3132 Solaris VII Championships Season Review (Part 6) 12/15/3133
INN - Interstellar News Network
SOLARIS CITY, SOLARIS VII – Welcome back, fight fans, to INN’s Season Recap
of the 3132 Solaris VII Grand Championship. Day Five began with only six
MechWarriors left of the 128 who began this journey. Now only three remain. Today’
s Recap brought to you by Cy’s ’Mech City in the International Zone; “Cy’s ’Mech
City: quality pre-owned ’Mechs and parts at a reasonable price for today’s warrior.”
Starting out in the Jungle Arena, it was Blackstar Stables’ Shayne “Shockwave”
Kirkpatrick in a modified Phoenix Hawk (and fresh from a grudge-match victory over
Raul Kalso) against Cenotaph’s Danai Centrella-Liao and her trademark Centurion.
With the thick growth of the Jungle minimizing her range advantage, the Blackstar
champion was forced into contact range with her royal opponent several times, close
enough even for a few good swipes from the Centurion’s hatchet. But
maneuverability soon saved the day as Kirkpatrick’s gift for jumping fire ate away the
Centurion’s shield and tore away its right leg. Disabled, Centrella-Liao lit off her
surrender flare, ending the match. Kirkpatrick will now pass automatically to the final
Round on a bye, thanks to last night’s Strauss-Tyler disqualification.
Meanwhile, the Factory Arena was the scene for an equally fierce duel between
Wraith Stable’s Ian “Boltster” Smythe and Galahad’s Omar “Demolition” Durand.
Durand, in his element among the twisted and cluttered confines of the Factory,
matched his Marauder shot for shot against Smythe’s Thunderbolt in what can only
be described as a brutal slugfest—often at point-blank range. Showing his
characteristic sense of chivalry, Durand often hesitated when Smythe’s machine
stumbled over wreckage on the arena floor, giving his opponent time to recover and
defend himself, though it ultimately only prolonged the inevitable. In a spectacular
final volley, the Galahad MechWarrior felled Smythe with a critical engine hit that sent
the lighter machine into an instant shutdown.
Compared to these dramatic victories, Zellbrigen’s “Roaring” Ronald Ghost Bear’s
savage victory against challenger “Magnificent” Mario LeMar seemed almost
anticlimactic. The Clan warrior, this time piloting a Thor, tore through LeMar’s
Warhammer IIC after only forty-six seconds in the Boreal Reach Arena, proving that
even a heavier, more sophisticated opponent, could not match the ferocity of his all-or-
nothing style of combat.
And so, fight fans, just two round remain of the 3132 Grand Tournament! Two days
left to place your bets and see who comes out on top, and who will have to wait
another year for their shot at glory and fame. Check out the box scores for tonight’s
matches and tomorrow’s schedules at the SBC link-site. In the meantime, I’m Dennis
Stanzio for Solaris Broadcasting Center, an affiliate of INN, with your Championship
Recap, and I am outta here!
Towne Log
+ See the vids on that one? I mean, sheesh! How could anyone stop a guy like Ghost
Bear? :- RepMan
+ The one I couldn’t get over was Shockwave and Danai! I mean, without her jump
jets, Kirkpatrick really didn’t have much of a chance against her, especially in the
Jungle! I guess Danai just got cocky, eh? :- BNCFanatic
+ Well, she is the Chancellor’s sister, after all. Hehehe. :- LevEOsa
+ Oh, muzzle it, Lev! Shockwave just got lucky, is all. I heard Danai left Solaris, like,
the day after she got beaten there, bound for the CapCon again. My wager is that
something called her home, so she just threw the fight as a way of getting an
honorable “out”. :- XSOkay
+ Sure XSO. You keep telling yourself that… :- LevEOsa
INN - Interstellar News Network
SOLARIS CITY, SOLARIS VII – Welcome back, fight fans, to INN’s Season Recap
of the 3132 Solaris VII Grand Championship. Day Five began with only six
MechWarriors left of the 128 who began this journey. Now only three remain. Today’
s Recap brought to you by Cy’s ’Mech City in the International Zone; “Cy’s ’Mech
City: quality pre-owned ’Mechs and parts at a reasonable price for today’s warrior.”
Starting out in the Jungle Arena, it was Blackstar Stables’ Shayne “Shockwave”
Kirkpatrick in a modified Phoenix Hawk (and fresh from a grudge-match victory over
Raul Kalso) against Cenotaph’s Danai Centrella-Liao and her trademark Centurion.
With the thick growth of the Jungle minimizing her range advantage, the Blackstar
champion was forced into contact range with her royal opponent several times, close
enough even for a few good swipes from the Centurion’s hatchet. But
maneuverability soon saved the day as Kirkpatrick’s gift for jumping fire ate away the
Centurion’s shield and tore away its right leg. Disabled, Centrella-Liao lit off her
surrender flare, ending the match. Kirkpatrick will now pass automatically to the final
Round on a bye, thanks to last night’s Strauss-Tyler disqualification.
Meanwhile, the Factory Arena was the scene for an equally fierce duel between
Wraith Stable’s Ian “Boltster” Smythe and Galahad’s Omar “Demolition” Durand.
Durand, in his element among the twisted and cluttered confines of the Factory,
matched his Marauder shot for shot against Smythe’s Thunderbolt in what can only
be described as a brutal slugfest—often at point-blank range. Showing his
characteristic sense of chivalry, Durand often hesitated when Smythe’s machine
stumbled over wreckage on the arena floor, giving his opponent time to recover and
defend himself, though it ultimately only prolonged the inevitable. In a spectacular
final volley, the Galahad MechWarrior felled Smythe with a critical engine hit that sent
the lighter machine into an instant shutdown.
Compared to these dramatic victories, Zellbrigen’s “Roaring” Ronald Ghost Bear’s
savage victory against challenger “Magnificent” Mario LeMar seemed almost
anticlimactic. The Clan warrior, this time piloting a Thor, tore through LeMar’s
Warhammer IIC after only forty-six seconds in the Boreal Reach Arena, proving that
even a heavier, more sophisticated opponent, could not match the ferocity of his all-or-
nothing style of combat.
And so, fight fans, just two round remain of the 3132 Grand Tournament! Two days
left to place your bets and see who comes out on top, and who will have to wait
another year for their shot at glory and fame. Check out the box scores for tonight’s
matches and tomorrow’s schedules at the SBC link-site. In the meantime, I’m Dennis
Stanzio for Solaris Broadcasting Center, an affiliate of INN, with your Championship
Recap, and I am outta here!
Towne Log
+ See the vids on that one? I mean, sheesh! How could anyone stop a guy like Ghost
Bear? :- RepMan
+ The one I couldn’t get over was Shockwave and Danai! I mean, without her jump
jets, Kirkpatrick really didn’t have much of a chance against her, especially in the
Jungle! I guess Danai just got cocky, eh? :- BNCFanatic
+ Well, she is the Chancellor’s sister, after all. Hehehe. :- LevEOsa
+ Oh, muzzle it, Lev! Shockwave just got lucky, is all. I heard Danai left Solaris, like,
the day after she got beaten there, bound for the CapCon again. My wager is that
something called her home, so she just threw the fight as a way of getting an
honorable “out”. :- XSOkay
+ Sure XSO. You keep telling yourself that… :- LevEOsa
| December 15, 3133 |
