2046 robot stolen

[Lil' Lavery]

From the Bear Metal facebook:

Important Official Notice

Hear ye, hear ye, all fine inhabitants of the Kingdom of Bear Metal. The time has come to bid adieu to Xcalibear. O’er the past 2 days, 30 teams gathered in the battlegrounds of Philomath, Oregon where Xcalibear endured many rounds of fierce and exhausting competitions. At the end of the feuds, Xcalibear, serving as the gallant leader of the alliance with Apex Robotics and Stormbots, was victorious! Xcalibear was proud of the conquest, capturing the blue Event Winner banner, and looked forward to proudly displaying the banner in the Village of Collins, fondly referred to the “shop.” The physical battle took a toll on Xcalibear, suffering wounds, such as 3 bent axles, a chain derailment, ripped-off pneumatics and minor polycarbonate cracks. The peasants competently repaired the injuries in Philomath, yet Xcalibear was eagerly looking forward to a couple of leisurely days convalescing before preparing for the next battle at Auburn High School, a mere 6 days away.

Unfortunately during Xcalibear’s journey to bring the banner back to the Kingdom of Bear Metal, Xcalibear was snatch in the prime of life in the mean streets of Auburn, Washington. The Bear Metal chariot has been recovered, but location of its contents and of Xcalibear remains a mystery. It is an inexplicable, sad loss, but one that will not hold down the Kingdom of Bear Metal for long!
Sir Bearington, first in line as successor to the Kingdom of Bear Metal, will take over reign and begin official duties Monday March 28, immediately after school. Do not miss the inaugural ceremony and knighthood of Sir Bearington! Fortuitously the blue Event Winner banner was safely entrusted to Lady Alicia at Philamoth, thus the ceremony will also include raising of the banner in the Village of Collins.

Sir Bearington, although not yet attained maturity, has cut his gear teeth in the science of battles by serving as the practice robot of the Kingdom of Bear Metal for a couple months now and has even travelled yonder to the field of Skunkworks. Sir Bearington has the same keen autonomous ability and stealth maneuverability as Xcalibear, yet due to his youth does not display black and yellow bling. The stellar ballista, dependable defense defender and the hardy blue and red bumpers were safely secured within the cavernous Ramig castle and have been bequeathed to Sir Bearington.

May Xcalibear rest in peace and Sir Bearington competently lead the Kingdom of Bear Metal towards technological robotic domination at Worlds!

[Wert3141]

Wow, this is a huge bummer. Watching you guys battle your way through eliminations in Philomath was incredible. Your bot is easily one of the top 5 in the PNW this year and you guys proved it by winning against some of the best PNW teams at Philomath. It's a huge loss that your robot was stolen and I hope you can recover.

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

From the Bear Metal facebook:

oh my goodness that is fantastic. I am so glad to see them taking it in stride

Originally Posted by LiamN2046

I am told that KOMO 4 news is coming down to our shop tomorrow.

my mom was also talking to a guy from Q13 who might do a report on it as well

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Team 696 would like to offer full CNC mill/lathe/router/plasma support to your team to help you fabricate any replacement parts to reconstruct this machine if you are in need of any assistance. We can have a fast turnaround and ship the parts to you. Please let me know.

Thank you; not sure if they'll need it (the team is fortunate enough to have 2 CNC mills in the shop), but the fact that ya'll are willing to offer that up is fantastic

[Alicia V]

Wow! Thank you all so much for the support. We will be busy this week building up our practice bot and I am confident we will be able to do this. A local news station is covering this and we are using it as an opportunity to spread the message of FIRST instead of get pity from the public. The only changes that need to be made on our practice bot is gonna be the hubs on our drive train and a more robust pneumatics and electrical. Our shooter and collector were taken off before packing in the trailer so we have those to work with. Code will be tweaked but we can definitely do it. Team 2907 had a majority of their tools stolen from our trailer as well as batteries. Thank you all so much and we hope to see you this weekend with a competitive bot!