Aaaand with profuse apologies for the extreme lateness, I present:

Der firsten Semifinalenspeilungsprachtenengutenabend
Darkestar (1) vs. Hypertension Mk. 3.5

ROBOTEERS, STAND BY

Booth 1, left hand side: Alex Holt
Booth 2, right hand side: The driver of Hypertension who is called many things

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For once in a Chevron Championship fight there is a quick start, with Darkestar being the first to move; the tracks trundle the machine off the starting square as the blade begins to rotate, and across the arena Hypertension pulls away from the arena wall, one of the four horsepower motors acting and then both to take the white wedge up into the top half of the arena. Hypertension swivels around to face Darkestar and, almost as soon as that is done, powers down on the attack, its foe turning to try and get the blade on course to hit Hypertension in its path. Mattys machine comes into range, the two robots eschewing the dance of death as Hypertensions front blade meets the tracks and front prongs of Darkestar at some speed, beginning to push diagonally against the Lynch motor power of its opponent...making minimal progress though, and after a few seconds of stalemating with Hypertension beginning to lose ground, Matty goes for a different approach!
FLIP! The two rams extend and bring the flipper up, catching on Alexs tracks and sending Darkestar up onto its side, hanging precariously for a moment in the air before gravity takes over and he slams down onto the arena floor inverted. The flywheel, which had briefly begun to spin down, begins to rotate faster again, as Hypertension pulls away fron the scene with the flipper still raised, expelling white clouds of gas as the panel lowers and the robot turns to face Darkestar again. Matty pauses briefly as Darkestar begins its approach, but with confidence boosted by his initial success he applies the power to head straight at the fast approaching Darkestar, hoping for another flip...but this time when the two machines meet, the prongs hit Hypertension first, and with a 15kg flywheel weighing them down they go beneath the front wedge, leading Hypertension straight into Alexs weapon!
CRASH! Just as the blade catches on the 7mm Hardox front wedge and flicks Hypertension up into the air, white paint flecks flying, the flipper opens - gas being expelled and pulling the machine further into the air, but hitting at nothing...and Darkestar moves forward, beneath the what comes up, must go down path Hypertension is currently on, having not quite flipped over...the triangular blade doesnt quite crash against the steel baseplate but has enough energy to bury the tip into the surface of the metal, denting it slightly, as all movement ceases briefly from both combatants. After a short pause, Darkestar drives forward, hoping to push Hypertension up against the wall, but the blade rotates of its own accord and lowers Mattys machine down to where its wheels can gain traction, and the resulting burst of reverse speed from the white wedge barreling into the wall confirms to Matty that yes, his controls still work, although the left stick trims are still broken.
Darkestar closes back in on its newly escaped foe, but Alex is spinning the blade in vain as Hypertension darts to one side and then forwards, down diagonally across the arena before swivelling around near the flame pit to face the turning Darkestar again. Alexs machine lines up the prongs with the direction of its opponent, before yet another brief pause befalls both opponents, a variation on the classic Mexican standoff as both robots size each other up...and its Hypertension that breaks this deadlock, the front raising slightly as Matty slams on the amps and goes charging in, swerving around as Darkestar responds in kind, and as the two robots pass in the centre of the arena the Lynch motors on Darkestar suddenly reverse, the tracks trundling Alex machine backwards as Hypertension slams into where Darkestar had not been a second before...but its there now...Matty hits the front prongs, thankfully side on, and attempts a forward drive, trying to push Darkestar over to the wall. The traction from Darkestars tracks prevents this from happening though, only slow progress being made, and Darkestar turns with the prongs to push Hypertension out of the way, the fully spinning blade being buried into the side of the flipping machine as its newly found traction sends it past Darkestar with an exposed broadside!
CRASH! More sparks fly, and Hypertension is beginning to look battle damaged now, several great gouges have appeared in the paintwork and in one or two places the seven millimetre Hardox plating has bowed inwards slightly. Hypertension lands right way up though, pointing in the general direction of Darkestar, and has enough power left to take off past the front of Alexs machine as he tries to maneuver to inflict further punishment on Hypertension. The wedge flipper brakes one sides drive as it flies past Darkestar, bringing the front of the robot around in an arc, and while Alex is thinking about how next to respond Hypertensions wedge blade goes beneath the side tracks of his tank, Matty seeing an opportunity to get back into the action and firing the flipper!
FLIP! Darkestar leaves the front of the weapon, tumbling quickly side over side before landing inverted again, and looks slightly shaken as it turns briefly in one direction before correcting and scrambling away from the scene, the tracks turning it in reverse to face up to Mattys machine again. Hypertension applies the throttle, hoping for another dodge and flip on Darkestar same as the last, as it swings around in a positioning arc maneuver...and winds around to back where it started. There is sudden concern in the Team Devils Incarnate supporters club, as Matty leans up in his control pod, pushing the sticks every which way but loose, but only able to produce movement in one side of the drive. Jerkily backwards and to the right...jerkily forwards and to the right...but no smooth forward, backwards, or left, the right wheel has stopped, and Alex begins to drive in with the blade spinning down on Darkestar, his hopes of a win surely cemented now, and there is barely any contact between the two robots between then and the cease, Darkestar colliding with the side of the stricken Hypertension just as the voice from the heavens has the final word.

CEASE

Hypertension brave, and upsetting the flow of the fight for the while, but after pressurising the champion falls prey to drive issues.
DARKESTAR (1) ADVANCES TO THE HEAT FINAL!

*in the pits, Matty wheeling Hypertensions trolley down the ramp to a smattering of commiserative applause*

Joey: Bad luck Matt, you fought well.
Matty: Yeah...just thats the way things turn out sometimes.
Joey: They looked to be turning out quite well for you at one point...you took a few hits but you seemed a bit more aggressive up until the final attack *Matty nods* so what happened?
Matty: Broken chain. *hands Joey a chain* The last hit from the flywheel - it actually knocked the wheel mountings about a bit, and I drove forwards a bit and it just went out of alignment and fell off the sprocket. Was a hell of a hit though, all credit to Alex for that.
Joey: You enjoyed your time here then?
Matty: On balance yeah, its been fun and...well, I didnt do too badly did I? *laughs* Got five more to do as well, they all need a bit of a respray actually in the new team colours.
Joey: You go do that then. *laughs* Thanks very much.

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...thoughts, any more predictions, a potion to make me grow wings?