*Opening music plays to various pictures of robots being destroyed in previous seasons*
They came to fight... They came to destroy... They came to win...
The Box Is Locked, The Lights Are On - Let The Wars Begin!
Welcome back to the Annihilation Stadium! Only 4 robots remain as this exciting season of Mechanical Maelstrom nears its close. We started with 48 robots, but 44 of them have already bitten the bullet over the course of 3 gruelling full combat rounds. Out of the remaining machines only 2 can survive to the final battle, but who will it be?
Battleboard
Wedginator X vs. The Servant€™s Assistant
Delirium Tremors vs. Eye of Ran II
It€™s the semi-finals tonight - an exciting and crucial part of the competition. The number of robots will be halved once again here, and the surviving machines will battle it out in the final for the ultimate prize. There is a consoling battle for 3rd place however, so the teams needn€™t be too devastated to fall out of the competition here. Victory is on everyone€™s lips though, so let€™s get down to the Annihilation Stadium!
Semi-Final One
Wedginator X!
MMpts ~ 19
The Servant€™s Assistant!
MMpts ~ 15
Roboteers, standby!
Booth Red: Team Zlayerz
Booth Blue: Team Bloodmage
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
And we€™re off! Wedginator X is the immediate aggressor at the beginning of this fight, driving across the arena directly towards The Servant€™s Assistant, who doesn€™t really know how to respond! Lian drives tentatively out of the starting square and heads across the arena, but Kody gets the immediate advantage and pushes in underneath the front of TSA before driving Lian backwards across the arena into the corner and depositing his machine onto the co2 jet! An extreme stream of gas is fired against the polycarbonate base of The Servant€™s Assistant, coating the bottom panel and rushing in through the wheel ruts! Lian looks worried, but quickly drives away, seemingly unharmed. He turns to drive on the attack of Wedginator X again, but Kody is already launching another onslaught and saunters across the arena, again winning the who-is-lower battle and time firing the powerful flipper, throwing Lian against the spike strip and turning him over in the process!
TSA smartly self-rights and goes back on the attack, reversing against the side of Wedginator X and gunning the six wheel drive, pushing against the reptilian machine and ramming it across the arena at 40mph! However, Kody makes excellent use of his controlled 2WD and spins away, letting TSA go careering into the spike strip! The crowd roar with laughter as Lian meekly recovers from the self-inflicted embarrassment before turning back on the attack of Wedginator X, ramming in under the side of the Annihilation heat finalist this time and pushing across the arena, slower than before so as to retain control on its cargo. It fires the flipper, hoping to throw Team Zlayerz onto the camera tracks, but fortunately for Kody Wedginator lands on the right side of the fence and promptly rights itself before driving back on the attack, getting straight under the front of TSA even though the flipper had reset and pushing Lian back against the opposite wall now! Kody fires his own weapon in an attempt to toss TSA over the barrier, but the yellow and black machine is merely slammed against the barrier this time - an impressive and aesthetically pleasing attack all the same, but this is the weakness of front hinged flippers.
TSA lands in a horribly awkward position too - on its side, and unable to fall back down due to Wedginator manoeuvring into a position so that it rests on its side with the base armour against the arena spike. Kody fires his flipper to push TSA against the spikes, and there€™s a surprising amount of damage caused to the base - perhaps the polycarbonate was made brittle by the co2 jets earlier on? It would certainly seem the case, because there€™s now a sizeable crack in the base armour of TSA and that can€™t be good! However, now that it€™s been flipped TSA can self-right, and does so, before driving away across the arena and turning to face yet another assault from Wedginator. Yet again though Kody gains the advantage, pushing in underneath Team Bloodmage€™s machine and slamming it across the arena, this time firing the flipper and sending TSA in a gigantic somersault, and it turns over in the air before landing, inverted, on the rails! A momentous few seconds ensue, but a powerful flick of the pnuematic flipper launches TSA back into the arena, safe for a while longer. Lian feels he€™s running out of options now though, and quickly backs against the pit release button before driving back on the attack when his flipper has reset. Kody however is equally aggressive and drives forward to meet Lian, who uses his superior speed to dodge the front of Wedginator, knowing he won€™t get underneath from there. Unfortunately for Lian though the 6WD and high speed just isn€™t controllable or manoeuvrable and Wedginator easily wheels around and runs in underneath the 8mm ground clearance at the side of The Servant€™s Assistant, now ramming it sideways towards the pit and firing the flipper to send it tumbling in!
A sad end for TSA in Mechanical Maelstrom 3.0, but certainly a triumphant one, as this newbie fought past 3 deadly competitors to reach this stage after being consistently underestimated in almost every round, but he could still clinch 3rd place in the play-off!
CEASE!
The Servant€™s Assistant upside down and in the pit; Wedginator X advances to the grand final!
Semi-Final Two
Delirium Tremors!
MMpts ~ 15
Eye of Ran II!
MMpts ~ 15
Roboteers, standby!
Booth Red: Team Devil€™s Incarnate
Booth Blue: Team Picus
3...
2...
1...
ACTIVATE!
The second semi-final is just as quick to get underway as the first, as the arena is filled with a deadly whir as both machines get their spinning weapons up to full speed quickly. The audience are immediately intrigued by Eye of Ran II, which has started this bout upside down, as Joey wants to hit the drum directly should the two weapons collide. At the moment though he seems to be aiming for the wheel pods on Delirium Tremors, and with his 2WD vs. the 4WD (on the floor) plus his 5mph speed advantage Joey pulls it off! The blade of Eye of Ran II, now 23cm high in the air due to his inversion slams into the titanium armour of DT just above the wheel, leaving a huge gash in it immediately! Zarte looks worried, but gets on with it and takes advantage of Eye of Ran II being so close to DT by swinging around and bringing the drum into play onto the side of Eye of Ran, buffeting against it and tearing viciously into the polycarbonate, ripping huge chunks clear as it bounces EoR right over, and over again! The attack ends when DT€™s drum stops spinning after the first two big hits though, and this allows Joey to escape, with seemingly no internal damage.
He€™s quick to go back on the attack, spinning up the blade and hitting the same wheel pod he did earlier on, widening the gash he made earlier on and ripping something clean out of DT! The camera zooms in - it€™s one of the hammerdrill motors! This leaves Delirium Tremors without one wheel, and with decreased manoeuvrability and speed, as if it wasn€™t slow enough already! Eye of Ran uses the speed advantage to back off quickly and spin up his blade again before Joey drives back in, trying to get to the same wheel pod and take out the other wheel in order to immobilise half of the drive and end this match, but Zarte is having none of it and plays defensively, swinging his robot around and holding his ground, forcing Joey to back off or get hit by the dangerous drum again. This happens several times, and the audience tires of it after so much, and noting that neither robots are really gaining any points from it Joey decides to slam into the drum with his blade! This is the weapon-on-weapon collision we€™ve all been waiting for and it€™s a huge one, with sparks flying everywhere and EoR flipped high up into the air, but not over, by the powerful drum. DT is far from unaffected though, with a pretty sizeable gash in its 1cm aluminium drum, which continues to spin, but slightly unbalanced. EoR II€™s weaponry has fared better, but there are numerous battle scars on the front panel and the base plate is coming away from the rest of the robot ever so slightly on one side!
Joey isn€™t one to rest on his laurels though and reinstates his position as the aggressor, spinning up the blade and driving in on the attack again! Zarte tries to slam him with the drum again, but with DT as unbalanced as it is he can€™t manage it again and Joey is successful in colliding with the wheel pod this time! A shower of titanium sparks is created and DT spun away, but still has some movement on both sides and drives back on the attack, hitting the front of EoR bending the top plate up a little more, into EoR II€™s own blade, which while spinning up tears off tiny fragments of its own armour! Not much damage, but certainly DT has scored some points there should this match go to the judges! In a match with two such powerful spinners though a full 3 minutes is unlikely and Joey doesn€™t seem to want that to happen, slamming again into the spinning drum of DT with his blade! Both robots are sent reeling from this attack, and DT€™s gash in the drum is now severe, and huge. The drum doesn€™t seem to be spinning back up either, although DT itself is still moving, albeit slowly. EoR II also seems to be more sluggish than before, but its blade gets up to speed and Joey goes back in on the attack, finally hitting the crippled wheel pod where it hurts and successfully immobilising DT on one side, severing the connection from the drill motor and the battery! Zarte looks on frustratedly - his top wheel is completely unharmed, but it€™s not on the floor and so Delirium Tremors can only move in slow circles.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
An unfortunate demise for Delirium Tremors, as he falls out here to Eye of Ran II after a fantastically destructive bout. He saw off the opposition so quickly and damagingly in the rounds that preceded this one and got a taste of his own medicine here despite puttting up an excellent fight. We€™ll see him against The Servant€™s Assistant in the play-off for third place.
CEASE!
Delirium Tremors finally bites the bullet; Eye of Ran II advances to the grand final!
Battleboard
Wedginator X vs. The Servant€™s Assistant
Delirium Tremors vs. Eye of Ran II
And next up, it€™s the GRAND FINAL!
Battleboard
The Servant€™s Assistant vs. Delirium Tremors [Play-Off]
Wedginator X vs. Eye of Ran II
Tactics and predictions ASAP please!
And for the hazards, we have something a little special in store for the final... The Venus Fly Traps! Very much like the weapon seen on the competitor of the same name, these spiked floor panels snap together to trap the robot on top! Powered courtesy of high pressure hydraulics and sporting tungsten tipped blades, steer clear!
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Sweet.
It's been a while, but rest assured Wedginator will return in 4.0 (hopefully!) to defend his title!
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