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After returning to the Phoenix, Ratchet & Clank discover that the wreckage of Dr. Nefarious' ship is still intact on Zeldrin. Sasha wants to find out if there are any clues about where Nefarious is now, or what happened to Qwark, in the wreckage.
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Ratchet lands on a suttle pad which is a pedestal island above the ground. Before jumping off the small platform, look to the right for a gravity ramp. Over the edge is a familiar glow. Walk down over the edge and grab the titanium bolt. This is the only titanium bolt for the level, so you're hunting job is over and you can focus on the job at hand. Walk down to the ground, and load-up with goodies at the Gadgetron Kiosk. No new weapons to buy as of right now.
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The noid security force guarding the crash site, is tough and smart. They are the same troopers that were guarding the ship when it was docked at the starport. There are sweep-bots as well. They are more of a nuisance than anything else, and you can whack them with your wrench. Load the Rift Ripper. As you walk to the first set of scrap metal baracdes, noid troopers come from the left and right. Fire one rift grenade over the baracade. All 4 should get sucked-in the black hole.
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Down the next little hill to the right, more noid troopers materialize and take positions behind the make-shift baracades. Fire another rift grenade over their heads. You should be able to get 2 or 3 out of the 4 troopers. Load the Annihilator. Look for your target ring to lock-on and fire a missle at anything left standing. As you walk into the open area, a giant robo-noid flies up from the canyon. He'll block the way and fires nasty plasma machine guns that are long-range and deadly.
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Run for cover behind any scrap metal while he shoots blindly. As he stops just for a second, to reloads his guns, run out and fire 2-3 annihilator missles at his body armor. He explodes in mid-air. There are Nanotech health cubes nearby. You'll need them!
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In the open area, more noid troopers materialize near the ground. load the Mega-turret and toss 3-4 spikes around the area. Load the Rift Ripper and fire 1 grenade at the ledge on the right, and one in the air, right by the edge of the platform. Load the Annihilator and join in. Watch-out for troopers materializing behind you. Once the coast is clear, jump up to the ledge on the right. Up top, a familiar glow. Grab the Nefarious Trophy for your collection. At this point, I would run back to the Gadgetron Kiosk and reload with ammo.
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HEALTH STRATEGY: There are no CONTNUE POINTS along the way and because the enemies are stronger and fire-power intense, staying alive is an issue. There are Nanotech health cubes along the way, but my advice is be conservative, or you'll die. Your best offence is a good defense. Be afraid of areas that are way too quiet. Should Ratchet die anywhere on this mission, we start way back at the shuttle pad.
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Walk to the edge of the tunnel leading to the bridge across the canyon. Load the Holo-Shield and make a shield right inside the tunnel. Whack the sweep-bots with your wrench. Load the Rift Ripper. Walk down the tunnel, and watch for the troopers that warp-in over the bridge. Fire 1 rift grenade in mid-air between them. All 4 should get sucked-in. Another giant robo-noid fllies up from below the bridge. Run behind your holo-shield, load the Annihilator and take him down.
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Jump over the gap in the bridge and quickly load the Holo-Shield. Make a shield right on the bridge. Load the Rift Ripper. Troopers have warped-in dead ahead and 4 more on the right by the grassy area. Fire 1 rift grenade to the end of the bridge. That should suck-in the 2 troopers hovering over the birdge.
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The 4 troopers hiding on the right are firing away all this time and your shield is probably getting a work-out. Load the Annihilator and take em down one at a time. Run to the grassy area and whack all the crates and the Nanotech health cube. Several sweep-bots come out from behind the wreckage. Load the Mega-turret and toss one spike by the rock outcrop. The turret missles will take care of all of them. Load the Annihilator and take down the giant robo-noid that hovers up from the canyon below.
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Jump up the rock outcrops to the next grassy area. Another giant robo-noid flies down from above and starts to fire his plasma guns. Jump back down to the rock outcrop and hang from the edge. Your safe for now. As he stops to reload, quickly jump to the platform, load the Annihilator and fire 3 missles at him from point blank range. This stirs the troopers up ahead. Load the Rift Ripper and fire 2 grenades RIGHT AWAY, past the wreckage on the left. Watch the sucking action.
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Once the area is quiet, use the overhead wrench slam move and explode all the nearby stacks of crates and the Nanotech health cube. It's like taking a deep breath.. AHHHH! Before going up the hover-pad elevator, look to the right. There's a small tunnel that looks to be pointing towards the crashed ship. Off in the distance an overhead versa-target. Load the Hypershot walk to the end of the tunnel and tarzan-swing across the canyon to the inside of the crashed ship.
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Inside the ship, it's nothing but a big empty chamber. No noids anywhere. Walk up the metal ramp to the upper platfrom. With the Hypershot still loaded, swing across the first versa-target, and while swinging, zap the butterfly pad below. Glide down to the opened pad and zap the next butterfly pad. From that pad, jump to the end platfrom. Grab the Nano-pak. Ratchet now has an emergency reserve of health should he need it. Work your way back to the last grassy area.
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Take the inclined hover pad elevator up to the cargo door of the ship. Up top, load the Mega-turret and toss 2 spikes to the left, on the jagged platform. As you jump to the platform, 2 troopers warp-in from overhead. Load the Annihilator and fire at either trooper should the turret missles not do their job. Jump across to the next platfrom, then heli-glide up to inside the ship. This chamber is crawling with noids. Load the Holo-Shield and make a shield at the entrance.
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From behind the shield, load the Rift Ripper. Fire 1 grenade to the middle of the chamber to suck-in all the baby noids and troopers nearby. Fire another grenade in mid-air to the right, between the 2 hovering troopers firing at you. The'll get sucked-in. Now load the Annihilator and get the giant robo-noid to come out and fight. Take him down from behind the shield with 3 missles. To the left is a stack of crates behind some wreckage. Clean-out the area. Load the Hypershot and swing to the outside of the ship.
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Down below on the grassy platform, an escape pod and a Gadgetron Kiosk. Jump down. [Movie sequence begins] Ratchet & Clank discover that Qwark must have been in the escape pod. Scrunch is running around nearby? Ratchet sees foot-prints leading away from the escape pod. Hmmm? Qwark is still alive but he's deserted the Q Force. This is not good? He can't tell Sasha and the crew back on the Phoenix. They would be disappointed and saddened that he deserted them
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Clank gets confirmation that Qwark has in fact just there. He finds a Gadgetron Crotchitizer that only Qwark would use.. YUCK??? Inside the escape pod, a recent transmission. In the video, Qwark is dressed as a woman and is trying to hire a space taxi to take him to a secret location. There's also a data disk. Ratchet thinks they should go back to the Phoenix to see what that data disk holds? MISSION COMPLETE.
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