Otto Destruct

Emperor Otto Destruct is the leader of the Technomites. His name is a play on the phrase "auto-destruct". Emperor Otto is the one who commissioned the Ratchet clones to be created and tried to kill Ratchet and Clank once they discovered the truth. He actually wanted Ratchet's DNA to make the clones and use them to gather up the smartest beings in the solar system and use the mind transplanter that he created to put all of their intelligence into his mind making him the smartest creature in the universe. Due to the fact that Ratchet and Clank operate as a team, the new clones were not particularly effective and as a result Otto took it upon himself to destroy the duo.

Qwark's Father?
He tricked Captain Qwark, via a website called "Faux-Family.com", into thinking that he was his father so he could use him against Ratchet and Clank. In reality, Skrunch discovers that Qwark's parent's were great heros in their day but were actually killed by defective Technomite technology.

Otto's Clones
Interestingly enough, the clones never seem to be a truly perfect copy of Ratchet. The ones that resemble him the most have nowhere near as much health as the real Ratchet does, the slimmer ones are far faster but seem to be stretched out versions of the true Ratchet, and the muscular, bulkier ones are far slower and more grotesque than the real Ratchet. All clones have also different weapons, although they are all copied from real Ratchet (for example, the most perfect clones have Lacerators, or wrenches)

All of these forms were fought during an endurance battle, which preceded the battles with Otto Destruct himself. In final scene Qwark is swaggering to the fast clone, the muscular clone and the most normal-like clone is replaced by a small, big-armed clone, which you cannot fight. All clones (the muscular, the fast, the big-armed and the normal-like) are seen in Battle-Ratchet TV ad in the final scene.

Battles with Otto
There are several stages that Otto is fought in; one where he is far larger than usual and attempts to crush you underfoot and with various obstacles while you flee, another where he still the same size, but fought as a miniature Giant Clank, and a final form where he is his normal size and fights with psychic abilities. His attacks all follow a fairly simple pattern, and he usually has a shield that takes extensive firepower to bring down.

It is recommended that you have the Gadgetron PDA before the battle, as the respawning crates almost never spawn the correct type of ammunition, and when they do, it is much simpler to simply buy the ammunition you'll need via the PDA. The extra delivery cost is generally made up for by using far less time than the crate method does.

Otto the Monkey
In the end, Otto's own invention is his undoing. After hearing the truth Qwark became extremely angry and strapped Otto into the mind transplanter and threatened him with giving him his stupid brain. Ratchet tries to reason with Qwark and while doing so Otto managed to grab Ratchet's Shrink Ray and shrink Qwark, preventing him from doing the transplant. But instead Skrunch jumps onto the machine and puts his intelligence into Emperor Otto giving him the brain of a monkey and Skrunch a new family member.

Appeared in

 * Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters