrha, but the side skirt on the interchangeable robot prevents Cassandra from getting under. However, this does give Sophitia Alexandra an opportunity to get involved, and the larger of the two sisters does manage to slide under and fires her flipper, throwing Pyrrha over the top of Cassandra. Lian recovers quickly to get the lifting forks under the rear of Cassandra and pushes her forwards, causing Cassandra to scoop Sophitia up with her wedge! Pyrrha continues to push the train of Soul Calibur themed vapourbots across the arena, with the destination being the killsaws€¦ The saws slice upwards into the 5mm Polycarbonate base of Cassandra, with the impact shaking all three robots apart.

Pyrrha continues to target Cassandra and slides the lifting forks under the rear of the blue robot, this time raising it up off the ground as it pushes it towards the nearby vacant CPZ, before dumping it in the corner. Shunt wastes no time in joining in the action and races across the arena, ploughing into Cassandra and swinging the axe over to dent the 6mm thick Titanium and Vanadium alloy flipper. But meanwhile, Sophitia is able to catch Pyrrha off guard as it reverses out of the CPZ, getting right underneath the robot from England and throwing it against the pit release target! As the pit begins to descend, Lian looks relieved - he knows that the target might have just saved him from getting stacked up against the arena wall. Danger isn't over yet though, as Sophitia quickly drives forwards, looking to get another flip in, but Pyrrha neatly steers to one side, causing Sophitia to crash into the arena wall.

At this point, Cassandra emerges from the CPZ, gliding under the side of Pyrrha and throws it vertically into the air with the flipper. Pyrrha lands right next to Cassandra, and as the robot from Team Zlayerz turns to get another flip in, Pyrrha gets under the side with the forks again! Pyrrha raises Cassandra off the ground and heads right towards the pit€¦ but in comes Sophitia with a fantastic interception, charging towards her sister and managing to flip Cassandra away from the lifting forks of Pyrrha! But Pyrrha quickly adjusts its momentum€¦ and down goes Sophitia! Sophitia Alexandra is in the pit - she might have just saved Cassandra from the same fate only to end up eliminated herself!

The battle continues with Cassandra self-righting herself and Lian lowering the forks of Pyrrha, ready to go back on the attack. Cassandra turns nicely away from Pyrrha, attacking the side head on and slipping under the side skirt of the Team Bloodmage creation. Instead of flipping, though, Cassandra begins to push Pyrrha back towards Shunt's CPZ€¦ With Pyrrha beached on top of Cassandra, the axe of Shunt swings over and slices straight through the 4mm Titanium lid on Pyrrha. As the axe retracts, Cassandra fires her flipper, rolling Pyrrha up and over the top of Shunt and up against the arena wall. Shunt turns and smacks another great hole into Pyrrha, but Kody wants the house robot to get out of the way! The Canadian saw a chance to get Pyrrha out of the arena there and angrily throws the house robot onto its side, to the delight of the crowd, inadvertently knocking Pyrrha down from the arena wall in the process.

As Shunt awkwardly rolls about trying to right himself, Pyrrha quickly gets out of danger, with Cassandra on hot pursuit€¦ Lian drives his robot round the back of the pit while he tries to decide what to do next, but Cassandra is there to meet him at the other side, causing the interchangeable robot to drive straight up and over the top of the remaining Alexandra sister! Cassandra fires her flipper, but it's a delayed reaction as Pyrrha has already landed, and as a result Cassandra throws herself over backwards! Cassandra is quick to right herself, but it has given Pyrrha the opportunity to attack, and again the forks creep under Cassandra, raising her wheels off the ground slightly. Pyrrha starts to push the 45kg robot with ease, dumping it on top of the killsaws in the middle of The Battlegrounds€¦ the saws cut upwards into the base of Cassandra for the second time in this battle, and as a clearly affected Alexandra sister hobbles away, Pyrrha nudges her over the other set of killsaws, and again they tear into the 5mm Polycarbonate of Cassandra. This time Cassandra isn't able to get away, and Pyrrha cautiously pushes her off the killsaws and the lifting forks hoist the cluster off the ground. There's no fighting back from Cassandra - it looks like the killsaws have immobilised the robot, and with that Pyrrha drops her into the pit with Sophitia.

Cease!

Pyrrha pits both of The Alexandra Sisters and advances to the next round!