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RaiderNet Daily G. Ray Bodley High School, Fulton, NY Volume 4, Number 89 Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Student Senate Blood Drive Friday, March 28 in the LGI Sign up this week outside the cafeteria. See Mrs. Ferlito in room 115 for more details What’s happening at G. Ray Bodley High School? HOPE Club meets every Monday in room 119. Spanish Club will hold an important meeting after school today to discuss the year-end fiesta and make nominations for officers for next year. Meet in Sra Piraino’s room after school. Signups on Future Business Leaders of America meets every Monday in room 116. Today, Wednesday & Fultonian Yearbook meets on Tuesdays Thursday during lunch in room 102. Yearbooks are still available for bells! preorder for $60. See Mr. Senecal in room 228 during GSH. Wednesday, April 9 Auditions March 25-26- College bound seniors are encouraged 6:30 pm 27 after school to visit the guidance office to check out a number of locally based scholarship opportunities. A small investment in time could become a large investment of money toward college. Send us your pictures of the Red Raiders in action What’s for lunch? Today: Chicken patty on a bun, tomato Wrestling, swimming, hockey, boys basketball, NHS soup, spinach and pears with alternative inductions, bowling are all needed now to make the of grilled cheese sandwich. Monday: final deadline! [email protected] Page 2 RaiderNet Daily The Godzilla Files MechaGodzilla part 2: another classic foe Hello and welcome to mishap, one of MechaGodzilla’s pilots, Kazuma Aoki, suggested By Neal Burke part two of the that they merge the mech with another anti-Godzilla weapon. The MechaGodzilla ses- ship called Garuda. This ship had been shelved in favor of sion. Being a classic foe, MechaGodzilla might be one of the stan- MechaGodzilla as it was deemed a design failure. dards that Godzilla’s new opponents for the upcoming film might As the former pilot of the ship as well as its chief designer, Kazuma be held to. Today we are going to talk about the second found some personal redemption with the idea’s approval. The com- MechaGodzilla more commonly known as: MechaGodzilla 2. bined mechs, dubbed Super MechaGodzilla, was sent into battle to Basic Specs finish off Godzilla ,but was intercepted by Fire Rodan. In the heat Name: In the movie itself, MechaGodzilla 2 if referred to simply as of the battle, Kazuma detached the Garuda and attacked Fire Rodan “MechaGodzilla” because the film was not a sequel to Godzilla vs while MechaGodzilla 2 and the rest of the crew fought with Godzilla. MechaGodzilla nor do they share the same continuity. Godzilla had the upper hand, as MechaGodzilla 2 was not well suited Species: Mecha for hand to hand combat. The Garuda was defeated, but Kazuma Height: 120 meters managed to merge the two mechs back into Super MechaGodzilla. Length: 120 meters Using the combined powers of the two mechs, the crew was able to Weight: 150,000 tons (normal) 150,482 tons (as Super destroy Godzilla’s second brain-which killed him- as well as Fire MechaGodzilla) Rodan. However, Fire Rodan gave his power to Godzilla who rose up again, nearly overloaded with radiation. This high radioactivity MechaGodzilla 2 is also equipped caused MechaGodzilla 2’s artificial diamond coating, which pro- with tranquilizer missiles in its hips, tected the construct from Godzilla’s atomic breath, to melt. Ren- paralysis missiles in the shoulders, dered helpless, MechaGodzilla 2 was ultimately destroyed by a missiles in its knuckles, and shock blood red version of Godzillaís Atomic Breath, though the crew anchor cables in its wrists. These allow escaped unharmed. MechaGodzilla to give opponents pow- Arsenal erful electric shocks MechaGodzilla 2 is protected by an armor plating made from an alloy called NT-1, which is coated in a layer of artificial diamond. This allows the mech to absorb energy from attacks like Godzilla’s Atomic Breath and transfers it to its most devastating weapon, the Appearance Plasma Grenade which is located on its waist. MechaGodzilla 2 MechaGodzilla 2 looks even more like Godzilla than the original can also fire laser cannons from its eyes and a mega buster beam MechaGodzilla did. And as Super MechaGodzilla, the mecha also from its mouth. The mega buster in particular appears to be as pow- has a ship called the Garuda mounted on its back with two maser erful as Godzilla’s own atomic ray. cannons mounted on its shoulders. MechaGodzilla 2 is also equipped with tranquilizer missiles in its History and Backstory hips, paralysis missiles in the shoulders, missiles in its knuckles, MechaGodzilla 2 was created by the United Nations Godzilla and shock anchor cables in its wrists. These allow MechaGodzilla Countermeasure Center, otherwise known as G-Force, as an anti- to give opponents powerful electric shocks. This was later modi- Godzilla weapon. It was constructed from future technology gath- fied into a weapon called the G-Crusher. MechaGodzilla 2, as well ered from pieces left of Mecha-King Ghidorah. Not long after as Godzilla‘s armor is also nearly invincible, able to take a super- completion, it was sent in to fight Godzilla as he rampaged through powered Godzilla’s spiral breath repeatedly before finally going Kyoto. The Mecha fought well but was ultimately defeated because out of commission. MechaGodzilla 2 can also fly at speeds up to of a back surge when it tried to electrocute Godzilla. After that (continued on page 3) Reflections Book now for the -THE- Salon & More 608 South 4th Street-Fulton prom and dinner Call for an appointment today! Phone: 592-4415 dance! Proud 20 Year sponsor of GRB Journalism NFL free agency starts quickly March 18, 2014 Page 3 MechaGodzilla 2 on a par with Godzilla itself (from page 2) version of Super Godzilla as a boss, in the American version the Mach 1.The mech can also merge with the ship Garuda becoming original MechaGodzilla was used due to Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla Super MechaGodzilla and gaining the ability to hover by using the 2 not having been released in America at the time. MechaGodzilla shipís massive engines as well as the ability to use the shipís pow- 2 also appeared as a playable character in the games Godzilla De- erful maser cannons. These additions make stroy All Monsters Melee, Godzilla Save Super MechaGodzilla one of Godzilla’s the Earth and Godzilla Unleashed. most powerful adversaries, able to defeat MechaGodzilla 2’s Super both him and Fire Rodan. MechaGodzilla form was considered for Despite this impressive arsenal, Godzilla Save the Earth but because it MechaGodzilla 2 lacks a lot in hand to hand borrowed moves from combat. This was shown when it lost an eye Kiryu(MechaGodzilla 3), it was cut. to Fire Rodan and when it was pressed into MechaGodzilla 2 also appeared in the a fist fight with Godzilla. In the manga ad- game Godzilla Domination! as well as a aptation of the film, MechaGodzilla 2 is ca- Japanese exclusive game called Godzilla pable of launching its arms and a device on Monster War. its forehead. This ability was witnessed in Final Thoughts action when MechaGodzilla 2 attempted to All in all, MechaGodzilla 2 made for a attack Godzilla’s secondary brain again af- great addition to the Toho vault. This ter the atomic reptile was instilled with MechaGodzilla succeeded where the Rodan’s energy. other two failed. It actually managed to Appearances kill Godzilla, albeit temporarily. All of Filmwise, MechaGodzilla 2 only appeared Godzilla’s other foes have failed in this in the 1993 film Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla 2 as the main antago- department. It also made for a decent character to play as in Godzilla nist. It was also planned to be in Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla, but Unleashed with a good set of moves. MechaGodzilla 2’s Super was replaced by Mogurea as the battle would have been too one MechaGodzilla form was pretty cool as well., increasing the mech’s sided with the combined powers of Godzilla and the same robotic power and giving it the look of Godzilla wearing a jetpack. creation that killed him the previous year. The mech was planned to be in the Godzilla arcade game but was scrapped. MechaGodzilla 2 Tune in next week for the final part of the MechaGodzilla session has appeared in many of the Godzilla video games whether as a where we discuss the final MechaGodzilla design, known as Kiryu boss or as a playable character however. It appeared in the Japanese which means “machine dragon” in Japanese. Orange face Western Michigan in NCAA opener The field for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was an- all season, as they have only played one ranked team going into nounced on Sunday evening, and Syracuse is a # 3 seed in the Thursday’s 2:45 pm start against the Orange, who should be look- South bracket. As a result, they will take on the 23-9 West Michi- ing to redeem their poor finish to the season. gan Broncos on Thursday in Buffalo. The Orange started off the David Brown is the player Syracuse has to watch out for as he season 25-0 and they were ranked number 1, but they have had a averages 19.4 points per game and is a threat to have a big game if stretch of bad games, going 2-5 in the last seven, including a disap- he gets hot against the Orange zone. Syracuse should be able to pointing loss to North Carolina State on Friday in Syracuse’s first easily win against the 14 seed Broncos, who are in the south region ACC conference tournament.