~MBF late preliminary round number 247, Wasteland/Desert field in the morning a few days later~<br/><br/>The battlefield, a large wasteland spanning 5 miles all around. Not a large field, but just enough for two mechs to battle it out in the preliminaries. Two mechs faced each other. One was a large tyrannosaurus type and the other a standard humanoid machine. The tryanno type stood tall, even hunched a bit at 17 meters of 56 feet tall. More with the large Buster Cannons on its back. The total length of the mech was 29.5 meters or 96.78477705 feet. Its total weight with the cannons was 250 tons. The cockpit was located in the skull of the beast of the machine. It moved like a true beast waiting on battle, the smooth motion of its tail and the moving head as it opened its mouth to make a primal growl.<br/><br/>In the cockpit, a man with short, red hair sat, strapped in. His hands on the control modules and feet on the movement controls, ready to go. The machine was the Gigas Rex, a mech in the form of one of the most powerful carnivore of times long past. The man named Arrowed looked forward at his opponent. “A humanoid… This could be trouble considering he has the full advantage of the thumb, flexibility and speed. Really, I just want to get back to my book…” He said to himself, but reached over and petted a nearby panel. “Easy friend… It’ll start soon. Switch to Battle mode so we are ready.”<br/><br/>Outside, the Gigas went from a bit of a bent over, to standing tall. Like Godzilla rising from the water. Its tails swooshed and then slammed hard into the ground kicking up a large cloud of dust. It was like it was intimidating its opponent or showing up its primal power. In this mode, the cannons can’t be used due to the stance and the cannons were not on a flexible turret base, but fixed. It was a weakness for long range use to be sure. The Gigas Rex had to be in pursuit mode in order to target straight ahead. Plus, depending on the terrain the Gigas would have to anchor itself in order to be stable. Then there was the Buster Cannons charge time and switching from Pursuit to Battle modes. All in all, time was a huge problem for the Gigas Rex.<br/><br/>The other mechs pilot spoke through his machines loudspeaker and pointed to the equally tall Gigas. “That ancient looking things not gonna last. Your gonna go down hard and it’s gonna be fast!” The pilot gloated in his trash talk. Arrow stayed silent and composed. Waiting for the time for the battle to start.<br/><br/>Sure enough, the signal started to sound and the battle had begun. The Gigas roared and charged forward. It stepped, pivoted and went for a tail attack. However, the time it took to turn and build power for the tail. He missed as the other mech had jumped over the Gigas. Even if the Gigas was a highly responsive machine, it was still slow. His opponent immediately began firing his Gatling weapon. The energy shelling hitting the entire front of the Gigas in a hard barrage.<br/><br/>Arrow flinched and braced himself as the shelling covered the entire from on the body. Sensors on his console going off that some areas like a few joints were taking damage. Opening one eye, he reached over and pressed a sequence of buttons.<br/><br/>Soon, the Gigas’s Hyper Energy Shield went up on the front. It was a dome-like blue shield made of what looked like panes of glass, but was actually concentrated energy. The shells hitting the shield were neutralized and the Gigas was protected. However, the shield was not only a form of defense, but could be used to attack. The Gigas roared and charged forward with the shield still active. The other mech simply jumped over and fired off two small bursts of shelling right at the Gigas back, scoring a direct hit. A weakness in the Hyper Energy Shield was the read was exposed. This guy knew how to exploit it. The Gigas staggered and the shield disintagrated. The energy producer for the shield had been hit and damaged. That meant no more shield. At this time, his opponent took the time to close in and from the left side, put the Gigas into a choke hold.<br/><br/>Arrow was now making the Gigas thrash, trying to shake off the others choke hold.”…With the energy shield down… and that speed. Not only that, I can’t us the cannons… What to do…?” The screen that showed the Gigas stats turned to show a wireframe of the Gigas and it moved to show the back. 32 ports light up and a name appeared at the bottom right screen, reading “32 Shot Core Cannon.” Arrows eyes went a bit wide at his Gigas suggestion. “No way Gigas…” That’s right, there had to be another way. He thought… Wait, he is at the side and not behind… The tail. “Activating Tail Blades.”<br/><br/>The twin blades at the end of the tail were soon covered with white energy and hummed. The tail curved away to the left side and the swung hard to the right in an upwards arc. The bladed coming around and stabbed the mech right in the back. This cause the meck to release the Gigas from the choke hold. Wasting no time, the Gigas twisted to swing and toss the mech a good 250 yards. The Gigas faced the other and moved into pursuit mode. The head, back and tail were soon in a straight line and the Buster Cannons were perfectly aligned with the target… BOOM!  The impressive firepower of the Buster cannons being fired caused a small shockwave and forced the heavy Gigas Rex to be pushed back just from recoil. The joints in the legs spun hard and fast to act as a counter against the recoil. The blast hit its mark and exploded, tearing the other mech completely apart.<br/><br/>The Gigas rose back up to a leaning forward or normal position and threw its head up in a triumphant roar. Inside the cockpit, Arrow leaned back. “… I think adding in the cannons was a bit over the top” Outside, the siren sounded for the end of the battle and the hologram field disappeared. The Gigas turned and headed to move off the area and was heading towards the Mech Hangers. Hoping there was at least one available for him. He would need to check the joints and repair the shield system.