Melee 2
BIACS By Popular Demand vs. Sheer Heart Attack 2 vs. Vertigo vs. O.I.D.

From King's Cross, London...BIACS By Popular Demand!
(created by Zarte Siempre)
The 'dark horse' of the robot world, with a wedge on two arms protecting the wheels, and a powerful vertical flywheel supposed by castors above and below. Similar to other axlebots Pulverizer and Stinger. The wedge won't last long though with only 3mm titanium armour, and there may be some control problems...

From Enschede in the Netherlands...Sheer Heart Attack 2!
(created by Martijn Benschop)
What more can be said about the C&B2 champion that hasn't been said already? Thick titanium armour for the main body, the spinning drum, AND the tracks themselves, which are powered quite beautifully...add the rear wedges and kJ output the drum has, and you're looking at one hell of a robot! The tracks ARE exposed, however...

From Liverpool...Vertigo!
(created by Lewis Matthews)
Named after the U2 song, this box-wedge has a tough, powerful flipping plate which doesn't hinder its invertibility, and quite a powerful drivetrain! There are stoppers on the wedge to prevent robots driving over it, which an be quite useful in this particular fight...but if it runs out of flipping power, it can only ram. If it doesn't...look out below!

From Richmond-Upon-Thames...O.I.D.!
(created by Jack Orr)
Stands for Oh I'm Dizzy!. A invertible triangular-shaped robot with a nasty 20kg horizontal flywheel at the front, 2WD, and a hinged wedge at the rear. Hardox armour makes it seem tough as well, but this is its first try in the Crash & Burn series, so experience may be an issue...is O.I.D. delusional, or can it spin its opponents into a whirlwind of confusion?

Roboteers, stand by...

House robots are Renegade and King Leer, ready for some scrapping!

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ACTIVATE!

There goes the klaxon at the ACTIVATE...meaning the 2nd battle is underway! Vertigo is immediately launching an attack at O.I.D., who seems startled at the quickness of the machine from Liverpool, and it doesn't have time to attack because Vertigo is under the side and throws it straight across the arena! Meanwhile the C&B2 champ and BIACS By Popular Demand are squaring off, and with a deafening CRASH the two come to blows! Only BIACS came out of that collision better, and we can see why! A small dent has been made in the drum of SHA2, between the teeth! A very tight blow that, but it worked in Zarte's favour! An angered SHA2 comes back though, and revving their weapons up again they trade another smashing blow...and this time, teeth meet head-on! SHA2 is nearly upended while BIACS flies backwards, a bit buckled but otherwise fine! As the two trade further blows, Vertigo is truly having his way with O.I.D., having gotten under and thrown his fellow from Richmond-Upon-Thames into the arena wall, the flywheel not having a chance to make a mark upon Vertigo as O.I.D. meets the wall flywheel-first. Going for the OOTA Vertigo gets under again and tosses, and a quick end is spelt for Jack Orr as O.I.D. sails over the fence and out of competition!

Having secured an OOTA and absurdly pleased with himself, Lewis turns his attention to BIACS, Zarte managing to get lucky and get another blow between SHA2's drum teeth and dent the drum further. Vertigo races straight in, but BIACS' wedge manages to get under the flipping plate, NOT the main body however! The wedge travels over the stoppers and, going further into the back of the wedge, catches the stoppers and jams the flipping plate open! This would have been good for Zarte, but even if Vertigo didn't have 2 more wheels, its motors overpower BIACS', and so Vertigo shoves BIACS forwards, and into the path of the incoming SHA2! There is a terrific CRASH, and SHA2 goes flying backwards! There are some sparks which suggest to all of us that there was another teeth meeting, and Martijn seems worried...because that's exactly what happened, and the drum is missing a tooth now, unlike BIACS' disc! With BIACS firmly attached to his robot, Lewis goes for the pit release, but SHA2 is after Vertigo in a blazing fury, its drum spinning back up with apparently little mechanical damage! Vertigo suddenly swings around and bears BIACS' to the front of SHA2, and YIKES! That had to hurt! The left side track of SHA2 got that blow...did it withstand the blow? We'll find out soon enough...Vertigo backs into the pit release button, but it is definitely clear that BIACS' disc HAS done something to SHA2's mobility! Yes, the feared C&B2 champion is moving about in a circle, but no external damage has been really done which means something must have been done inside the machine! Whatever the case, being only able to move about in a circle means your luck's run out! As to confirm this, The Watcher sidles over and begins the death knell for the Dutch robot!
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

CEASE!

O.I.D. is spinning and spinning and spinning and...no longer spinning, while Sheer Heart Attack 2 suffers disheartening destruction!
BIACS By Popular Demand and Vertigo advance to Round 2!

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Heat A
Round 2

S.O.T.A.R. vs. BIACS By Popular Demand
Vertigo vs. Gabriel V