#cronk and zephyr

[assassyart]

A Rivet and Ratchet edit.

Audio: jealousy, jealousy by Olivia Rodrigo

[nchlsdmn]

Hello there! Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction is the first installment of the Playable Pixar trilogy, and now it's this game's turn to get the animated montage treatment!

[firestorm-fox]

I need the robots of Sonic and the robots of Ratchet and Clank to interact

a conversation between Dr. Nefarious and Neo Metal Sonic

Cronk and Zephyr telling war stories to Omega and Gemerl

Clank and Belle chatting

Lawrence talking with Orbot and Cubot

[theognatinator]

(Cronk and Zephyr are playing bingo)

Cronk: BONKO!!!

Zephyr: Its ‘Bingo!’

Cronk: Get your hands off me, Woman!

[ratchet-jak-sly-incorrect-quotes]

Cronk: it’s time to man up!

Zephyr: and I ain’t gonna sugarcoat it, some of us might not make it back.

Qwark: What do you mean? Like not on the same flight?

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[hazel-of-sodor]

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Arlesburgh

1989

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Zephyr flew up the line, her turbine whirring as she raced Northward. The Christmas Wind was one of her favorite trains, a clear run down the West Coast. Oh she didn't mind trucks and goods trains, but she was at heart an express engine.

The wind blowing in from the sea was biting cold, but her crew were safely warm in her cab, and her passengers secure in her coaches. The sea rose and fell with great swells with the wind, the distant lights of ships blinking in and out of view as they rose and fell. She slowed for Haultraugh and stopped at Arlesburgh to allow the light to be passed to the little railway, before tackling the Western Mainline.

While all technically the same line, the engines all agreed the tracks from Tidmouth to Arlesburgh was the Little Western, and the tracks further North were the Western Mainline. For fifteen miles the line ran, nothing but the sea, hills, and cliffs until they reached Harwick. Many of the island's engines disliked the run, as it was one of the longest inhabited stretches of line on the island, miles of uninterrupted wilderness, with nothing but your crew, the sea, and your train to keep you company, only the occasional passing loop to change up the scenery.

The express engines loved it.

Fifteen miles with only gentle curves, no stations, no junctions, and no one watching. Sodor’s one hundred mile per hour club had been born here, on this long stretch of empty line. 

Zephyr surged forward once fully on the line, the coaches singing happily as she pushed for triple digits. She doubted she'd reach it tonight, she was only just capable of breaking one hundred thanks to Crovan's Gate’s upgrades, and the train was long and heavy, but the attempt was worth it in and of itself. There was a feeling to pushing yourself and your train as fast as it would go, stretching for every ounce of speed, a rush like no other. The crew's called it runner's high, and it was why only experienced crews were allowed on express runs. Engines could become distracted while running at such speeds, and needed steady crews to guide them safely.

Zephyr enjoyed the run, but soon enough she had to slow as she entered Harwick, which enforced speed restrictions within the city. She rolled into Harwick’s main station slowly, seeing Sapphire and Jennings waiting on the narrow gauge side of the platform with their own train. 

She sighed contentedly as she stopped to allow the lights to be transferred, ready for the run to Mantauo.

[sweetness-pop]

How Ratchet & Talwyn's Kids Got Their names

Rockett Apogee: He's named Rockett because his mother Talwyn loves the idea of her first son having a name nearly similar to his father Ratchet. The couple also added an extra T at the end for the fun of it. However, the biggest reason for his name is that a rocket symbolizes such great and fast things including ambition, speed, ascent, rapid growth, progress, exploration, and a high desire to achieve. And his middle name is Kaden, which has multiple meanings: "Companion", "Friend", "Fighter", "Battle", "Round", and "Gentle". The origins are Arabic, German, Scottish, and Irish. Rockett received his middle name in honor of his late paternal grandfather Kaden. Full name of Ratchet and Talwyn's oldest and first son: Rockett Kaden Apogee!

Astera Apogee: Her first name Astera is a girl's name of Greek and Latin origin that means "Star", it can also mean "Celestial Bodies" and "Brightness". Astera is also like the star flower Aster, which I headcanon as Talwyn's favorite flower. She's named Astera due to her parents (mostly Tal) being fond of stars. Plus whenever Ratchet would give Talwyn a bouquet, he would always give her only asters. The flower aster is indeed star-shaped. Plus, I now have a headcanon that the name of Ratchet's late mother was Stella, which also means "Star" in Latin, therefore Astera could also have her name mean "Star" like her late paternal grandmother. And now Astera's middle name is Maxine, and it's of English origin that derives from Latin name Maximus that means "Greatest". Also, the middle name that she gained is, of course, after her maternal grandfather Max Apogee. Full name of Ratchet and Talwyn's middle child and only daughter: Astera Maxine Apogee!

Calix Apogee: Finally, Calix. His name means "Very Handsome", "Very Wonderful", and "Very Beautiful" in Greek. As for his middle name, it is Zander, which is also Greek with the meaning of "Defender of People/Men". It's quite similar to Alexandros that is derived from words alexein meaning "To Defend" and andros meaning "Man" and "Warrior". However, there is a very beloved reason for why Calix's first name starts with a C while his middle name starts with a Z. First off, Zander, his middle name starts with a Z as tribute to Zephyr (RIP). And secondly, Calix has a C name because of not only as a dedication to Cronk (may he also rest in peace), but it was especially because of Clank who's the number one reason for his second adoptive nephew's name starting with a C. While It's for both Cronk and Zephyr, it is the ultimate honor for uncle Clank! Full name of Ratchet and Talwyn's youngest and second son: Calix Zander Apogee!

[ifanfictiondreamerworld]

Ratchet and Kim Possible Chronicles: Anti-Corporation-Part 11

They remained silent for a bit as they were leaving the planet’s atmosphere. Ratchet: “Wow…what was that all about?” Kim: “I know; she seemed so…uh, incredibly happy us saving this planet.”  

Soon enough, Wade’s image, appeared on the screen. Wade: “Markazia is Talwyn’s home planet. Her entire race, the Markazians, is all from there.” Ratchet: “Huh, how about that? No wonder why she was so adamant about thanking us.” Kim: “I can understand how she feels; it would be like if she went out of her way to save Earth or Fastoon.” Ratchet: “Or…even Veldin…”  

They paused again for a brief moment. Ratchet: “So, Wade? Any ideas on what Hench Co. plans on using that acid for?” Wade: “Not really sure, I’ll never to look into the data to find out.” Ratchet: “OK, let us know if you find anything.”

They flew through space. Along the way, Ratchet pushed a few buttons on the console. Ratchet: “So, Talwyn, what’s the sitch?”  

Talwyn reappeared on the screen. Talwyn: “You never get tired of saying that, do you?” Ratchet: “Well, it does serve a significant meaning to me.”

He smiled at Kim as she smiled back at him. Talwyn: “Anyway, I just want to let you know that since we feel as though this whole issue with Hench Co. is way too much for you guys to hand by yourselves, we’ve asked some of our friends to help out with this mission. They also want to say hi to you guys.”

Soon enough, the screen split and displayed images of different groups of their friends: one group consisted of Ron, Yori and Rufus, another showed Lilo and Stitch to the left of the former group, another displayed Qwark next to Lilo and Stitch, there was also Wade right next to Talwyn on the bottom segment of the screen and to the right of him was a blank screen. They all greeted Kim, Ratchet and Clank. Kim: “Guys! Hey! I didn’t expect to see all of you again so soon!!!” Ratchet: “Hey! How’s it going?” Ron: “KP! Ratchet! Clank! We’re so happy to see you again!” Yori: “Yes, we are truly elated to see you and we are especially ecstatic with helping you out in your time of need.” Rufus: “Yay! Clank!” Kim: “We appreciate it, you guys. We don’t like to have anyone else involved in this mess, but given how much we have to deal with, any extra help is always welcome.” Yori: “It is no trouble, Kim Possible; you as well as Ratchet-San and Clank will always have my full support. Also, we cannot allow these illicit marauders to get away with their heinous crimes.” Ron: “Oh, absolutely. It’s bad enough that Hench Co. was committing horrible crimes on Earth, but to provide their services to criminals here in Polaris and cause all sorts of problems throughout the entire galaxy? No way! Those guys are going down!” Rufus: “Yeah!!”

Everyone else responded in a positive manner, with Talwyn and Wade just smiling. Ratchet: “Wow, thank you, everyone. I really feel so much better about this.” Ron: “No prob, Ratchet, you know that I’ve got your back.” Yori: “Yes, it would be our honor to, as Stoppable-San had just said, we have your backs. And friends of Stoppable-San and Kim Possible shall always be friends of mine as well. Do not forget this, Ratchet-San and you, too, Clank.”

Ratchet seemed touched by this, Clank let out another of his signature giggles. Lilo: “Aloha, you guys!” Kim: “Lilo! Stitch!” Stitch: “Aloha, Kim, Ratchet and Clank.” Clank: “Why, aloha to you, Stitch, and you as well, Miss Lilo.” Lilo: “Just want to let you know that our Ohana are here and raring to help you guys out however we can.” Stitch: “Ih! Our Ohana and us are always ready to bring down and chase away all the bad men for all of you.” Kim: “Aww, well, thank you, guys. I really don’t know what to say.” Ratchet: “Yeah, though, I really do feel kind of bad for dragging all of you into this.”  

Lilo shook her head. Lilo: “Don’t worry about that, Ratchet; you, Kim and Clank have been working real hard on saving Polaris from those bad people from that evil company, so we felt that we had to o something to help you out.” Stitch: “Ih! Aka Chunga! Lilo and Stitch always happy to help Kim, Ratchet and Clank whenever we can.” Clank: “Well, that is very considerate of you guys.” Lilo: “Think nothing of it, Clank.” Stitch: “Ih! Naga Busa.” Qwark: “Um, hey there, guys?” Kim: “Captain Qwark?” Qwark: “I’m…also here to help.” Kim: “You? Really? What could you possibly do?” Qwark: “Hey! Don’t be like that, young lady! I’ll have you know that I helped you out several times in the past.” Kim: “That may be true, but you’ve hardly done much to impress us; much less put forth any real effort that’s worth any major praises.”

Everyone else on the screen nodded. Qwark let out a dejected groan. Qwark: “Don’t I get any gratitude from any of you guys? Well, I’ll show all of you that I can really pull my own weight out there on the field.” Ratchet: “Yeah, we’ll see about that, Qwark.” Wade: “I’ll…be sure to keep a close eye on him, encase he does something that gets him in over his head.” Kim: “Knowing Qwark, that’s a given.”

Everyone nodded and made different comments again as Qwark pouted. Talwyn: “I, of course, will be out on the field, as well. In fact, I’m already out here with Cronk and Zephyr.” Cronk: “Dang nabbit! What’s with all them astro-whozits gettin’ in the way n’ all?” Zephyr: “Pay attention, ya durn fool! Are you tryin’ to get us blown to smithereens?” Cronk: “What cha think I’m doin’? Playin’ tidily winks? I am payin’ attention, ya ijit!” Zephyr: “Cronk! Watch out for that…!”

A loud crash was heard. Everyone that heard it flinched. Zephyr: “I told ya to pay attention! We nearly got killed by that blasted space debris!” Cronk: “Will ya keep quiet!?! I wouldn’t be havin’ such a hard time if you weren’t yappin’ so much.” Talwyn: “Another thing I should mention: with me, Cronk and Zephyr out here, there no one manning mission control. We need someone on the helms just like we promised the Polaris Defense Force after they allowed up to use it; we got lucky the last time since it was kind of an emergency.” Kim: “Yeah…that goes without saying…” Ratchet: “So…you have someone there this time, right?” Talwyn: “You bet and you’ll never believe we have asked to take on that responsibility. Go on, guess who they are.” Ratchet: “Wait, they?”

Just then, an image on the blank portion of the screen switched on and displayed an image of Felix and Zita at Mission Control. Felix: “Hey, guys. Long time no see.” Ratchet: “Felix? Zita? Is that you?” Felix: “Yep, sure is.” Zita: “How have you guys been doing? We’ve been greatly eager to see you again!” Kim: “Same here! What have you guys been up to since the last time we met?” Zita: “Well, to put it in a few words; we’ve been busy with a lot of school stuff over the past few years.” Ratchet: “I’ll say you have; Ron had told me that you both have been taking a lot of classes.” Felix: “Oh, you bet! We took on so many advance courses: Robotic, Advanced Computing, Alien Mechanics, Astronomy, Quantum Physics. We were really busy with school.” Zita: “All of those courses were indeed very difficult but we excelled at them, so much so that advanced alien races were impressed by us.” Felix: “We were able excel to where we continued our courses on other planets. I’d say we learned more than we possibly could on Earth. These advanced alien academics made highly sophisticated universities on Earth seem like minor adolescent schools in comparison.” Clank: “Yes and although your standard Earth academics are indeed extensively knowledgeable, there is much that is lacking due to the inhabitants needing to expand their horizons beyond their planet.” Ratchet: “Yeah, considering that the humans have only known about 1 inhabitable planet. Although, we really are impressed by your wanting to extend your know-how and being able understand so much more than what you could comprehend from just living on Earth.” Clank: “Indeed.” Talwyn: “Felix and Zita decided they would like to take all they have learned and apply it to helping out our mission. So, they will be monitoring Mission Control for us.” Ratchet: “Wow, that’s…really great.” Zita: “When Talwyn informed us that they needed someone to monitor this place, we were more than happy to take on the position.” Kim: “We really appreciate it, you guys.” Felix: “Eh, it’s no big deal, really, we like to think of this as an extra curricular course. Now we can really put our schooling and know-how to the test.” Ron: “Alright! And while you guys take on the complex, technical stuff, we’ll take on the awesome and…sometimes dangerous fieldy stuff.” Qwark: “Ah, well said, Stillsworth; the awesome action-y dangers of the field beats sitting in front of the computer and trying to figure out how to get the dang thing to work.” Talwyn: “No kidding, considering that you don’t even know how to turn it on.”

Everyone laughed. Lilo: “Even I could figure out how to do that and I’m not even in high school yet.” Stitch: “Ih!” Ron: “And it’s Stoppable, by the way.” Qwark: “Oh, I see what you mean; just being able to work the dang thing is exactly that.” Felix: “OK, I haven’t been listening to this guy run his massive jaw for a minute and already I have headache.” Kim: “Yeah, Qwark kind of has that impression on us.” Ratchet: “You get use to it.” Talwyn: “Well, regardless, with those 2 monitoring Mission Control, I’m confident that everything is in capable hands.” Kim: “Alright! Let’s see to it that we put an end to Hench Co.’s schemes and chase them out of Polaris for good.”

Everyone commented in a positive manner. Zita: “Certainly. It will be our pleasure.” Clank: “So, then, where shall we go from here?” Felix: “Hm…let me check…” Wade: “At the moment, each of us really have the situation handled from here. We’ve sent each of them to the different planets that Justine has on the list.” Felix: “He’s right; everything’s being accounted for, at least for the moment.” Zita: “The only thing that we haven’t been able to have anyone address is a massive cargo ship containing a multitude of cargo.” Kim: “Any ideas on what that cargo could be?” Zita: “Not really sure, but from what Justine had mentioned on this data disc, it’s something that she’s really worried about.” Felix: “Perhaps you guys would like to handle this.” Kim: “Sure, we’ll head over towards that cargo ship and see what it is that has Justine worried.” Ratchet: Any ideas on where it is?” Felix: “We’re tracking it now. It should be several parsecs from you current location.” Clank: “We are picking up on the signal of the cargo ship now.” Ratchet: “Alright, you guys, let’s go.”

And with that, they flew off at great speed.

[blizzardelements]

Hey look, it's Zephyr!

A long awaited complement to this art of Cronk.

[commenter2]

R&C Apogee Industries facts, theory, and ideas

In 3 back to back Ratchet & Clank games you can find text and/or dialogue mentioning Apogee Industries, obviously a company started by the famous explorer character Max Apogee and likely has his daughter Talwyn Apogee running it/having most ownership of the company.

To be more specific in Quest for Booty the Scavenger Suit (as it is called in that game, gets called the Quest Suit in Rift Apart) Ratchet wears is made by the company as shown by it sporting the Apogee logo on the belt in both QFB and Rift Apart. In A Crack in Time two armor suits you can purchase utilize a “Apogee Recycling System” that makes nanotech last longer, thus taking less damage. Then in All 4 One you have the “Apogee Industries Communication Pods”, which can not only allow people who use them to communicate with others and survive entering a planet’s atmosphere and various terrains, but it can be used to send supplies via teleportation. I also wouldn’t be surprised if the company sold jetpacks similar to the ones Talwyn, Cronk, and Zephyr are/have always sported.

I have a small theory that the company started off as a way for Max Apogee to fund his explorations by selling things he made to survive his own adventures but over time thanks to his success, turned it into an actual business where other eager adventurers can acquire the right gear needed to explore properly. If GrummelNet is willing to do collabs together then it must be good tech.

I think future Ratchet & Clank games should utilize Apogee Industries more, and I got a few ideas how that can be used for gameplay and to give more personality to characters. One simple idea is having it act like another vendor in the Polaris Galaxy. I already have an idea for a new weapon the company could have created, and that is a bomb glove that deploys smoke bombs like the one Talwyn used on Captain Slag and Rusty Pete. Call it something like “The Smoker”, and it would make for an interesting distraction weapon. Maybe it could have an upgrade where the smoke contains sneezing powder that works on organic beings and robots and you could get some funny animations from enemies.

Having it be brought up more would also be a great way to give more personality to Talwyn AND Max when he returns, and give more excuses for more unique interactions with Ratchet and Clank, among other things.

Past games and the R&C comics have shown that Talwyn is quite knowledgeable on technology from computer systems, repairing robots (like Cronk and Zephyr) and is good with a gun. The Apogee Space Station is also technologically interesting since it has gravity controlling tech (explaining why it is safe in an asteroid field) and how it’s has a nice biome despite also doubling as a fortress. Maybe while also owning most of Apogee Industries, Talwyn has also created things for the company to sell as well. I can see a line from her saying that after meeting Ratchet and Clank she got inspired to make things like her father did. This can lead to scenes and dialogue where she has helped/is helping Ratchet and Clank with their own projects whether it be a new device with Ratchet or a new software update on the station with Clank.

In the past I have mentioned how I think the raritanium weapon upgrade gameplay mechanic needs a massive overhaul and I think Talwyn and Apogee Industries would make a great replacement for it. Unlike the version in games like Into the Nexus, the 2016 reimagining, and Rift Apart where you slowly upgrade a weapon’s stats 1 raritanium at a time maybe when you give Talwyn either blueprints or spare parts/raritanium you can find thought-out the game, she can modify a weapon instantly making it much powerful AND comes with a new feature on par to when a weapon reaches its V5 form.

This could also lead to some fun dialogue from this like after buy an expensive upgrade from her, she states/hints to Ratchet he should get her something just as costly for her birthday or their anniversary.

Maybe Talwyn could be the one to give Ratchet and Clank the RYNO side quest as getting her the schematics for a weapon (it doesn’t have to be the RYNO) she can build it for him. Going back to blueprints, maybe she can make several weapons for Ratchet.

What are your thoughts on this info and how it can lead to interesting material for the R&C series?

[assassyart]

Odd question.

Who would you say was more unfairly sidelined?

Angela Cross, Sasha Phyronix or Talwyn?

Hmm. That's an interesting one. Sure, I'll bite!

I guess this may be a bit controversial, but I don't really think Angela was "unfairly sidelined" at all. She had her place in the story in Going Commando, a prominent one at that, and despite me thinking her arc kinda sucks in GC, it doesn't erase the fact that her character was basically done after Going Commando. Her one goal was to stop Fizzwidget Qwark from releasing the crazy Protopet.

It's only now with ACiT and RA that Angela actually serves a purpose beyond Going Commando (and even saying that is a stretch, considering the purpose as of right now is just a mix between "where did she go?", "is she a lombax?", and the fact she is presumably with max apogee). She was never *intentionally* sidelined, in my opinion.

Overall, she was just a fan-favorite side character until they accidentally messed up with the whole "last Lombax" thing, and she didn't really seem all that important to the main characters beyond being a girl Ratchet thinks is pretty and wants to impress lol.

The other two, on the other hand... they both have it pretty bad.

Sasha is never brought up after Deadlocked's intro scene until the comics, post-ACiT. Even in the comics, Ratchet and Sasha's relationship is barely touched on, so we don't really have any idea of why they broke up besides that one site that claimed it was because of political differences. Sasha is treated like she wasn't important to the cast when she clearly WAS important to, at the very least, Ratchet. She isn't that important of a character to the story which is why I wouldn't be all that surprised if we don't see her again, but she was still IMPORTANT to a character and that alone means she deserved more than just an offscreen send-off in the comics.

It's like they specifically took Ratchet to a completely different galaxy so they could avoid past characters and introduce new ones, and OH HEEY WAIT A MINUTE, does this kinda sound familiar...?

Because it happened again. That's essentially the same thing that Rift Apart does. To avoid the elephant in the room (Ratchet's important relationships with other characters that would add to his hesitation with risking it all to go find the Lombaxes, i.e. Azimuth, Vendra, Talwyn, Cronk, Zephyr, Tachyon, etc.) they straight up just ignore having to talk about those characters by putting him in a position where they will never realistically be brought up— a different dimension, with new characters.

Despite Into the Nexus cementing Talwyn as an important character and RA being the sequel to Nexus, Rift Apart chooses to play it as safely as possible by vaguely mentioning her in one very easily missable dialogue that is, while cute, not important whatsoever towards Ratchet's inner conflict.

If this was the first time her character was treated like this, it wouldn't be a big deal... but this isn't the first time. She was (allegedly) axed from A Crack in Time, axed from Full Frontal Assault, had her role minimized in Into the Nexus, and was reduced to a credits cameo in Rift Apart. Anytime she DID have screentime, it was rarely spent developing her or her goals, and instead developing Ratchet's character and motivations.

Things do HAPPEN to Talwyn, but they happen so that she can be more relatable to Ratchet, not because it'll benefit her character.

In conclusion: sasha got the worst of it by being completely ignored until the comics because she was too cool and capable and will probably never show up again. angela isn't that bad because she still gets referenced and the door is still wide open for her to be included in a future game whenever IG decides they've had enough fun messing with going commando fans, but i do understand and sympathize with the pain of waiting over twenty years to see her again. aaaaand talwyn is a big ole mess but she's my mess so i love her no matter how many times they cut her from the games :D

[stcries]

hazbin hotel prompts, accepting!

@veldinstar wrote: “ How can I face her after failing her all so hard? ” / @ clank, talking about talwyn after the deaths of cronk & zephyr !!

"ratchet, you did not fail anybody," he eventually responds, single hand coming up to rest against the other's upper leg. "what we got ourselves into, there was always the risk of death. i am sure talwyn knew this from the start." truly, it stung to lose the pair, even despite their clumsiness, their value was undeniable. "sometimes, even though we try our hardest, bad things can still happen, but it was not your fault."

robotic eyelids crease in worry, staring up at his companion. fighting for as long as they have, even if loss wasn't uncommon anymore, to say it didn't have the same crushing impacts would be a lie. clank wanted to help, he truly did, but there was only so much one robot could do. "if you'd like, i can come with you when you are ready to break the news."

[nether-twins]

*journalist with a mic* Do you regret what happened to the Great War hero bots, Cronk and Zephyr?

"Oh, right... those two. I... um... do have regrets for that. I mean, I was there, and I tried to talk my sis out of... y'know. We could have just walked away. They couldn't do anything while they were tied up. But I... didn't have the guts to actually go through with it. I was a coward back then, too scared to go against anything my sister, and they paid the price for it."

"Yeah... they did. I never put much thought into what I did back then. I just wanted to get rid of them and Ratchet, the one person I knew could cause trouble for us later, but we all know how that ended."

[theognatinator]

Cronk: If men that ride horses are called cowboys what do you call robots that ride cows?

Zephyr: Stupid.

[99katarina99]

It has everything, but it's too short.

I just finished watching a full playthrough of Ratchet and Clank Into the Nexus by Full Playthroughs. I had also played that game back in 2013, just when it came out. I was very happy to be able to play another Ratchet and Clank game, and I really enjoyed playing Into the Nexus. This game has everything, but unfortunately, it's too short. I finished it in 1 day. I feel like the developers didn't try enough to release the new Ratchet & Clank in the same fashion as the previous games, not to mention that this game was released just a month before PlayStation 4 came out.

Let me tell you briefly about the plot with my own words: The game starts on a spaceship freighter that serves as a prison where Ratchet and Clank, along with their robot friends Cronk and Zephyr, need to escort Vendra Prog, the dangerous and cold criminal, to the prison, but they get attacked by Neftin Prog, Vendra's brother, who hired Thugs 4 Less, the guns-for-hire, to get Vendra out. The freighter explodes, killing Cronk and Zephyr along with it, and Ratchet and Clank are the only survivors. They manage to slip into one of Thugs 4 Less' ships that takes them all the way to Zarkov Sector, the sector that was declared abandoned and haunted. They land on one of the planets out there, Yarik or whatever it's called, and they find out that Vendra and Neftin contacted a monster being, called Mr. Eye, who they want to bring into their world, using a low-budget Dimensinator, the device that opens portals to other worlds. Ratchet and Clank manage to escape, and they need stop Vendra and Neftin from bringing Mr. Eye to their world. They track Vendra and Neftin on Silox (if I remember the name correctly), the abandoned urban planet. But they're late. Vendra manages to summon and bring Mr. Eye into their world. Instead of working with Vendra, Mr. Eye's minions capture and take Vendra into the Nether, their world. Ratchet and Clank team up with Neftin to get the real dimensinator, located in a museum on planet Igliak, so they can banish Mr. Eye and his minions from their world, and free Vendra.

After watching and coming back to this game, I had the idea: I could write a fan fiction of this game. I wouldn't change anything in the original, but rather expand the storyline. Like, how were Vendra and Neftin able to make their own dimensinator? How did Vendra get caught in the first place? How did she get into contact with Mr. Eye? (Well, that part is somehow explained by the number of dictaphones we find in the game). Ratchet & Clank is an adventure game, and adventure games have to be lengthy (10 hours or so). There's got to be more to this story than me, and other gamers like me, didn't get to see. I really want that to happen.

One more thing: at the end of the game, after Ratchet and Clank had a small talk in front of Cronk and Zephyr's statues in the museum, Ratchet leaves alone, and Clank picks up the real (and now broken) dimensinator, and takes it with him. Then the scene ends, and the credits start rolling. That actually makes perfect sense, given that in Rift Apart, Clank builds back the dimensinator by himself as a gift to Ratchet so he can find Lombaxes, his species. If anything, Insominac Games actually continued from Into the Nexus instead of the remake (and the movie).

If Insominac ever plans on remaking this game (it's only available on PS3), I'll send them the script of mine. If anything, I can at least show my writing skills.