Rusty Pete

Rusty Pete was a space pirate, and Captain Slag's first mate. He usually appeared alongside his captain singing a Pirate melody.

Stealing the Dimensionator
In Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, he accompanied Slag in his campaign to find the fabled Lombax Secret. After many fights against the Space Pirates, Ratchet and Clank found the Lombax Secret, the Dimensionator on Jasindu, only to have Slag and Pete arrive. Ratchet refused to give Slag the Dimensionator, but was forced to by the threat of Pete slashing Clank with his sword and sending him to the locker. Ratchet then infiltrated Slag's Fleet in Ublik Passage and defeated him. Slag's body exploded and his head landed in Pete's hands. Slag told Pete the goodness of the afterlife and passed on. After briefly mourning his Captain he named Ratchet as new Pirate captain as per the code. At the end of the game he tried to teach Qwark to talk like a pirate with an "Argh!" phrase. He was angry and frustrated that Qwark couldn't do it right, so he shook his head and said "I'm gonna need more Grog."

Plan to resurrect Slag
In Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty, he narrated the story along with Captain Slag. Ratchet searched for Angstrom Darkwater so he could reach the Zoni dimension using the Fulcrum Star, which Darkwater used to communicate to the Zoni. Rusty Pete accompanied Ratchet and Talwyn to find the star, aiding with some of the clues and puzzles. During the game he carried the head of Slag on a stick, calling it "Slag on a stick". Later he betrayed Ratchet and resurrected Captain Slag, his ultimate plan all along, by attaching Slag's head to Darkwater's body. He accompanies Slag (who had to share the body with Darkwater).

Stranded
After Ratchet defeated Slag and Darkwater, Slag's head fell to the depths, with Pete going to save him, unwittingly throwing the Fulcrum Star to Ratchet. He and Slag were last seen on a crate stuck in the middle of the ocean. Pete was revealed to have been reading the story to Slag, who didn't want to hear it the first time. He told Pete he would stop yelling when he found him a new body. He then ordered Pete to row for the remainder of the scene. They would most likely be reappearing in the next game.



Pirate Radio
In A Crack in Time, Pete and Slag somehow made it back to Ardolis to join the Space Radio Station, Pirate Radio, presumably to get money for Slag to yet again get another new body. The two made avertisements, played songs, took requests, and bickered often over running the set, Slag still lamentably being a disembodied head. Despite their new jobs, the two still upheld their relationship as Captain and first mate. Somewhere between the events Rusty Pete also made his own school called Rusty Pete's School of Piracy (which was advertised on Pirate Radio).

Trivia

 * Pete was at one point a vegetarian.
 * Pete was also an unlockable skin for Ratchet in Tools of Destruction.
 * As well as hosting his own radio show, he operates his own School of Piracy, which his students can take a variety of courses including Grog Brewing, Pillaging, Mast and bilge maintenance, Revenge Killing and Knot Tying. The number for the office was Gamma-8-1-4.
 * Rusty Pete has been known to hiccup in, before and after almost every sentence, possibly due to all the Grog he drinks with Slag.
 * After helping Slag hide the body of Captain Darkwater in Morrow Caverns, he claimed to have woken up three days later, wearing an evening gown while spooning a Kerchu.
 * In Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, When Talwyn threw a smokebomb between Pete and Slag, Pete says "Ooh, me wee cannonballs!" Implying that the smokebomb hit Pete between the legs, where usually an animal's private area would be.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (voice only)