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.

Slim Cognito was a mysterious arms dealer from the Bogon Galaxy. He initially specialized in "legally ambiguous" ship upgrades and weapon modifications. At first, he only traded in Raritanium for ship upgrades, and platinum bolts for weapon mods- though he later accepted regular bolts. 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. He fled to the Solana Galaxy and hid in a pipe near Dr. Nefarious's Deep Sea Hideout on Aquatos. Here, he once again met Ratchet, and sold him black-market versions of Megacorp weapons that he had smuggled from the Bogon Galaxy, for bolts.

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 (see quote above). He was willing to give Ratchet a code to the casino case 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 Ratchet & Clank Future: 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 showing his class B gravity cannon to group of female Tumfoids during a rock concert in Meridian City.

Trivia

 * His name is most likely derived from the word Incognito, which means to have one's true identity concealed.
 * According to cut audio files in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, he worked alongside Thugs-4-Less.
 * Strangely enough, in all the other games he has been in, Slim has had white eyes with black pupils and no irises, but in Secret Agent Clank he had purple irises. Why this change was made is unknown.
 * In Secret Agent Clank, there is a skin called "Super Incognito".
 * In Going Commando, Slim appears three times. Endako, Boldan andSlim_Cognito_Trash_Can.png Tabora

Appearances

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