Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

The opening scenes of Tools of Destruction feature Ratchet and Clank repairing a small hovercraft, when the pair are interrupted by Captain Qwark's call for help. On their way to the Planetary Defence Centre, they find a large army, in the process of destroying the city of Metropolis. Cornered by the opposing forces, Ratchet and Clank meet their leader, Emperor Tachyon, the leader of the Cragmites. Tachyon reveals his hatred for the Lombaxes, and offers to halt the destruction of Metropolis in exchange for Ratchet's life. They refuse the offer, and manage to escape from the city, only to crash land in the Polaris galaxy.

 Clank then experiences a dream where he is told by strange hovering aliens called Zoni, that claim to have knowledge of his past. The dream is cut short with Ratchet waking Clank up, where the pair decide to search for more information about Tachyon. They run into a mysterious alien, known only as the Smuggler, who brings them to Startus City, before realising Ratchet was a Lombax, at which point he promptly dropped them out of the ship. While here, the Zoni, who only Clank can see, provide him with a set of robo-wings, and help reveal the origin of the Lombax species - Fastoon.
They then receive a message from Qwark, inviting them to attend the Imperial Fight Festival. It is then revealed that Qwark agreed to work for Tachyon, in order to save his own life - taking up a position as the tournament’s announcer. Qwark manages to get Ratchet in undetected, using the alias ‘Mustachio Furioso’. After successfully completing the challenge, Qwark presented Ratchet with an infobot, containing Tachyon’s plans to find the Lombax secret, as well as a copy of ‘Body by Qwark’.

From the infobot, they found out that details of the Lombax secret were in the Apogee Space Station. While there, they encounter Talwyn Apogee and her two robots, Cronk and Zephyr, who were about to kill the pair, before realising Ratchet was a Lombax. Talwyn then told them of how space pirates had stolen a Lombax related artefact from her father, and gave them the location of where she thought they had taken it.

The travelled to the pirate station, where they managed to obtain the artefact undetected. While Ratchet was holding it, it displayed a map, containing co-ordinates to Rykan V, to which the group travelled. After defeating a significant number of Tachyon’s Cragmite soldiers, they found out about a device called the ‘Dimensionator’ - a helmet that allowed to owner to open a portal, to access different dimensions. Later Qwark gave them the location of Zordoom Prison, where he believed the Dimensionator was being held.
At the prison, Ratchet learned that Tachyon had been found by Lombaxes, while he was still an egg, and was adopted by a family on Fastoon. However, after finding out that the Lombaxes had a part to play in his species’ death, he set about trying to destroy all of them. After this, Ratchet has an argument with Clank, who is insistent that the Zoni exist. They also manage to free Talwyn, who was imprisoned there at the time.

They manage to track down the location of the Dimensionator, but are faced by Captain Slag and Rusty Pete, who also want the device. After defeating Slag, Ratchet is declared the new leader of the space pirates by Rusty Pete. Before Ratchet could get the Dimensionator, Captain Qwark stole the machine, saying he would make himself a hero again by destroying it himself. They later manage to track down Qwark’s location, but by now, Tachyon has taken the Dimensionator. In the ensuing scramble, Ratchet was knocked unconscious and Tachyon managed to escape.

The group travel to Meredian City, where they knew Tachyon was. Tachyon then revealed that to escape the attack by Tachyon, the Lombaxes had escaped through a portal, using the Dimensionator. Only two remained behind - Ratchet and his father, who sent his son to Veldin, to save him from Tachyon’s rampage. He then offered Ratchet the chance to go through the portal to his own kind, an offer which he rejected - realising the danger that could be caused if the Dimensionator was not destroyed.
The resulting battle causes Ratchet and Tachyon to be sucked into a portal, where Tachyon is eventually defeated. Ratchet and Clank then repair the now-damaged machine using the 3 and 3 quarter Centicubit Hexagonal Washer, that the Plumber had previously given them. Together, they manage to escape the portal before it closed up.
The game ends at the Apogee Space Centre, where Rusty Pete is seen trying to help Captain Qwark perfect his pirate ‘yarrr’. Ratchet also speculates about how much Tachyon could have told him about his past, while the others assure him he did the right thing. The Zoni then re-appear, and inexplicably capture Clank before anyone can stop them, before disappearing entirely.