


He is also told that he needs to take a shuttle to destroy the stations central computer, but that it is also a "one-way trip."Īrriving on the station, Ratchet is informed by Gleeman Vox that he wired the entire Battlezone with explosives, and that if he fails everyone there would die. There, he discovers that Clank found a way to deactivate the containment shield holding the other heroes hostage. Ratchet successfully passes the test and returns safely to his holding area. Ratchet refuses, calling Vox "stupid" and "greedy." In his anger, Vox sends Ratchet to a course called "The Gauntlet of Doom," which has been proven mathematically impossible to survive in.

As Ace fakes his death, he tells Ratchet, "Don't let Vox do to you what he did to me."Īs Ratchet returns to Vox, he is offered a spot as the leader of the Exterminators.
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After completing a grueling series of challenges and slaying many of the Exterminators (a squad of ruthless bounty hunters working for Vox), Ratchet confronts their leader, Ace Hardlight. Clank serves as mission support, while Al tries frantically to remove the Deadlocked collars from their necks, allowing them to escape. Ratchet becomes a part of Team Darkstar, which is composed of Al, Clank, and two support robots named Merc and Green who accompany Ratchet on missions. Ratchet tries to escape, but it is made impossible due to the Deadlocked collar around his neck, which will electrocute and kill him should he ever wander outside the predetermined zones or become boring. Once there, it is revealed that Ratchet has been captured by Vox Entertainment chairman Gleeman Vox, and he is forced to take part in the same futuristic game show that the other hero was in. The duo, along with mechanic Big Al, are taken to a lawless fringe of the galaxy known as the Shadow Sector. However, right as she contacts them, Ratchet's ship is boarded and they are taken hostage. After this superhero is killed, Sasha contacts Ratchet and Clank and tells them that they need to go investigate this and stop it from happening again. Ratchet: Deadlocked begins with a cutscene showing a famous hero being forced to participate in a futuristic game show known as Dreadzone.
