G209.mp4 Guide

The Centurions were granted a replay. With the bolt replaced and their spirits high, they returned to the arena and secured the victory, proving that sometimes, the most important part of a robot is the person behind the camera. Competition Manual | FIRST Resources

The head referee raised a red card. The Centurions were disqualified from the match. Their season seemed over in a pile of aluminum and wires. g209.mp4

Elias brought the video to the judges. It clearly showed that the opponent had violated G210 , which prohibits actions aimed at forcing an opponent to violate a rule. The footage was so definitive that the judges overturned the disqualification, ruling it an "incidental detachment" caused by illegal interference. The Centurions were granted a replay

It was the final match of the regional championships. The Centurions' robot, a nimble but battered machine named Rust-Bucket , was neck-and-neck with the defending champions. In a desperate maneuver to score the winning goal, Rust-Bucket collided with a barrier. A critical bolt—weakened by weeks of practice—sheared off. The Centurions were disqualified from the match

However, the story didn't end with the red card. The Centurions' lead programmer, a quiet student named Elias, had been recording the entire match on his phone—a file labeled . While the team sat in the pits, Elias noticed something in the footage: the part hadn't just "fallen off." It had been snagged by a jagged edge on the opponent's robot that wasn't supposed to be there. The Resolution