Ratchet & Clank (video Game) - Plot

Plot

On planet Quartu, an assembly line is producing large, destructive robots when suddenly there is an error, and a small, curious robot emerges. The robot encounters a video recording on an infobot. Horrified by its contents, the robot escapes the planet in a spaceship, only to be shot down over the planet Veldin.

On Veldin, a Lombax named Ratchet is constructing his spaceship when the robot crash-lands near his home. Ratchet recovers the robot from the wreckage. The robot shows Ratchet the infobot, which contains a recording of Chairman Drek of the Blarg race, who explains that his home planet is uninhabitable due to pollution and overpopulation. Drek's solution is to build a new planet for his race by extracting large parts of other planets, destroying them in the process. Fearing that Drek will destroy the galaxy, the robot asks Ratchet to help him find the famous superhero Captain Qwark, in an effort to stop Drek. Ratchet is eager to leave Veldin in his ship, but can't without a vital component: a robotic ignition system. Equipped with a robotic ignition system, the robot starts Ratchet's ship in return for his help. Whilst flying from Veldin to the planet Novalis, Ratchet nicknames the robot as Clank.

The two later find Qwark on planet Rilgar. Qwark encourages them to prove their heroic status by completing a dangerous obstacle course on the planet Umbris. After they finish the course, however, Clank leads himself and Ratchet into a trap laid by Qwark, sending the two into a cavern. Here, Qwark reveals that he is working for Drek in order to become the spokesperson for the new Blargian planet and he can't have Ratchet and Clank get in the way of his comeback. Qwark leaves the two to fight a monstrous Snagglebeast.

After defeating the Snagglebeast, Ratchet becomes increasingly bitter and hostile towards Clank, angry that he let Qwark get the better of them. Clank urges Ratchet to continue their quest to confront Drek, but Ratchet is obsessed with getting revenge on Qwark. Eventually, Ratchet carries out his revenge on Qwark in a space battle on Gemlik Moonbase. Afterwards, Drek attacks Planet Oltanis. Witnessing the devastation Drek causes, Ratchet finally understands that he must be stopped and makes amends with Clank, admitting his selfishness in focusing on Qwark.

Combining their efforts, Ratchet and Clank learn that Drek has developed a weapon called the "Deplanetizer". Drek aims to use it to remove Veldin, Ratchet's home planet, from the desired orbit of his newly constructed planet; and this enrages Ratchet. On Veldin, Ratchet and Clank confront Drek, who is about to obliterate the planet. Drek reveals that it was he who polluted the Blargian home planet in the first place, and he plans to do the same to, and make more money from, his new planet after the living space has been purchased. A battle ensues, after which Drek is killed. Ratchet uses the Deplanetizer to destroy Drek's planet, sending meteorites falling towards Veldin. A meteor impact throws both Ratchet and Clank off of the platform; Clank manages to grab onto the ledge and catch Ratchet, but the strain of supporting Ratchet's weight causes heavy damage to Clank's arm. The two fall before Clank uses his thruster-pack upgrade, acquired in the game, to slow the fall and save both himself and Ratchet. At the first, it seems like Ratchet leaves Clank and goes away, but he comes back and offers to repair Clank. The game ends with them walking off together, now best friends.