Exertion v E Clawdius Unum

Heat Semi-Final 2

Ladies and Gentlemen, please applaud the return of Exertion and E Clawdius Unum!

Roboteers, standby!

Booth 1: Andrew Jackson
Booth 2: Steven McGregor

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SMASH!!

Both of these robots have successful histories behind them, with Clawdius Decimus Murderous having won FAR8 and finished runner-up in the Crash and Burn Tournament, while the predecessors of Exertion were the Forcepower Turbo robots, with some of them packing more than 100HP into the drive. But Exertion is a toned down version of that machine, mainly for greater control and Andy demonstrates this now, using his 4 wheel drive to steer around Clawdius and attack the side, getting in underneath with that magmotor driven scoop and tipping E Clawdius Unum onto its side! However, Clawdius has those side linear actuated arms and easily rights itself before coming round on an attack of its own, getting in underneath the side ground clearance of Exertion and bring that powerful claw into play, biting down on Exertion€™s top armour, which holds up surprisingly well. With Andy stuck on the barbs and under the crusher Steven heads for the pit release button, but when he gets there the impact of hitting the release siren frees Exertion, which speeds away and turns to meet the oncoming attack from the veteran robot! However Andy uses those four magmotor driven wheels to avoid the front of E Clawdius Unum and slip that invertible scoop under the side of the successful crushing robot again, this time hoisting it into the air before going on an all out slam to the side of the arena, and it hit the wall at such a speed that Clawdius tumbles up and over from the impact and lands on its back, self-righting only to find itself on top of Exertion again, and this time Andy is driving towards the killsaws! BZZT! He dumps the FAR8 champion onto the saws and reverses away to await Steven€™s next move, and the moment Clawdius is out of that corner he comes speeding at Exertion, using the flat spears at the front of the robot to get in underneath the front scoop of Exertion and get Andy€™s well-known rammer onto the barbs again, and when Steven brings the crusher down this time he gets the front left wheel, biting down into the tyre as he drives across the arena to the pit! The crowd chant PIT repeatedly and Andy raises and lowers his scoop again and again to try and escape, but it€™s no use and before he knows it he€™s suspended in mid air right over the chasm which will almost certainly be the cause of Exertion€™s exit from this season of Robot SMASH!! . And sure enough E Clawdius Unum slowly delivers his unlucky opponent to the depths of the pit with a triumphant puff of smoke from the arena that signals yet another competitor has been pitted and therefore eliminated.

CEASE!

Exertion has exerted all its energy; E Clawdius Unum moves onto the heat final to meet Killobite 5.0 (10)!