Thanks, Steven! Hopefully this will be good enough for everyone!

Welcome to VFT5, where two heats have been completed, and seen rammer/lifter Manic Monsoon and spinner Psyclone into the semifinals! Will a different kind of robot win Heat C?

Fifth seed Tempest Evil-er-ution reached the top 8 of VFT5, using its powerful spinner and bouncing ability to beat Forklift, Gigavirus and TSC before WX 5.0 managed to slow it down and send it into the pit! Tempests basic design hasnt evolved since then - its still an invertable ring spinner which bounces off things it hits to avoid being pushed - but its armour has improved, and it also has interchangable teeth! Theres 2cm long cutting teeth, basic 6cm teeth, 15.5cm teeth for a long reach, and low 25cm teeth to reach exposed wheels! The maximum amount of energy released is 125KJ, so anyone caught in the Tempest could well be sunk!

Twenty-first seed Warhead has been in three VFTs so far with a variety of progression - Round 2 in VFT3, Round 1 in VFT4 and the heat final in VFT5, where Hannibal chomped and pitted it despite taking a hammering! This real robot made by the Razer team for Battlebots, is a strange beast - a scorpion tail, wings to selfright, and a moveable spinning dome at the front that generates a lot of power as it spins, so much that Warhead can sometimes go out of control! But we can expect to see some entertaining victory spins if it wins!

2Blue is a low wedge with a wedge at the rear, and on each wedge is a CO2 powered flipper, and a rollbar to aid selfrighting! Using tracks, this robot has a weight advantage and supreme traction, but its not particularly quick at 12mph! It also has a high ground clearance at the sides and relatively thin 3mm titanium armour - could 2Blue go out 2soon?

Bender is not the amusingly nasty robot from Futurama (imagine how hed do in VFT!) but a octagonal robot - it has a horizontal saw blade on top, which will hopefully bend armour it comes into contact with! It has a wedge at the back which works to move the saw about, but Bender has no srimech and exposed wheels, so it could be bent out of shape!

Hacked Off Ha-Ka, an invertable box wedge robot, aims to show opponents how hacked off it can get with a 6.5kg Mortis style axe, that hits with a force of 4.5 tonnes and can also selfright the robot! A titanium strip on the front wedge helps it get under low robots, and its manouverable to reach with the axe, but its pushing power is nothing special, and it has no skirts, so a fast flipper could catch it out!

Iron Awe 3 is quite different from its predecessors, in that it doesnt have an axe! Instead, its a yellow Spawn Again-like robot with a powerful rear hinged flipper! Its pretty tough, with 6mm Hardox armour and skirts on the sides to repel flippers! The last version of Iron Awe went out in Round 1of VFT5, taken apart by Hannibal and Warhead - will this design change help, or will Iron Awe 3 just be melted down?

Marvel Of Engineering has entered VFT4, where it made it to Round 2 and a close tussle with Voltronic, who eventually pitted it and got revenge for a defeat in Battlebots! MOE is still a invertable robot with a horizontal spinning blade at the front that works either way up and has shown it can deal impressive damage to such robots as Pyramidroid, The Matador and Stealth Terminator (well, when the blade was working for the last one)! But its not such a great pusher and its four wheels are exposed - will MOE be a marvel, or malfunction, or be maniacally mashed?

And Not Another Pushover 2 also appeared in VFT4, but didnt last long - former champ Son Of Ripper 2 flipped it around and confined it to the pit! But this robot has made it clear that it wont be another pushover - its still a Rammstein-like invertable box with six wheel drive for high quality traction and power, a low wedge at the front and an inverted one at the back for if its flipped! But its improved its armour, which is now 7mm titanium, and its speed has increased to a speedy 20mph! Not Another Pushover 2 may not be pushed, but it could become a flip-over with its high ground clearance at the sides and less-than-great manouverability!

The first melee features three spinners - Tempest Evil-er-ution (using 6cm teeth), Bender and MOE - how will axer Hacked Off Ha-ka fare?

3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
Tempest Evil-er-ution and MOE both approached Bender, who backed off, while Hacked Off Ha-ka went for MOE from behind! Seeing Hacked Off Ha-ka coming, MOE reversed and scraped its blade along the front! As Ha-ka turned to use the axe, Bender went for a side attack, but Tempest intercepted it! Both robots became a blur - Tempest was fine when it stopped, just a bit scratched by Benders saw, but Benders left wheel had been hit and buckled, restricting movement! Tempest menacingly approached as Bender tried to escape, but it wasnt quick enough, and this time took a rear hit which caused Tempest to bounce off the wall and away! Soon returning, Tempest hit the damaged wheel again and flicked Bender into the wall itself! Bender was only twitching now, and could do little to prevent a fourth damaging blow from the fifth seed, which rendered it immobile! Meanwhile, Hacked Off Ha-ka and MOE had been battling - Hacked Off Ha-ka had missed the first axe blow, but retracted before MOE could disable its weapon, then brought it down again into MOEs top! As Tempest was occupied, it tried to take MOE to the arena disc, but MOE struggled and neither robot could gain the advantage! So Ha-ka retracted the axe then rushed to get MOE on its front wedge, but as it did, MOEs blade hit the wedge and it was able to drive off, then run the blade into the side! Hacked Off Ha-ka tried to catch it, but failed and took a few more dents!
At this point, Tempest Evil-er-ution appeared - thinking MOEs wheels looked tasty, it aimed for those! MOE turned round and whacked Tempest with its blade, sending both robots spinning off! Hacked Off Ha-ka ran towards MOE, who managed to meet it head on with its blade to avoid being caught by the axe, but this meant it couldnt defend itself quickly enough when Tempest came back and hit it right in the right side, slashing the wheels and knocking MOE up Ha-kas wedge! The axe came down, but MOEs blade hit the arena floor and knocked it off, and onto its back! Hacked Off Ha-ka turned before MOE could react, got it up the wedge and this time had a successful pin! Tempest approached carefully, then hit MOE in the left front wheel and blade, sending itself bouncing away again! Ha-ka joined in by taking MOE to the arena disc to damage the wheel some more, then bringing it back to Tempest for another strike! Following Tempest as it skimmed, Ha-ka could allow MOE another hit from the fifth seed quickly! The wheel was looking very battered, so Tempest next aimed for the rear left wheel, but hit Hacked Off Ha-kas wedge as well! When this happened again, Hacked Off Ha-ka risked releasing MOE to get a better grip!
MOE immediately drove off the wedge to try and escape both attackers - its blade hitting the floor again, it bounced, allowing Tempest Evil-er-ution to hit it in the rear wheel again! MOEs movement was now hindered by its damaged wheels, so Hacked Off Ha-ka easily gripped it with the axe again, and exposed it to Tempest to hit the right front wheel! Ha-ka again allowed the arena disc to contribute to MOEs punishment after this hit, then gave Tempest another shot before using the disc again! After Tempests next attack, Ha-ka retracted its axe to see MOEs condition, and found it was barely mobile! So it began axing the top, getting in a few strikes before Tempest hit the last wheel and knocked the slowing blade of MOE into Hacked Off Ha-ka! MOE moved slightly again, but when Tempest Evil-er-ution hit the wheel again, it didnt move anymore, and the two Vapourbots returned to their squares!
CEASE!

Bender and MOE are eliminated!
TEMPEST EVIL-ER-UTION AND HACKED OFF HA-KA GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!

More variety in Melee 2 - spinner Warhead, flippers 2Blue and Iron Awe 3 and passive rammer Not Another Pushover 2!

3, 2, 1 - ACTIVATE!
As Warhead spun up its dome, 2Blue and Not Another Pushover 2 went for Iron Awe 3, who was forced to reverse! NAP2 was there first, and went into Iron Awe 3s side to shove it into the pit release! The impact knocked Iron Awe 3 and allowed it to quickly turn into NAP2s side and perform a flip, then run for the inverted wedge, but NAP2 escaped, and Iron Awe 3 was suddenly greeted by Warhead smacking it in the side! Running around the 21st seed, Iron Awe 3 managed to come under a wing while being glanced by the dome, and flip Warhead on its side towards NAP2, who had now attacked 2Blue, got under its side and was running it more carefully into the pit release! Iron Awe 3 advanced as NAP2 ran its victim towards the pit, managing to catch the rear and just tilt NAP2 a little, but it wasnt enough to save 2Blue, who was resting in the pit a second later! NAP2 now came back to Iron Awe 3, as did the selfrighted Warhead - Iron Awe 3 turned towards NAP2 first, but this exposed it to Warhead, who hit it in the side, and NAP2 at the same time! NAP2 quickly ran Iron Awe 3 into the wall, but the pit was already closed, and both robots took punishing blows from Warhead which separated them! Iron Awe 3 turned towards NAP2, but not quickly enough as the passive robot met it side on and pinned it in the pit corner! Warhead didnt go for the pit release, however, but went for the two again, so NAP2 wisely ran away, Iron Awe 3 still on its wedge, around the 21st seed to the pit release! Iron Awe 3 almost fell off NAP2 but still rested on its side, but firing its flipper, it fell off, forcing NAP2 to reverse before it could be flipped, and then take a rear hit from Warhead! Iron Awe 3 advanced, but NAP2 could still move quickly enough to catch it in the side and charge it into the pit, before diving in itself to avoid more punishment from Warhead!
CEASE!

2Blue and Iron Awe 3 are eliminated!
WARHEAD AND NOT ANOTHER PUSHOVER 2 GO THROUGH TO ROUND 2!

Heat C, Round 2:
Tempest Evil-er-ution (5) vs Not Another Pushover 2
Warhead (21) vs Hacked Off Ha-ka