Changes: Cygnus X-1

Revision as of 18:53, 7 September 2014

"Musn't swan about in its first Robot Wars!"

— Jonathan Pearce introduces Cygnus X-1

Cygnus X-1 was a competitor robot in Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars, which lost its only fight. It was a wedge shape robot with strong armour that was armed with a 10-bar rear-hinged flipper which flipped a couple of 18 stone concrete blocks in testing.

Cygnus X-1 is the name of a well-known black hole in the Cygnus constellation. The word itself is Latin for "swan."

Its team also entered a featherweight robot called Cygnus in the featherweight battles of Series 7, which also lost in the first round.

Robot History

Series 7

Jayne Middlemiss: "What do you most dread in the arena?"

Cygnus X-1 Team: "The pit, definitely the pit."

— In the pits before the battle.

Cygnus X-1's battle started by having Terror Turtle launched onto it by Atomic, and then being mounted by the now-upside down robot. Atomic then flipped Cygnus onto the angle grinder on the arena wall, before flipping Terror Turtle out. Cygnus meanwhile was struggling to self-right, and was shoved around the arena by the other two robots. Atomic had wedged S.M.I.D.S.Y. onto the wall and nearly flipped the seeded machine out too, but wasn't able to. Atomic again attempted to flip out Cygnus, but was again unsuccessful. However, the newcomer was still unable to self right, and was counted out by Refbot. Once it was counted out however, it was pushed under the Drop Zone, where it had a television dropped on it.

Results

CYGNUS X-1 - RESULTS
Series 7
The Seventh Wars - UK Championship Round 1
Heat G, Round 1	vs. S.M.I.D.S.Y. (13), Atomic, Terror Turtle	Eliminated

Wins/Losses

Wins: 0
Losses: 1

Series Record

Series 1-6: Did not enter
Series 7: Heat, Round 1

Trivia

Cygnus X-1 was the only robot in Series 7 defeated by Atomic that was not thrown out of the arena.

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+{{Quote|Musn't swan about in its first Robot Wars!|Jonathan Pearce introduces Cygnus X-1}}'''Cygnus X-1''' was a competitor robot in [[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars]], which lost its only fight. It was a wedge shape robot with strong armour that was armed with a 10-bar rear-hinged flipper which flipped a couple of 18 stone concrete blocks in testing.
-{{Dialogue a-b|Jayne Middlemiss|What do you most dread in the arena?|Cygnus X-1 Team|The pit, definitely the pit.|In the pits before the battle.}}
-'''Cygnus X-1''' was a competitor robot in [[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars]]. It was a wedge shape robot with strong armour that was armed with a 10-bar rear-hinged flipper which flipped a couple of 18 stone concrete blocks in testing. The robot lost the only fight that it fought in, to [[Atomic]] and [[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]]. Its team also entered a featherweight robot called [[Cygnus]] in the featherweight battles of Series 7, but it too lost in its first round.
 Cygnus X-1 is the name of a well-known black hole in the Cygnus constellation.  The word itself is Latin for "swan."
+Its team also entered a featherweight robot called [[Cygnus]] in the featherweight battles of Series 7, which also lost in the first round.
 ==Robot History==
 ===Series 7===
+{{Dialogue a-b|Jayne Middlemiss|What do you most dread in the arena?|Cygnus X-1 Team|The pit, definitely the pit.|In the pits before the battle.}}
 Cygnus X-1's battle started by having Terror Turtle launched onto it by Atomic, and then being mounted by the now-upside down robot. Atomic then flipped Cygnus onto the angle grinder on the arena wall, before flipping Terror Turtle out. Cygnus meanwhile was struggling to self-right, and was shoved around the arena by the other two robots. Atomic had wedged S.M.I.D.S.Y. onto the wall and nearly flipped the seeded machine out too, but wasn't able to. Atomic again attempted to flip out Cygnus, but was again unsuccessful. However, the newcomer was still unable to self right, and was counted out by Refbot. Once it was counted out however, it was pushed under the Drop Zone, where it had a television dropped on it.