*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! It€™s been a while robot fans, but only 2 robots still stand a chance of finally getting their hands on the championship title, and it€™s about time we found out who€™ll get it!

Battleboard
Delirium Tremors vs. The Servant€™s Assistant
Wedginator X vs. Eye of Ran II

Tonight€™s show will kick off with the play-off for third place between Delirium Tremors and The Servant€™s Assistant, and following that we€™ll be having the GRAND FINAL, Wedginator X versus Eye of Ran II. All the bots are raring to go, so let€™s get down to the Annihilation Stadium!

Play-Off

Delirium Tremors!
MMpts ~ 15

The Servant€™s Assistant!
MMpts ~ 15

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Team Devil€™s Incarnate
Booth Blue: Team Bloodmage

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ACTIVATE!

They€™rrre off! Delirium Tremors immediately starts doing what it does best, spinning up the maniacal sounding drum and heading across the stadium in search of TSA, but Lian is taking a more defensive stance here and backs away from DT, using its far superior speed to avoid the spinning machine. Zarte looks frustrated as he simply fails to catch Lian time after time, but TSA isn€™t scoring any points with the judges here.

Eventually DT manages to clip Lian with the drum, and the power of such a weapon is clearly evident as TSA is thrown up onto its side in a smattering of titanium sparks, but the robot isn€™t thrown over. However, DT has opened its opportunity to attack and drives in again, slicing into the plastic base armour of TSA and throwing it over now before buffeting across the arena and into the arena wall! Lian looks worried but self-rights, and it appears that his robot is okay. He lunges towards DT in a desperate attack, causing Zarte to drive backwards from danger, but DT drives one wheel pod over the flytrap which quickly activates and ensnares DT!

... Or does it? Zarte€™s spinning drum just completely KO€™ed the arena hazard it would seem! The operator of the weapon looks dismayed, but both Zarte and Lian are delighted as DT drives away, seemingly fine... But no, it has taken some damage from the flytrap, a puncture from one of the tungsten teeth it would seem? It€™s still driveable though and Zarte is quickly back on the attack with the drum spinning again, attempting to hit TSA with the deadly teeth. Lian€™s machine is horrendously quick though and continuously dodges Zarte€™s bot, occasionally getting under one wheel and flicking it up into the air with the flipper but only getting it over after a few attempts, and this actually helps DT because it€™s no longer driving on the punctured wheel!

This restoration of manouevrability allows Zarte to drive into the side of TSA again as it drives past and this time DT really rips into the titanium machine and the sparks really shower across the arena like fireworks while The Servant is rolled sideways into the spike strip and huge chunks of polycarbonate are torn away! Lian panics and fires the flipper, pushing DT away, but now TSA is hung up on the spike strip and can€™t escape. DT takes a moment to spin back up before heading in for the OOTA hit, but when he does so he slams TSA up against the barrier and buckles the side panel, but doesn€™t manage to get it out.

Lian€™s machine is in bad shape now though and as it tumbles down from the wall we can see that the titanium armour is scratched, torn and buckled all over. TSA attempts to quickly escape from the side wall where it has been pinned in, but the chassis is dragging and it no longer has that great speed that helped it this far in the tournament. DT looks on, spinning up the drum for the KO, ramming in now... And Lian turns! DT drives up the wedge of The Servant€™s Assistant and Lian fires the pneumatic flipper, launching DT sideways onto the barrier with one wheel pod hooked over the side!!! And the other wheel pod is hung up on the spike strip, this does NOT look good.

This truly is a disastrous turn of events for Team Devil€™s Incarnate, because DT can€™t move from there and TSA could be triumphant now!! But then again Lian€™s machine is barely moving... It is just about moving, but so slowly, there€™s no chance of TSA positioning itself correctly for the OOTA flip, and now time is ticking down... Is there time for DT to be counted out?

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

CEASE!

The count JUST finishes before cease is called! Delirium Tremors has to settle for 4th place; the bronze medal belongs to The Servant€™s Assistant!

And now, the moment you€™ve all been waiting (so long) for...

The Grand Final

Wedginator X!
MMpts ~ 24
MM3.0 Hitlist ~ Typhoon 2, BIACS-By Popular Demand, Gehenna 2 [#11], Back to Rock III [#10], Traffic Warden [#4], The Servant€™s Assistant

Eye of Ran II!
MMpts ~ 20
MM3.0 Hitlist ~ I.A.N, Heliosphere [#6], Lime-y, Traffic Warden [#4], Mobile Failure 2.5, Delirium Tremors

Roboteers, standby!

Booth Red: Team Zlayerz
Booth Blue: Team Picus

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ACTIVATE!

Here we go. Both machines here are newcomers to the main competition, and they€™ve fought long and hard to get here. EoR is starting this battle defensively, reversing away from Wedginator€™s immediate box-rush as the match begins and spinning up the blade very quickly into a blur! Kody scowls, having wanted to get him before that happened, but keeps up the aggression nonetheless and turns before ramming straight into the blade of EoR II! Sparks fly and Wedginator is spun away, but seeingly undamaged.

Kody however is feeling very aggressive and turns, ramming underneath the side skirt if EoR this time before the blade can spin back up and wedging Joey against the spike strip, firing his flipper and nearly tossing the T-shaped machine out of the arena! Joey holds on though and EoR tumbles back into the arena, right way up and slams its blade into the side of Wedginator, again knocking Kody€™s machine away in a smattering of sparks! Kody€™s okay though and turns to face EoR with the wedge again, ramming in and stopping the blade, getting underneath now and using the flipper to throw Joey right over! The crowd roar and Kody looks pleased, as phase one of his plan is complete!

EoR is the lower of the two machines though and swings around, using his now overcutter weapon to smack the side of Wedginator X€™s rear end, creating a small gash there and spinning Wedginator around. This puts Kody in a good place to attack though and he rams in underneath Eye of Ran again, now driving Joey back across the arena and slamming him into the pit release button! Joey gasps and tries to drive off the wedge, but it€™s no good... Kody has to reverse though after pinning EoR for a while and has he reverses, freeing the blue machine Joey pursues, slamming into the front flipper of Wedginator with the blade this time and buckling it at the top end! Kody grimaces and drives back in underneath EoR, trying to turn and push them into the pit, but they€™re just at the wrong angle and there€™s no easy way for Kody to get a quick elimination here.

EoR€™s blade is spun up again too, so he€™s got a lot to worry about and after thirty tense seconds of carefully trying to manouevre Joey to the pit the judges order Wedginator to free EoR II, and Kody grudgingly does so before ramming in again, but Joey dodges and brings his blade back around, buffeting the flipper of Wedginator again and causing further damage to the thick titanium armour! Wedginator is looking the worse for wear now, but it€™s still holding up pretty well and Kody is not letting up with this relentless aggression, now pushing under the rear of EoR II to try and pit Joey... but one of EoR€™s wheels was still on the ground and with his superior traction Joey JUST managed to steer clear of the chasm... But they€™re both right on the edge now and anyone could go down! Wedginator still has both wheels on the arena floor now compared to EoR II, which seems to have one wheel hanging over the abyss and the other wheel on the floor! Kody€™s struggling to use this to his advantage, and fires his flipper to try and nudge Joey into the pit, but after all the damage the flipper just moves limply forward and does little else.

Now Kody has wriggled free though and reverses around the arena, lining up to push Eye of Ran II into the pit! The crowd are chanting as Joey struggles to escape - with one wheel over thin air he can€™t get the traction to swing his wide robot away! Kody breathes deeply and lines up the attack perfectly, then rams in and tips Eye of Ran II into the pit! The smoke goes off! Is he in the pit? The judges look on... Kody fires his weakened flipper again, but it€™s enough just to prop Eye of Ran II against the other side of the pit and END THE CHAMPIONSHIP!

CEASE!

In a nailbiter of a final Eye of Ran II caused heaps of damage it€™s opponent but was eventually pitted; Superior tactics and brilliant engineering prevail as the well built, powerful and fantasically strong WEDGINATOR X WINS MECHANICAL MAELSTROM 3.0!!!!!!

And so, the for the final time ladies and gentlemen, the battleboard!

Battleboard
The Servant€™s Assistant vs. Delirium Tremors
Wedginator X vs. Eye of Ran II

The Podium

3rd The Servant€™s Assistant
2nd Eye of Ran II
1st Wedginator X

And so, after a long wait for the final Season 3.0 eventually comes to an end! For the first time a non-spinner has won Mechanical Maelstrom; is it a sign?

As for the future... With a huge decline in the interest in FanFic and also in my own enthusiasm, the future looks uncertain for Mechanical Maelstrom. If I have a resurgence of motivation, or the community brightens, who knows? Watch this space. Thanks for competing/reading and I hope you enjoyed.