Chapter 15: Quartu
Location: Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek's flagship… (He's really adding more titles now?)
Blarg Scientist: Well, I guess Qwark didn't eliminate them.
Drek: How observant of you.
Blarg Scientist: Thank you sir.
Drek: Now if you were only so diligent in doing your OWN job!
Blarg Scientist: Yes, sir.
Drek: Since our new planet is nearly finished, we need a plan to remove the world that is occupying our selected orbit! This time it must be absolutely foolproof!
(Blarg Scientist looks at his clipboard)
Drek: Time is wasting!
Location: Quartu Landing Pad
Upon landing on Quartu, the group has a conversation about developments in Ratchet's ship.
Ratchet: So, Xoruxshy. Is the ship supposed to be even bigger than it used to be on the inside?
Xoruxshy: Yep. That's one of the ways the TARDIS Coral works. It essentially makes anything it uses as a power source a TARDIS itself in function and design. So, if the ship is damaged beyond repair, it will basically regenerate after a short time.
Clank: Interesting.
Xoruxshy: It might also change in appearance, depending on where you are. Since we're in your home universe it will remain looking like a spaceship on the outside.
Ratchet: Cool. Anyway, we better get going.
With that the group took the leftmost path, climbing up into a water tower, then swimming through a set of timed ring switches. This causes the nearby door to open, revealing a tunnel with moving lasers. Upon getting past them and surfacing, they reach a room with a button in the middle and a lot of electrified water. Xoruxshy steps on the button to time how long the electricity shuts off for (1 minute) and then she, IF, and Ratchet dive into an underwater obstacle course, narrowly managing to get through mere milliseconds before the electricity comes back on. In this room, they find three Bolt Grabbers, devices capable of bringing Bolts in from a farther distance.
Upon returning to the ships via a porthole exiting just above said ships, they take the path leading to a second split, upon which they take the left path again. Before doing so however, they run into a new enemy, Sentrybots. These robots are not Heartless, but normal sentriBefore doing so, they take out the Sentrybot blocking their path with a Visibomb, allowing them to get past without being noticed. This allows them access to the middle path.
In this area they are attacked by multiple Chompers and Plasma Bots (not Tesla Bots). Xoruxshy blasts the Chompers with her new Pidgey Blaster, causing them to disintegrate into a pile of feathers, while Ratchet utilizes his Glove of Doom, sending the Agents of Doom to destroy the Plasma Bots. At the end of this path, they find a person waiting.
Mathematician: Hmmm…was it pi over infinity or…
Ratchet: Hey! You need help fixing that thing?
Mathematician: Actually, I'm trying to destroy it.
Clank: Why?
Mathematician: I was contracted to re-engineer my enlarging machine to create huge, heavily armed, mechs.
Xoruxshy: So that's where those mechs came from!
Mathematician: Precisely! Had I known Drek was behind this I never would have done it.
Clank: Is there anything we can do?
Mathematician: Well, if you'll volunteer to be enlarged, you may be able to stop those mechs long enough for me to sabotage this machine.
Clank: And then you will change me back?
Mathematician: Um…I've never tried that but…in theory…yes.
With that, Clank steps into the enlarging machine and enters into the next area, destroying all of the warbots, then returning.
Mathematician: Well done. Now just step into the machine and we'll see what happens.
Ratchet: Nice to have you back…I guess…
Mathematician: I recalibrated the controls to allow only your specific circuit pattern.
Clank: Aaah…Perfect!
Xoruxshy: And I copied the data so if we need it in the future, I can build my own.
Mathematician: I don't know how to thank you two. Maybe this infobot will help!
Infobot
Announcer: New! New! New! From Gadgetron, the makers of weapons and other fine products comes the Hologuise! With the Hologuise, you can fool robots into thinking you're one of them! Match your wits against other robots! Work on robotic assembly lines! Attend robot parties! The Hologuise, available only at Gadgetron Headquarters for a limited time! Not to be used for illegal purposes. Wear only in sanctioned areas. You will not actually become a robot.
Ratchet: If we can get that thing we'll be able to get past those robot guards!
Clank: Robots are not so easily fooled.
Ratchet: Aaah, what's that! (Points at nothing)
Clank: (looks) What?!
Ratchet: Uh huh…
Xoruxshy: Clank, from what I've been able to read about the Daleks, they were fooled on numerous occasions by the Doctor, and so were the Cybermen. And back on Mobius, there were these two robots who were always fooled by Sonic and Tails, named Scratch and Grounder. Granted, they were the dumbest of the bunch besides their other member, Coconuts, but still.
IF: I say it's worth it to pay a visit to Gadgetron Headquarters.
Quests Complete!
Find out more about the Ultra-Mech - Reward: Grimer DNA Scan
Destroy the Ultra-Mechs - Reward: Shellder DNA Scan
Explore the coolant system - Reward: Gastly DNA Scan
Gold Bolts Collected 32/40