Slim Cognito

"Seriously? After all the black market merchandise I've sold you... What do you think I'm doing here?"

- Slim Cognito to Ratchet, while in Prison Planet.

"There are a lot of criminal types in here who would like to see me expire for selling them shoddy merchandise. Protect me from them and the code is yours."

- Slim Cognito negotiating a deal with Ratchet, while in prison.

Slim Cognito was a mysterious arms dealer from the Bogon Galaxy. He initially specialized in "legally ambiguous" ship upgrades and weapon modifications; notably, he only traded in Raritanium for ship upgrades, and Platinum Bolts for weapon mods. He owned a small establishment called Slim Cognito's Ship Shack, where he upgraded ships "quickly, cheaply, and most importantly, quietly," and was able to sell weapon mods from the back of his van on certain planets. During their time in the Bogon Galaxy, Slim Cognito served Ratchet and Clank.

Sometime within the year, however, he was forced to escape the law after "accidentally" selling a Suck Cannon upgrade to a minor (swearing the kid looked 18, which Clank did not believe; "I had a small run in with the cops concerning a Suck Cannon upgrade that was mistakenly sold to a minor. I swear the kid LOOKED eighteen."). He fled to the Solana Galaxy and hid in a pipe near Dr. Nefarious's Deep Sea Hideout on Aquatos ("Anyway, I needed a less conspicuous place to do business. I take it you two are still in the market?"). Here he once again met Ratchet, and sold him Megacorp weapons that he had smuggled from the Bogon Galaxy.

Two years later, Slim Cognito appeared less wary of alerting the authorities, as he owned several small vendors over the Solana Galaxy, where he sells weapon mods in exchange for regular bolts.

In Secret Agent Clank he was in the same prison as Ratchet because of the black market merchandise he sold to him in previous games. He was willing to give Ratchet a code to the casino which Clank needed to get into the High-Stakes Room (of which Slim used to play in every week) if he defended Slim from some of Slim's old customers that claimed that he sold lousy merchandise to them. It is unknown how he got out given the fact he was in Polaris in Tools of Destruction. Writers' guessed that maybe he was transmitted due to the continuing fights.

In Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction it was revealed that Slim was captured in Zordoom Prison on Viceron. He was sent there for passing his class B grav cannon to group of female Tumfoids during a rock concert in Meridian City.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
 * Secret Agent Clank
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Mentioned only)