Changes: Cygnus X-1

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For the unrelated Series 7 featherweight, see Cygnus X3.

"Mustn'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 after being pushed around by the seeded S.M.I.D.S.Y. before being flipped over by Atomic.

Design

Cygnus X-1 was a grey wedge shape robot with strong, thick metal armour, giving the entire robot a robust nature. Cygnus X-1 ran on a two-wheel drive with bulky, central tyres. The robot was armed with a 10-bar rear-hinged flipper, which could flip a couple of 18 stone concrete blocks in testing. However, the robot's shape meant that this flipper could not self-right Cygnus X-1, directly leading to its combat loss after being overturned..

Etymology

Cygnus X-1 is the name of a well-known black hole in the Cygnus constellation. The word Cygnus itself is Latin for "swan." The meaning of the X-1 derivative in the name is unclear, but it was used to differentiate the robot from the similarly named but otherwise unrelated featherweight, Cygnus X3.

The Team

Cygnus X-1 was entered into Robot Wars by a three-man team from Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. The team was comprised of Richard Comfort, Brian Burrows and Clive Hall.

Robot History

Series 7

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

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

— Pre-battle interview

In its first ever battle, Cygnus X-1 was drawn against two experienced machines in Atomic and 13th seeds S.M.I.D.S.Y., as well as fellow newcomers to the main competition Terror Turtle.

Cygnus X-1 vs Terror Turtle — Cygnus X-1 briefly strands Terror Turtle

Atomic S.M.I.D.S.Y — Cygnus X-1 is turned over by Atomic

Cygnus X-1's battle started by having Terror Turtle launched towards it by Atomic, before it slid underneath Terror Turtle itself and used its flipper to briefly strand Terror Turtle on its side, as a ram from S.M.I.D.S.Y. knocked both machines aside. S.M.I.D.S.Y. then hassled Cygnus X-1, and just as it turned to defend itself from the seeded machine, Atomic charged in with a broadside flip which landed Cygnus X-1 upside down against the angle grinder. Cygnus X-1 used its flipper in an attempt to self-right, but could only push itself away from the angle grinder. Terror Turtle then climbed up Cygnus X-1 as it attacked its base, before the turtle was swiftly flipped out of the arena by Atomic. With Terror Turtle gone, S.M.I.D.S.Y. decided to attack the overturned Cygnus X-1, bundling it across the arena floor and into the side wall before it was also attacked by Atomic. Cygnus X-1's flipper activated again to try to right itself, but still found itself firmly propped against the arena wall. Two more flips from Atomic saw Cygnus X-1 roll onto its back, where it tried in vain one final time to get back onto its wheels, before Refbot completed his count out of the overturned machine.

"The wheels are turning on Cygnus but there's very little life in there."

— Jonathan Pearce as the overturned Cygnus X-1 fails to self-right

With Cygnus X-1's chances at progressing over, Shunt pushed it onto The Drop Zone where a television dropped onto it, before cease was called, and Cygnus X-1 was eliminated from the competition.

Results

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

Wins/Losses

Wins: 0
Losses: 1

Series Record

Series	Cygnus X-1 Series Record
The First Wars	Did not enter
The Second Wars	Did not enter
The Third Wars	Did not enter
The Fourth Wars	Did not enter
The Fifth Wars	Did not enter
The Sixth Wars	Did not enter
The Seventh Wars	Heat, Round 1
Series 8	Did not enter
Series 9	Did not enter
Series 10	Did not enter

Trivia

Cygnus X-1 was the only robot in Series 7 defeated by Atomic that was not thrown out of the arena.
Despite the naming similarities, Cygnus X-1 has no connections to the featherweight competitor Cygnus X3 from the same series^[1].

References

↑ Private correspondence between Drop Zone mk2 and John Barker

[1] Private correspondence between Drop Zone mk2 and John Barker

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+{{For|the unrelated Series 7 featherweight|Cygnus X3}}
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+|stats=[[File:Cygnusx1_stats.png|thumb]]
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+|from=Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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+|drive=700w electric motor
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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 after being flipped by [[Atomic]].
+{{Quote|Mustn'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 after being pushed around by the seeded [[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]] before being flipped over by [[Atomic]].
+==Design==
-Cygnus X-1 is the name of a well-known black hole in the Cygnus constellation. The word itself is Latin for "swan."
+[[File:Cygnus X-1 S7.png|thumb|left|Official Series 7 photo]]
+Cygnus X-1 was a grey wedge shape robot with strong, thick metal armour, giving the entire robot a robust nature. Cygnus X-1 ran on a two-wheel drive with bulky, central tyres. The robot was armed with a 10-bar rear-hinged flipper, which could flip a couple of 18 stone concrete blocks in testing. However, the robot's shape meant that this flipper could not self-right Cygnus X-1, directly leading to its combat loss after being overturned..
+===Etymology===
-Its team also entered a featherweight robot called [[Cygnus]] in the featherweight battles of Series 7, which also lost in the first round.
+Cygnus X-1 is the name of a well-known black hole in the Cygnus constellation. The word Cygnus itself is Latin for "swan." The meaning of the X-1 derivative in the name is unclear, but it was used to differentiate the robot from the similarly named but otherwise unrelated featherweight, [[Cygnus X3]].
-==Design==
+==The Team==
+Cygnus X-1 was entered into ''Robot Wars'' by a three-man team from Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. The team was comprised of Richard Comfort, Brian Burrows and Clive Hall.
-Cygnus X-1 was a grey wedge shape robot with strong armour that was armed with a 10-bar rear-hinged flipper. The flipper could flip a couple of 18 stone concrete blocks in testing, but despite the flipper's power, it could not self-right the robot, which ended up costing it dearly in its only battle.
 ==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!|Pre-battle interview.}}
+{{Dialogue a-b|Jayne Middlemiss|What do you most dread in the arena?|Cygnus X-1 Team|The pit, definitely the pit!|Pre-battle interview}}
+In its first ever battle, Cygnus X-1 was drawn against two experienced machines in [[Atomic]] and 13th seeds [[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]], as well as fellow newcomers to the main competition [[Terror Turtle]].
-[[File:Refbot counts out Cygnus X-1.JPG|thumb|left|Refbot counts out Cygnus X-1]]
+[[File:Cygnus X-1 vs Terror Turtle.png|thumb|left|Cygnus X-1 briefly strands Terror Turtle]]
-In its first ever battle, Cygnus X-1 was drawn against two experienced machines, Atomic and 13th seeds [[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]], as well as fellow newcomers to the main competition [[Terror Turtle]].  Cygnus X-1's battle started by having Terror Turtle launched towards it by Atomic, before Cygnus got underneath Terror Turtle and flipping it up. Atomic then flipped Cygnus onto the angle grinder on the arena wall. Terror Turtle came in to attack the base of Cygnus, before being flipped out by Atomic. 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.
+[[File:Atomic S.M.I.D.S.Y. Cygnus.jpg|thumb|Cygnus X-1 is turned over by Atomic]]
+Cygnus X-1's battle started by having Terror Turtle launched towards it by Atomic, before it slid underneath Terror Turtle itself and used its flipper to briefly strand Terror Turtle on its side, as a ram from S.M.I.D.S.Y. knocked both machines aside. S.M.I.D.S.Y. then hassled Cygnus X-1, and just as it turned to defend itself from the seeded machine, Atomic charged in with a broadside flip which landed Cygnus X-1 upside down against the angle grinder. Cygnus X-1 used its flipper in an attempt to self-right, but could only push itself away from the angle grinder. Terror Turtle then climbed up Cygnus X-1 as it attacked its base, before the turtle was swiftly flipped out of the arena by Atomic. With Terror Turtle gone, S.M.I.D.S.Y. decided to attack the overturned Cygnus X-1, bundling it across the arena floor and into the side wall before it was also attacked by Atomic. Cygnus X-1's flipper activated again to try to right itself, but still found itself firmly propped against the arena wall. Two more flips from Atomic saw Cygnus X-1 roll onto its back, where it tried in vain one final time to get back onto its wheels, before [[Refbot]] completed his count out of the overturned machine.
+[[File:Refbot counts out Cygnus X-1.JPG|thumb|Refbot counts out Cygnus X-1]]
+{{quote|The wheels are turning on Cygnus but there's very little life in there.|Jonathan Pearce as the overturned Cygnus X-1 fails to self-right}}
+With Cygnus X-1's chances at progressing over, [[Shunt]] pushed it onto [[The Drop Zone]] where a television dropped onto it, before cease was called, and Cygnus X-1 was eliminated from the competition.
 ==Results==
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 {{Show|Series 7}}
 {{Competition|The Seventh Wars - UK Championship|Round 1}}
-{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat G|Heat G]], Round 1|[[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]] ''(13)'', [[Atomic]], [[Terror Turtle]]|Eliminated}}
+{{Battle|[[Robot Wars: The Seventh Wars/Heat G|Heat G, Round 1]]|[[Atomic]], [[S.M.I.D.S.Y.]] ''(13)'', [[Terror Turtle]]|Eliminated}}
 |}
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 ==Series Record==
+[[File:CygnusX1team.jpg|thumb|Cygnus X-1 with its team]]
 {{Series Record|Cygnus X-1|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|Did not enter|'''Heat, Round 1'''|Did not enter}}
 ==Trivia==
 *Cygnus X-1 was the only robot in Series 7 defeated by [[Atomic]] that was not thrown out of the arena.
+*Despite the naming similarities, Cygnus X-1 has no connections to the featherweight competitor [[Cygnus X3]] from the same series<ref>Private correspondence between Drop Zone mk2 and [[Cataclysmic Variabot|John Barker]]</ref>.
+==References==
+<references/>
 {{Series 7 Competitors}}
 [[Category:UK Series competitors]]
-[[Category:One-time Losers]]
 [[Category:Robots from Buckinghamshire]]
-[[Category:Robots that only fought in Series 7]]
-[[Category:Robots with Rear-Hinged True Flippers]]
 [[Category:Victims of The Drop Zone]]
 [[Category:Robots with astronomical names]]
+[[Category:Robots with Rear-hinged Flippers]]
+[[Category:Robots which debuted in Series 7]]
+[[Category:Robots which lost their only battle]]
+[[Category:Robots which only fought in Series 7]]