Alex V is return and you are on the way to destruction
FW - Octopus Has No Friends
The tale of Octopus has, undoubtedly been a tragic one. Once an average caephalopod, he was the sole survivor of a nuclear waste spillage in the sea where he lived... but at the terrible cost of mutating an enormous horrifying bar spinner into his face. Octopus wandered the seas in search of a new home for the longest time... but everyone he ever tried to introduce himself to would all accidentally meet messy deaths by getting too close. Thus, he became a social pariah: and just when he began losing all hope, Octopus saw an opportunity in Thunderground to make use of his disfigurement. So long story short, now he's going to take his long-held anger out out on you!
Speed: 1
Traction: 1
Torque: 1
Weapon: 16 (Reversible Vertical Spinner with interchangeable standard or asymmetrical bars)
Armour: 11
Notes: Rubber-treaded wheels and support brackets are large enough to hold the bar far enough off the ground to spin freely, and are made of very strong and flexible UMHW: designed to flex and retain their shape rather than breaking or shattering upon heavy impacts. Is named after the song
Octopus Has No Friends, by Mastodon.
LW - Ayame
The Cherry Blossom Dancer of ARC returns... And this time, in actual polygons! Still named and themed after Ayame, the street performer-turned-kunoichi from the rather kickass fighting game series Power Stone, this peppy little rear-hinged flipper comes back again to show off her awesome ninja skills.
She still has the yukata sleeve-like rounded panels and thick armour all-over for maximum defence, very powerful 2WD with raised rear wheels for maximum speed and agility, and of the course the pneumatic flipper; designed with the ability to combo and easily self-right even with minimal gas in mind, and now has additional versatility with a lower sawtooth wedge (ala Black Diamond) for flippers, and an anti-overhead frame as variable options. So both as cute and as deadly as ever! What more could you ask for? :P
Speed: 8
Traction: 7
Torque: 2
Armour: 11
Weapon: 2 (Pneumatic Flipper running on Low Pressure, with optional sawtooth wedge and anti-overhead frame, shown below)
Notes: Can quickly and effectively self-right. Raised rear wheels give her the ability to easily drive off wedges, and the weight is spaced mostly at the front and where the wheels are; not enough to affect the turning, but enough to prevent her from rearing up and doing wheelies. Has a Dreadnought-like layer of armour just under the flipper for additional protection, and the rest of the flipper is under the thicker panels at the front (including the corners), so even if the lower panel breaks, it'll still work with the rest of it underneath.
MW - Jackal
Fresh from its rather good run in CBC3, ICR's original title winner returns to show all the younger bots how he kicked ass in
his day! Still based on the all-in-one Sewer Snake-like lifter and overhead flipper/srimech/clamp hammer design, it's been updated with a lower and much more heavily-armoured chassis and front scoop, stronger torque/acceleration, and improved versatility from both a stronger top bar and an interchangeable Anti-Vert setup with an armoured jackal head-shaped scoop and Diesector-esque hammers.
Speed: 6
Traction: 5
Torque: 4
Armour: 13
Weapon: 2 (Bi-Rotational Electric Lifting Scoop with Overhead Flipper/Srimech/Clamp/Hammer Bar running off the same mechanism. Can be switched for an Anti-Vert Jackal Head and dedicated Hammer Setup.)
Notes: Completely invertible, and can also self-right using the top bar when necessary. The Primary and Secondary Weapons are run off the same mechanism (As demonstrated by Luzifer here;
http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2 ... ifer_2.jpg), enabling them to bypass the Multiple Weapon Rule. Is named and themed after the MWMIK 'Jackal' armoured vehicle, currently in service with the British Army.
HW - I.C.R. Speedwagon
Here he comes, here comes Speedwagon: he's a demon on wheels! Making its grand return to the starting grid from last time, the futuristic racer-themed bot has been modified to iron out the issues from last time: the chassis is now shorter and it's gone down from 4WD to 2WD to improve its agility/manoeuvrability and make its wedges lower. It's also got some nice neon lighting in its (faux) air intakes and underside to give the impression that it's floating, but it still maintains its unique double flippers and strong drivetrain and armour. He's gaining on you, so you'd better look alive!
Speed: 7
Traction: 5
Torque: 3
Weapon: 4 (twin flippers, running on 3 power each. One rear-hinge, one front-hinge.)
Armour: 11
Notes: Can self-right with either type of flipper as needed. Runs on 2WD, and the rear wheels protrude out back slightly to allow the machine to easily drive off wedges as needed. Has a replica "Beep-Beep" horn installed -- based on that of a 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner -- that can be set to sound when it goes on the attack, ala Roadblock and its two-tone Police Siren in
Robot Wars Series 2.
Diagram below shows where the flippers respectively are: