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Crystal Kryze and Dax Vizsla versus Tanx Solus and Doren Rau
The Trial of Teams was meant to test a warrior’s ability to work in a team setting and was the first stage of the Mandalorian tournament. In this round of fighting, two teams of two would battle for supremacy and to render the other team incapable of fighting back. If a Mandalorian could not work in tandem with their fellow warriors, then the crusade would be doomed to failure from the start; this stage would show the War Council who was a liability and who was not.
Situated on the water planet Aquaris in the Expansion Region, this arena consisted of several floating metal square platforms surrounded entirely by water. Each platform varied in size and could be anywhere from 5 meters by 5 meters to 15 meters by 15 meters. The platforms formed a layered box: the smaller 5x5m platforms formed the outermost layer and held no more than two platforms per side. These platforms floated around the larger 15x15m platform in the center. Some were rectangular, but all were generally square in shape. Each platform was connected by a three-meter bridge of approximately two meters across, but the bridges are unstable and slippery, just like the rest of the platforms. The side platforms had a larger L-shaped bridge connecting them to allow for movement between sides and was no wider than two meters across.
On each platform, box-like structures provided varying degrees of cover – on the smaller platforms, they would be no taller than chest height, while the largest platform in the center held several pieces of cover, some reaching as high as two meters and as wide as one meter. The layout was random, but no piece of cover was within three meters of the other, allowing plenty of open space for melee. Gentle waves would make it difficult to maintain proper balance on each platform. Falling in the water wouldn’t cause the warriors to forfeit the fight, but it would be difficult to recover once an opponent had that advantage over someone.
Each member of the fight had their own unique, randomized loadout.
Crystal (@Algarus) would be outfitted in nothing more than a giraffe onesie with thick, slip-resistant combat boots and carry a single DH-7 blaster with 3/4 ammo in it and one spare ammo pack for a heavy-damage sniper rifle. She has a 2m piece of rope tied around her waist.
Dax (@Wit) would be outfitted in the helmet, torso, and leg plates of medium beskar’gam with the two listed functions and bola launcher and carry a Model-B Stun Baton and a 1m long, 10kg metal pipe.
Doren (@Gian Greydragon) would be outfitted in both leg plates and the right arm plates of neon fuschia heavy beskar’gam with a water-squirting flower stuck in the concealed blade sheath that he is not aware of yet and carries a collapsible staff that’s covered in some kind of strange, highly sticky substance. The crowd is immensely dismayed by whatever this substance is. We don’t want to know, but it came from a Hutt’s private storeroom. There are bells on his armor that jingle and jangle with every step. It’s super festive!
Tanx (@christhebarker) would be outfitted in an armored flight suit with barely-working gription boots that will last one round and carry one 20 cm-long vibroblade and a 2x4 wooden plank with a smiley face drawn on it.
Around the arena were ships hovering above the water so contestants could watch. Several droids floated around, streaming the fight for the rest of the Mandalorian people. The Mand’alor and War Council would watch as well, judging the fighters on their skill, tenacity, and ability to adapt.