The Alien

The Alien which competed in three seperate wars, was a box-wedge shaped robot with a vertical spinning hammer and top-mounted self-righting mechanism. The hammer was a larger and more effective version of the weapon favoured by Mace in its appearances, and was capable of flipping an opponent over on a successful charge. Despite the destruction it could inflict, The Alien did not achieve a great level of success in the series it competed in, only reaching round two in its first two wars.

Team Desert Storm folowed many other teams into Techno Games where they entered a weaponless The Alien called Brutal Beetle, which was beaten by Typhoon Rover in the Assault Course.

Series 5
One blow from the spinning hammer immobilised Velocirippa, before the house robots closed in and pitted the fallen machine. In the second round, Prizephita managed to get underneath and flip over The Alien. The self-righting mechanism failed until after it was counted out by Refbot.

Series 6
In a very eventful bout, The Alien used its weaponary to bend the front panel of ICU, and flip over Sir Chromalot and G.B.H. 2. It did enough damage to G.B.H. 2 to send it out of the competition on a controversial judges decision, despite the former semi-finallists looking impressive with its flipper weaponary. The battle with Shredder also ended in a tight judges decision, where both robot's spinning weapons stopped working, but this time The Alien was eliminated.

Series 7
The Alien started promisingly, but when it came into contact with 13 Black, it appeared to knock itself out. The Alien was pushed onto the drop zone where an ocean buoy fell on top of it. Unlike Tomahawk, The Alien held firm, but it was still out of the competition in the first round.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 2
 * Losses: 3

Series Record

 * Series 1-4: Did not enter
 * Series 5: Heat, Round 2
 * Series 6: Heat, Round 2
 * Series 7: Heat, Round 1