Appeared In: Ratchet & Clank; Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando; Ratchet & Clank: Up your Arsenal;Ratchet & Clank: Deadlocked; Ratchet & Clank Size Matters; Secret Agent Clank; Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction; Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty; Ratchet & Clank future; A Crack in Time; Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One; Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault.
Names: Ratchet and Clank (XJ-0461)
Ages: Ratchet is 20 (approx.), while Clank doesn't have a definitive age (due to being a robot), but in personality, he is pretty much close to his friend's age.
Genders: Male
Appearances: (Pictures: Pic1, Pic2, Pic3)
Personality:
Ratchet is a street-wise, wrench-swinging guy who always likes to get into an adventure, even if sometimes he is not really thinking about the risks or odds. He can make some sarcastic comments or jokes and sometimes doesn't take things personally, but after maturing with his many adventures as a galactic hero, he has become a smarter and more humble person, always willing to help anybody in need of saving, no matter how difficult and dangerous the odds can be. Still, he can be aggressive towards people that have crossed him, harmed his friends or overall being evil, but he is also willing to forgive if the possibility of redemption is there.
Also, like most of his kind, Ratchet has a big fascination and expertise when it comes to machinery. He likes to repair and build different gizmos and gadgets as well as a love for piloting across the universe.
Clank often acts as Ratchet's voice of reason against Ratchet's brash personality. He is quite knowledgeable in a variety of subjects, which he never hesitates to show. However, due to being mostly "Book-smart", he has shown to be slow to realize certain things than Ratchet in certain scenarios, like certain customs, slangs or jokes. Also, he is quite fond to joke with one-liners or simple puns followed with his trademark "adorkable" laugh.
He is also much more patient than Ratchet when it comes to certain situations, being the first to analyze before heading into the action. And just like his friend, he has a heart of gold when it comes to helping people and making friends with a great sense of justice, having the courage to face any villain who dares harm and cause havoc.
Powers:
Ratchet doesn't possess any natural powers. Only relying on his weaponry, gadgetry, and mechanical expertise.
Clank possesses two unique powers after his stay at the Great Clock. The first one is his resistance to time energy, thanks to the Quantum Actuator by (then)Junior Caretaker Sigmund, which means he is more resistant to time-manipulating powers and abilities as well as maintaining his memories in any instance of time-travel.
His second power would be his ability to utilize Time Bombs, devices which when thrown generate a field of quantum energy that makes anything inside or entering into the area of impact slow in time for a few minutes. However, due to the danger of quantum fields, they can only be thrown one at a time (the first field immediately shutting down whenever a second bomb is released) and any object or enemy that manages to touch outside of the field will be immediately back to its original speed.
Abilities:
Ratchet is a capable fighter, utilizing weapons and gadgets that allow him to traverse many environments and defeat very large groups of enemies by himself. Ratchet can also evade enemy fire, often jumping, or back/side flipping out of the way.
He, like most Lombaxes, is also highly adept with tools and technology, usually seen fixing a multitude of machines, most of all with his wrench, which he can use for different functions.
In addition to his natural talents, Ratchet has received training as a commando (Courtesy of Megacorp at the Bogon Galaxy), ranging from martial arts to outdoor survival, to tactical combat and others, as well as gaining the rank of sergeant assisting the Galactic Rangers of the Solanna Galaxy against the Tyhrranoid invasion and the malevolent supervillain Dr. Nefarious's attack on the entire sector.
Besides his vast intellect, Clank possesses a variety of modes and functions to not only help himself around but also aid Ratchet when he is on his back in Back-pack Mode. Still, he is able to defend himself when Ratchet is not around by the use of martial arts and spinning, as well as using the blades of his Heli-pack mode as boomerangs and open a floating screen device that can be used as a communication video-feed.
Weapons:
-OmniWrench: The OmniWrench Millennium 12 is Ratchet's closest tool and his main weapon when it comes to melee combat alongside being a general multi-purpose tool for repairs and tinkering. Made from a substance known as Teratannium, it makes it light for it to swing around, but durable and resistant. Ratchet can throw it as well from a distance and act as a make-shift boomerang, returning to his hand soon after.
-Burst Pistol: The Burst Pistol is a rapid-fire blaster pistol which fires proton energy projectiles at a high rate of fire, serving as a long-range weapon that is adaptable to many situations and threats. Its adaptable trigger allows it to function for both precise single shots or fast and spread multiple shots.
-Shatterbomb: This grenade bomb glove allows the throwing of powerful explosives that explode and damage both the target and other enemies in the area of impact, leaving overcharged shrapnel shards in its wake.
-Warmonger: This Terraklon Rocket Launcher re-purposed by GrummeNet fires a powerful rocket forward that causes heavy damage. Great for big crowds of enemies or foes carrying powerful armor.
-Buzz Blades: Originally engineered by a rogue gang of Kerchu carpenters and later on manufactured and sold across the galaxy, the Buzz Blades launches a series of fast and dangerous metal discs that can also ricochet on walls and hit multiple times.
-The Enforcer: A double-barrel shotgun that fires a scatter of plasma shots at enemies in a short-to-medium range. It has strong damage over a wide radius in front of it, but a low rate of fire. Its adaptative tr
-Suck Cannon: The Suck Cannon was developed by the company Gadgetron by the use of Blargian technology and is able to suck up small debris or enemies inside with its patented vortex and miniature dimensional storage technology. Once filled, it can launch everything it absorbed back as powerful projectiles.
Equipment:
-Omniglove: a multi-purpose glove modified to hold gadgets attachments. Ratchet modified it to carry his trusty Swingshot, which he has used in a multitude of adventures in the past, as well as a secondary way to wirelessly access to his Nav-unit systems. The Swingshot possesses a Teratannium hook that when launched and attached to a target it generates a holo-fiber chord; A wire of solid light energy, that allows Ratchet to swing over obstacles, to grapple towards areas, bring objects to him and even be used on enemies.
The Omniglove's easy-to-use and code frame allows for multiple upgrades and modifications that can be added in the future.
-Grind Boots: This function on ratchet's boots activate immediately whenever he makes contact with a rail or similar object. As its name implies, it allows Ratchet to grind and move along these structures.
-O2 Mask: As it is easy to guess, this mask allows Ratchet to breathe underwater or in the vacuum of outer space, providing oxygen and protection for him.
-Hoverboots: A memento of Ratchet's father and handed to him by the late Alister Azimuth, these Lombax-engineered boots use zero-g pulse stabilizers and ion propulsion cells that allows him to move across areas at great speed, as well as letting him glide short distances even when he is not utilizing Clank's Heli-Pack. The hoverboots, however, are not capable to elevate him higher and can be quite hard to break or avoid more sharp turns or obstacles.
-Nav-Unit: This gadget, located in Ratchet's belt and shirt, is used to store and display different types of data, mostly for Navigation (like maps, schematics, or area information) as well as a communication system across long distances. Ratchet has modified it to also activate a holo-materialization sequence to activate or deactivate armor whenever is necessary.
-Heli-Pack: In his Heli-Pack mode, Clank sprouts helicopter blades that allow him (and Ratchet) to glide or elevate short distances, as well as lower the impact of falling for a safe landing.
-Hydro Pack: The Hydro-Pack mode allows him (and Ratchet) to move fast underwater by the use of his aquatic thrusters.
Awareness: No
History:
Ratchet is one of the last members of the Lombax race; Amazing engineers and tinkerers and saviors of the Polaris Galaxy from the scourge of the Cragmites. However, their kindness to the last remaining member, Tachyon, proved to be ill-fated: Leading into their civilization's destruction and almost every Lombax either destroyed or exiled to another dimension. Ratchet's father, in his last moments, sent his infant son inside a pod towards the Solanna Galaxy, saving him from the now-Emperor's wrath. As such, Ratchet grew up alone on the planet Veldin, with no knowledge of his race or their history, passing most of his time in his garage working in different inventions. Dreaming of great adventures across the cosmos, he spent most of his teenage years working on a spaceship that'd get him off-world, but was sadly disappointed when he needed a robotic ignition system to start his ship. However, one day he noticed a falling star crossing the skies and crashing into a nearby plateau and, upon the exploration of the debris, found an unconscious robot at the crater. Later, the diminutive robot explained (after startling the Lombax by suddenly waking up) his situation.
Clank, as Ratchet later decided to call, was part of a production line of big and dangerous sentry-bots at the Robot Factory on planet Quartu who by (what back then believed to be) a mishap, ended up as a small, harmless robot. These series of robots were being built to assist the villainous leader of the Blarg race, Chairman Drek. But when the small robot took some video feed on his plants to destroy planet Novalis to pieces and add it chunks to his new planet for his species, built on the remains of other unfortunate places (and doomed to be used in the race's greedy industrialization and pollution like it happened to countless previous homes), he stole the information and escaped, hoping to find a galactic hero known as Captain Quark, for help. While at that moment, Ratchet and Clank weren't getting along as much, the two made a deal: Clank would help him ignite his ship to be space-worthy and Ratchet would take him to Captain Quark.
This lead them into a fantastic adventure across the galaxy where, despite some bumps on the road between them, their friendship grew as they discovered the nature of Chairman Drek's plan, Captain Quark's betrayal and eventually together they defeated the malicious businessman and his world-destroying scheme for good.
From that point on Ratchet and Clank became famous galactic heroes, called to many adventures across multiple galaxies and planets. From making peace with a now-reformed Captain Qwark (giant ego none-standing), defeating the organic-hater Dr. Nefarious, to even vanquish Emperor Tachyon himself with the use of the Lombax Secret used to vanish his kind: The Dimensionator. the duo experienced highs and lows throughout their history, where their friendship was tested to the very end.
Besides just learning about the nature of Ratchet's own race, Clank also eventually came to learn about his: The "accident" of his creation turned out to be far from that; A plan conducted by the great Orvus of the interdimensional-hopping race of the Zoni, who created a son that would eventually take his title as Senior Caretaker of the Great Clock: An incredible machine tasked to stabilize the flow of time across the universe! Despite this, and after dealing with the surprising return of Dr. Nefarious as well as the sacrifice of the other last Lombax; Alister Azmuth, Clank decided to relinquish his title to the Junior Caretaker, Sigmund, after proving himself and continue his life with his best friend Ratchet.
Time passed, and the two had many adventures across the Polaris Galaxy. Whatever were crazy planet-stealing maniacs, robotic monster collectors or Grungarian mercenary assaults. The duo faced every challenge with no problem. Most recently, the two had to stop an interdimensional invasion of the creature knows as the Nether; Who's leader manipulated the criminal brothers Vendra and Neftin Progg into summoning to this realm of existence. Luckily, they vanquished the Netherleader and once again brought peace to Polaris as per usual.
While their adventures may have taken a bit of a stop for a little while, it was only a matter of time before the universe would call for their aid once again...
Sample Post:
...Space. The final frontier...
Huge. So huge, in fact, that if you lost your car keys in it, they'd be almost impossible to find.
Across this massive cosmos, a spaceship flew at high speed. Painted in red and gold, the Aphelion continued her route across the Polaris Galaxy. Planets, asteroids and constellations just left behind as the course was set towards adventure.
"Are you sure this is the right way. Ratchet?"
At the ship's controls sat the yellow-furred Lombax, the galactic hero Ratchet. He looked to his right as he spoke with his inseparable companion, the small yet-courageous robot Clank, riding on the seat next to him (made a bit too him for the little guy). "Don't worry, Clank. I'm just taking a shortcut. We'll be reaching the Breegus Sector in no time." The feline alien spoke in his usual carefree attitude.
While a bit unsure, Clank fully trusted his friend's capable piloting skills, as venturing through the vastness of space was just their everyday routine at this point. His mechanical green eyes then focused towards the screen located on the ship's panel. A small beeping green dot indicating a message.
"Incoming message, seems it is marked as "urgent"..." Clank informed, making Ratchet just roll his eyes and sigh, "Take a look. It better not be Quark again. I told him like three times already to stop using the emergency message channel just to ask how to set his Spaceflix account..."
Clank scooted towards the screen and pressed on the bleeping symbol, opening a written message. "It's from Talwyn. It appears to be another sighting of an unscheduled meteor shower. This time on planet Aquatos."
"All the way over Solanna? Man, now this really isn't making any sense. Meteor showers start to appear straight out of nowhere all over the universe. This can't be anything good!"
"I do agree this is most intriguing" Replied the small bot.
"But I have to admit, whatever stuff those meteorites are made of, they ain't half bad to use. Aphelion, how's the new armor alloy working? What about the Warp unit?"
The Aphelion's programmed AI responded with her feminine computerized voice, in a quite excited manner. "All exterior defenses seem to be working at top capacity. And the Gravimetric Warp Drive is functioning with just half of the regular energy required. I have never felt better!"
"See? I told you this'd work out" Ratchet smirked proudly at his handiwork. Clank just shook his head. "Do I remind you this was your fifth attempt at using this unknown substance to upgrade the ship? We were lucky the situation did not turn out like in Attempt no. 3..."
"Oh come on." The lombax exclaimed, "How was I suppose to know the meteorite's material needed an entirely different level of cooling before applying it?....Besides, nobody was using that water fountain anyways...or that billboard...or that apartment..."
Their reminiscing of failed trials and errors was quickly interrupted when Aphelion spoke. "Alert! Incoming hazards up ahead. Abnormal energy-readings detected"
"What? Woah!!"
Suddenly, a series of bodies of light started to charge at the ship. Big meteors of a shiny and colorful substance suddenly manifesting from the nothingness, some even hitting parts of the ship they propelled forward and unstopped.
"Ratchet watch out!!"
"Aphelion, keep the shields at maximum power. I'll try evasive maneuvers. Hold on tight, Clank!" Ratchet shout as his grip got tighter on the controls. With a move of the wheel and a hard press on the thrusters, the Aphelion moved from side to side avoiding all the incoming meteors. Some dodged by a close shave while others actually hitting on Aphelion's shield defenses, and our heroes holding on like if their lives depended on it (because they kinda did) and hoping this swarm of unknown shards soon ceased.
"There's no end to these things?! Dammit, I don't know if the shields can't take more of this!"
"Ratchet, look!" Clank pointed forward. A mysterious crack in the middle of space lied ahead. Its strange blueish glow looking as inviting as it seemed dangerous. "The high-energy readings seem to be mostly coming from there. This must be connected with the source of the anomaly!"
"Alright. We have no choice then. We'll have to jump there and see what lies on the other side. You're ready pal?" Ratchet spoke as he looked at Clank directly. His robotic companion nodding in an instant.
One last press into the thrusters pushed the Aphelion past the meteor shower and right into the rift. After devoured, the vortex closed in a final flash of light, leaving the duo to their fate.
However, this wasn't the end of the story for our heroes, but just the mere beginning...
Names: Ratchet and Clank (XJ-0461)
Ages: Ratchet is 20 (approx.), while Clank doesn't have a definitive age (due to being a robot), but in personality, he is pretty much close to his friend's age.
Genders: Male
Appearances: (Pictures: Pic1, Pic2, Pic3)
Personality:
Ratchet is a street-wise, wrench-swinging guy who always likes to get into an adventure, even if sometimes he is not really thinking about the risks or odds. He can make some sarcastic comments or jokes and sometimes doesn't take things personally, but after maturing with his many adventures as a galactic hero, he has become a smarter and more humble person, always willing to help anybody in need of saving, no matter how difficult and dangerous the odds can be. Still, he can be aggressive towards people that have crossed him, harmed his friends or overall being evil, but he is also willing to forgive if the possibility of redemption is there.
Also, like most of his kind, Ratchet has a big fascination and expertise when it comes to machinery. He likes to repair and build different gizmos and gadgets as well as a love for piloting across the universe.
Clank often acts as Ratchet's voice of reason against Ratchet's brash personality. He is quite knowledgeable in a variety of subjects, which he never hesitates to show. However, due to being mostly "Book-smart", he has shown to be slow to realize certain things than Ratchet in certain scenarios, like certain customs, slangs or jokes. Also, he is quite fond to joke with one-liners or simple puns followed with his trademark "adorkable" laugh.
He is also much more patient than Ratchet when it comes to certain situations, being the first to analyze before heading into the action. And just like his friend, he has a heart of gold when it comes to helping people and making friends with a great sense of justice, having the courage to face any villain who dares harm and cause havoc.
Powers:
Ratchet doesn't possess any natural powers. Only relying on his weaponry, gadgetry, and mechanical expertise.
Clank possesses two unique powers after his stay at the Great Clock. The first one is his resistance to time energy, thanks to the Quantum Actuator by (then)Junior Caretaker Sigmund, which means he is more resistant to time-manipulating powers and abilities as well as maintaining his memories in any instance of time-travel.
His second power would be his ability to utilize Time Bombs, devices which when thrown generate a field of quantum energy that makes anything inside or entering into the area of impact slow in time for a few minutes. However, due to the danger of quantum fields, they can only be thrown one at a time (the first field immediately shutting down whenever a second bomb is released) and any object or enemy that manages to touch outside of the field will be immediately back to its original speed.
Abilities:
Ratchet is a capable fighter, utilizing weapons and gadgets that allow him to traverse many environments and defeat very large groups of enemies by himself. Ratchet can also evade enemy fire, often jumping, or back/side flipping out of the way.
He, like most Lombaxes, is also highly adept with tools and technology, usually seen fixing a multitude of machines, most of all with his wrench, which he can use for different functions.
In addition to his natural talents, Ratchet has received training as a commando (Courtesy of Megacorp at the Bogon Galaxy), ranging from martial arts to outdoor survival, to tactical combat and others, as well as gaining the rank of sergeant assisting the Galactic Rangers of the Solanna Galaxy against the Tyhrranoid invasion and the malevolent supervillain Dr. Nefarious's attack on the entire sector.
Besides his vast intellect, Clank possesses a variety of modes and functions to not only help himself around but also aid Ratchet when he is on his back in Back-pack Mode. Still, he is able to defend himself when Ratchet is not around by the use of martial arts and spinning, as well as using the blades of his Heli-pack mode as boomerangs and open a floating screen device that can be used as a communication video-feed.
Weapons:
-OmniWrench: The OmniWrench Millennium 12 is Ratchet's closest tool and his main weapon when it comes to melee combat alongside being a general multi-purpose tool for repairs and tinkering. Made from a substance known as Teratannium, it makes it light for it to swing around, but durable and resistant. Ratchet can throw it as well from a distance and act as a make-shift boomerang, returning to his hand soon after.
-Burst Pistol: The Burst Pistol is a rapid-fire blaster pistol which fires proton energy projectiles at a high rate of fire, serving as a long-range weapon that is adaptable to many situations and threats. Its adaptable trigger allows it to function for both precise single shots or fast and spread multiple shots.
-Shatterbomb: This grenade bomb glove allows the throwing of powerful explosives that explode and damage both the target and other enemies in the area of impact, leaving overcharged shrapnel shards in its wake.
-Warmonger: This Terraklon Rocket Launcher re-purposed by GrummeNet fires a powerful rocket forward that causes heavy damage. Great for big crowds of enemies or foes carrying powerful armor.
-Buzz Blades: Originally engineered by a rogue gang of Kerchu carpenters and later on manufactured and sold across the galaxy, the Buzz Blades launches a series of fast and dangerous metal discs that can also ricochet on walls and hit multiple times.
-The Enforcer: A double-barrel shotgun that fires a scatter of plasma shots at enemies in a short-to-medium range. It has strong damage over a wide radius in front of it, but a low rate of fire. Its adaptative tr
-Suck Cannon: The Suck Cannon was developed by the company Gadgetron by the use of Blargian technology and is able to suck up small debris or enemies inside with its patented vortex and miniature dimensional storage technology. Once filled, it can launch everything it absorbed back as powerful projectiles.
Equipment:
-Omniglove: a multi-purpose glove modified to hold gadgets attachments. Ratchet modified it to carry his trusty Swingshot, which he has used in a multitude of adventures in the past, as well as a secondary way to wirelessly access to his Nav-unit systems. The Swingshot possesses a Teratannium hook that when launched and attached to a target it generates a holo-fiber chord; A wire of solid light energy, that allows Ratchet to swing over obstacles, to grapple towards areas, bring objects to him and even be used on enemies.
The Omniglove's easy-to-use and code frame allows for multiple upgrades and modifications that can be added in the future.
-Grind Boots: This function on ratchet's boots activate immediately whenever he makes contact with a rail or similar object. As its name implies, it allows Ratchet to grind and move along these structures.
-O2 Mask: As it is easy to guess, this mask allows Ratchet to breathe underwater or in the vacuum of outer space, providing oxygen and protection for him.
-Hoverboots: A memento of Ratchet's father and handed to him by the late Alister Azimuth, these Lombax-engineered boots use zero-g pulse stabilizers and ion propulsion cells that allows him to move across areas at great speed, as well as letting him glide short distances even when he is not utilizing Clank's Heli-Pack. The hoverboots, however, are not capable to elevate him higher and can be quite hard to break or avoid more sharp turns or obstacles.
-Nav-Unit: This gadget, located in Ratchet's belt and shirt, is used to store and display different types of data, mostly for Navigation (like maps, schematics, or area information) as well as a communication system across long distances. Ratchet has modified it to also activate a holo-materialization sequence to activate or deactivate armor whenever is necessary.
-Heli-Pack: In his Heli-Pack mode, Clank sprouts helicopter blades that allow him (and Ratchet) to glide or elevate short distances, as well as lower the impact of falling for a safe landing.
-Hydro Pack: The Hydro-Pack mode allows him (and Ratchet) to move fast underwater by the use of his aquatic thrusters.
Awareness: No
History:
Ratchet is one of the last members of the Lombax race; Amazing engineers and tinkerers and saviors of the Polaris Galaxy from the scourge of the Cragmites. However, their kindness to the last remaining member, Tachyon, proved to be ill-fated: Leading into their civilization's destruction and almost every Lombax either destroyed or exiled to another dimension. Ratchet's father, in his last moments, sent his infant son inside a pod towards the Solanna Galaxy, saving him from the now-Emperor's wrath. As such, Ratchet grew up alone on the planet Veldin, with no knowledge of his race or their history, passing most of his time in his garage working in different inventions. Dreaming of great adventures across the cosmos, he spent most of his teenage years working on a spaceship that'd get him off-world, but was sadly disappointed when he needed a robotic ignition system to start his ship. However, one day he noticed a falling star crossing the skies and crashing into a nearby plateau and, upon the exploration of the debris, found an unconscious robot at the crater. Later, the diminutive robot explained (after startling the Lombax by suddenly waking up) his situation.
Clank, as Ratchet later decided to call, was part of a production line of big and dangerous sentry-bots at the Robot Factory on planet Quartu who by (what back then believed to be) a mishap, ended up as a small, harmless robot. These series of robots were being built to assist the villainous leader of the Blarg race, Chairman Drek. But when the small robot took some video feed on his plants to destroy planet Novalis to pieces and add it chunks to his new planet for his species, built on the remains of other unfortunate places (and doomed to be used in the race's greedy industrialization and pollution like it happened to countless previous homes), he stole the information and escaped, hoping to find a galactic hero known as Captain Quark, for help. While at that moment, Ratchet and Clank weren't getting along as much, the two made a deal: Clank would help him ignite his ship to be space-worthy and Ratchet would take him to Captain Quark.
This lead them into a fantastic adventure across the galaxy where, despite some bumps on the road between them, their friendship grew as they discovered the nature of Chairman Drek's plan, Captain Quark's betrayal and eventually together they defeated the malicious businessman and his world-destroying scheme for good.
From that point on Ratchet and Clank became famous galactic heroes, called to many adventures across multiple galaxies and planets. From making peace with a now-reformed Captain Qwark (giant ego none-standing), defeating the organic-hater Dr. Nefarious, to even vanquish Emperor Tachyon himself with the use of the Lombax Secret used to vanish his kind: The Dimensionator. the duo experienced highs and lows throughout their history, where their friendship was tested to the very end.
Besides just learning about the nature of Ratchet's own race, Clank also eventually came to learn about his: The "accident" of his creation turned out to be far from that; A plan conducted by the great Orvus of the interdimensional-hopping race of the Zoni, who created a son that would eventually take his title as Senior Caretaker of the Great Clock: An incredible machine tasked to stabilize the flow of time across the universe! Despite this, and after dealing with the surprising return of Dr. Nefarious as well as the sacrifice of the other last Lombax; Alister Azmuth, Clank decided to relinquish his title to the Junior Caretaker, Sigmund, after proving himself and continue his life with his best friend Ratchet.
Time passed, and the two had many adventures across the Polaris Galaxy. Whatever were crazy planet-stealing maniacs, robotic monster collectors or Grungarian mercenary assaults. The duo faced every challenge with no problem. Most recently, the two had to stop an interdimensional invasion of the creature knows as the Nether; Who's leader manipulated the criminal brothers Vendra and Neftin Progg into summoning to this realm of existence. Luckily, they vanquished the Netherleader and once again brought peace to Polaris as per usual.
While their adventures may have taken a bit of a stop for a little while, it was only a matter of time before the universe would call for their aid once again...
Sample Post:
...Space. The final frontier...
Huge. So huge, in fact, that if you lost your car keys in it, they'd be almost impossible to find.
Across this massive cosmos, a spaceship flew at high speed. Painted in red and gold, the Aphelion continued her route across the Polaris Galaxy. Planets, asteroids and constellations just left behind as the course was set towards adventure.
"Are you sure this is the right way. Ratchet?"
At the ship's controls sat the yellow-furred Lombax, the galactic hero Ratchet. He looked to his right as he spoke with his inseparable companion, the small yet-courageous robot Clank, riding on the seat next to him (made a bit too him for the little guy). "Don't worry, Clank. I'm just taking a shortcut. We'll be reaching the Breegus Sector in no time." The feline alien spoke in his usual carefree attitude.
While a bit unsure, Clank fully trusted his friend's capable piloting skills, as venturing through the vastness of space was just their everyday routine at this point. His mechanical green eyes then focused towards the screen located on the ship's panel. A small beeping green dot indicating a message.
"Incoming message, seems it is marked as "urgent"..." Clank informed, making Ratchet just roll his eyes and sigh, "Take a look. It better not be Quark again. I told him like three times already to stop using the emergency message channel just to ask how to set his Spaceflix account..."
Clank scooted towards the screen and pressed on the bleeping symbol, opening a written message. "It's from Talwyn. It appears to be another sighting of an unscheduled meteor shower. This time on planet Aquatos."
"All the way over Solanna? Man, now this really isn't making any sense. Meteor showers start to appear straight out of nowhere all over the universe. This can't be anything good!"
"I do agree this is most intriguing" Replied the small bot.
"But I have to admit, whatever stuff those meteorites are made of, they ain't half bad to use. Aphelion, how's the new armor alloy working? What about the Warp unit?"
The Aphelion's programmed AI responded with her feminine computerized voice, in a quite excited manner. "All exterior defenses seem to be working at top capacity. And the Gravimetric Warp Drive is functioning with just half of the regular energy required. I have never felt better!"
"See? I told you this'd work out" Ratchet smirked proudly at his handiwork. Clank just shook his head. "Do I remind you this was your fifth attempt at using this unknown substance to upgrade the ship? We were lucky the situation did not turn out like in Attempt no. 3..."
"Oh come on." The lombax exclaimed, "How was I suppose to know the meteorite's material needed an entirely different level of cooling before applying it?....Besides, nobody was using that water fountain anyways...or that billboard...or that apartment..."
Their reminiscing of failed trials and errors was quickly interrupted when Aphelion spoke. "Alert! Incoming hazards up ahead. Abnormal energy-readings detected"
"What? Woah!!"
Suddenly, a series of bodies of light started to charge at the ship. Big meteors of a shiny and colorful substance suddenly manifesting from the nothingness, some even hitting parts of the ship they propelled forward and unstopped.
"Ratchet watch out!!"
"Aphelion, keep the shields at maximum power. I'll try evasive maneuvers. Hold on tight, Clank!" Ratchet shout as his grip got tighter on the controls. With a move of the wheel and a hard press on the thrusters, the Aphelion moved from side to side avoiding all the incoming meteors. Some dodged by a close shave while others actually hitting on Aphelion's shield defenses, and our heroes holding on like if their lives depended on it (because they kinda did) and hoping this swarm of unknown shards soon ceased.
"There's no end to these things?! Dammit, I don't know if the shields can't take more of this!"
"Ratchet, look!" Clank pointed forward. A mysterious crack in the middle of space lied ahead. Its strange blueish glow looking as inviting as it seemed dangerous. "The high-energy readings seem to be mostly coming from there. This must be connected with the source of the anomaly!"
"Alright. We have no choice then. We'll have to jump there and see what lies on the other side. You're ready pal?" Ratchet spoke as he looked at Clank directly. His robotic companion nodding in an instant.
One last press into the thrusters pushed the Aphelion past the meteor shower and right into the rift. After devoured, the vortex closed in a final flash of light, leaving the duo to their fate.
However, this wasn't the end of the story for our heroes, but just the mere beginning...
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