At this time, at the starting position of the game, with an invisible dividing line in the middle as the benchmark, 20 mechas were arranged on both sides.
At a quick glance, it can be seen that there are various series and models, there are many personalized modifications, and the appearance is also different.
Although due to the regulations of the competition system, it is impossible to use specially designed high-end mechas like the military bosses do, but it is still far superior to the mechas that Charlotte usually uses for training.
All staff have retreated to a safe area, and many have also entered the suspended cockpit.
The huge starting equipment was activated, accompanied by a loud noise, and eye-catching light and shadow effects appeared in the air, marking the start of the race.
The signal sounded, and immediately, all 20 mechas activated their energy swords.
They held the hilt of the long sword with both hands, and the sword stood upright in front of their chests. Their movements were uniform and impressive.
The light of the energy sword reflected on the mecha's head and chest, and along with the surrounding wind and snow, it looked even more cold and solemn.
The mecha hand gesture is the basic etiquette during mecha battles. It represents a friendly discussion and a point-to-point gesture. Both sides must salute before the battle can begin.
Starting from the mecha starting gesture, this year's friendly competition between the North and South military academies officially began.
Charlotte sat in the suspended cockpit and watched the actions of the two parties.
They did not choose to fight on the same spot, but headed towards their respective destinations.
The respective team captains of Gerworth and Palton held a team flag in their hands, which was also the school flag of both schools.
Generally speaking, participating teams will choose to place the team flag at a designated location before officially starting the game.
Although according to the competition system, the outcome of the game is ultimately determined by which team captures the opponent's flag first, there are also many subtle scoring points.
For example, if no one can capture the opponent's team flag within the specified time, do the remaining mechas have a better ability to continue fighting? What should we do if the number of mechas remaining on both sides is equal?
These all need to be judged by the referee.
Generally speaking, referees are served by military officers with a certain level, and the competition organizers will invite them in advance.
And because this competition has attracted much attention from the military, it can not only allow military officers at all levels to see in advance what high-quality seedlings have emerged recently, but also let them know what the latest developed technologies are. Therefore, generally the military ministers who are invited will agree to the invitation.
After thorough evaluation, the Mecha Branch competition was given an estimated time of two days.
But in actual practice, there are two simplest and crudest ways to end the game early.
One is to instantly destroy the entire opponent's team.
Second, capture the opponent's team flag at the starting point of the game.
But no matter which method is used, it is not easy.
The first is to completely destroy the enemy. This requires one of the parties to show an absolute advantage in force value, otherwise it will bear the risk of being counterattacked by the other party.
Secondly, grab the opponent's team flag at the starting point of the game. However, this is not something that can be done casually.
Now that they understand the importance of the team flag, both sides will do their best to protect their respective team flags, which can be reflected in the formation of troops.
If you take action at the starting point, if you cannot guarantee absolute suppression by force, you will also face a lot of risks. The opponent is likely to snatch your team flag in turn.
Therefore, no one has ever chosen to take action at this time. The risk is too great.
As a rule, the team flag is handed over to the respective captains by the competition team, and then they make specific arrangements.
After getting the team flag, both teams need to place the team flag in the designated place as soon as possible instead of holding it in their hands.
Because the location of the respective team flags is announced to everyone, and both sides can locate and search through the map, the captain will definitely arrange sufficient force to guard the surroundings of the team flags.
For safety reasons, the starting position of the game is a certain distance from the suspended cockpit and not very close.
There is an empty ice field.
Mechas are too huge. Even if there is only one, it may cause huge damage to the surroundings, let alone 20 sophisticated mechas now.
As the organizer of the competition, even if no one has ever done so, Palton must consider the possibility of the two teams starting from the same starting point.
For this reason, they arranged the starting point farther away to ensure the safety of spectators and staff.
Spectators sit in the cockpit. If they want to watch the details of the game, they cannot rely solely on the naked eye.
The mecha is not too far away from them now, but everyone can only see the general outline, and the details are hard to see clearly, let alone hear their voice.
If you want to watch the game with high quality, you still have to use the suspended electronic screen in the cockpit.
After all, the arena is very large. In theory, it covers almost the entire planet Ural except for the "safe zone" where everyone is.
The safe area, as the name suggests, is the area where everyone watches and rests.
Palton specially marked it on the electronic map distributed to everyone, and also specially reminded all the participants to ensure that they were familiar with the general area and would not accidentally injure people in the safety zone.
For this reason, in such a large-scale competition, the "Golden Eagle" is of great use.
Each mecha will be assigned a "Golden Eagle" to follow it anytime and anywhere.
This is the basic standard configuration, in order to capture the wonderful moments of each contestant.
In addition, there are many scattered "golden eagles" that move around in various areas and capture some exciting scenes when fights occur.
If there is a match point, the "Golden Eagle" will not miss it and will definitely show it to the spectators perfectly.
Each "Golden Eagle" has specialized personnel behind it to control and direct it. It is a "semi-automatic" shooting mode, not the daily "fully automatic" follow-up shooting mode.
When necessary, the staff will even switch to "full manual" mode in order to capture images more accurately.
After all, among the spectators, there are also those military bosses, who have to ensure the quality of the images.
Both on-site spectators and military officers at all levels watching the live broadcast have the authority to manually switch to the image of any "Golden Eagle", giving a strong sense of active participation.
In this way, it can be foolproof and no detail will be missed.
Of course, other military academies that are qualified to watch the live broadcast can only see the automatically and intelligently generated competition images, and those viewers do not have such switching permissions.
Therefore, there are many people who want to come to watch the game every year. After all, being able to manually switch the interface is more experienced than watching uncontrollable images and videos.
Charlotte paid attention to the situation not far away, and at the same time looked at the suspended cockpit to the side, where was Palton's alternate player.
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