Ebaro

Ebaro is a planet in Full Frontal Assault, mentioned in other titles. Located in the Polaris Galaxy, it is a jungle-covered planet home to the Hidden City of Balkai. The planet once housed the Masteze Penal Colony for Emperor Tachyon. While controlled by the Polaris government, the planet was attacked by Stuart Zurgo's grungarian marauders.

When Stuart Zurgo attacked the Hidden City of Balkai, the Q-Force, comprised of Ratchet, Clank, and Captain Qwark, had to re-take the Planetary Defense Center. They later came for Zurgo's Lair of Doom built within Balkai.

Ebaro is orbited by black rock moons, with little gravity.

History[]

Before Full Frontal Assault[]

Ebaro was home to ebarian^[a] monks^[1] who had built a temple in the Hidden City of Balkai.^[2] When GrummelNet Industries began selling inner peace, they moved to Meridian City.^[1]

Ebaro's low-gravity black rock moons were raided by Ephemeris, who stole many gravoids.^[3]

During Emperor Tachyon's reign, Ebaro became home to the Masteze Penal Colony.^[4]^[5] The colony tortured criminals with Dr. Nefarious' debut album recorded after a failed Galactic Idol audition.^[5] Among the criminals tortured were terraklons and argonoids who had butchered a gaggle of grummels over a defective Neosplitter, that then appeared in the Imperial Fight Festival.^[4]

The Polaris government hid the Planetary Defense Center in the Ebarian temple.^[6]

Full Frontal Assault[]

Stuart Zurgo built his "Lair of Doom" on Ebaro in the temple,^[b] which went onto serve as his base of operations for criminal and blogging enterprises,^[2] after Zurgo had become disillusioned with Qwark for his various scandals.^[9]

Ebaro was one of three Planetary Defense Centers that Zurgo deactivated, after which grungarian marauders attacked. Zurgo warned that if the Polaris Defense Force intervened, he would deactivate every Planetary Defense Center in the galaxy, forbidding any but Qwark, Ratchet, and Clank from intervening.^[10] When Qwark reassembled the Q-Force with Ratchet and Clank, they reactivated it and fended off the invaders. However, Zurgo revealed shortly after that this was simply a means of luring the Q-Force off the Starship Phoenix II so Zurgo, using a hologuise to disguise as the Plumber, could access Qwark's key to the galactic weather grid.^[8] Zurgo used this to unleash a snowstorm on Ebaro,^[11] hoping to damage Qwark's reputation.

The Q-Force this time returned to Ebaro to deactivate the corrupted Planetary Defense Center and repair the weather.^[12] Zurgo then lured them to Ebaro, hoping to defeat Qwark with his Qwark mech.^[7] Zurgo also installed pyrocidic detonators stolen from a Thugs-4-Less outpost, using them to detonate the base and kill them during the battle. However, the group instead disarmed them, and defeated Zurgo in his mech. Though they planned to turn Zurgo into the authorities and clear Qwark's name, Qwark accidentally dropped Zurgo into the abyss in the temple.^[13]

Geography[]

Ebaro is a tropical planet, covered in sprawling jungles with immense trees and numerous bodies of water.

The planet was previously home to the Masteze Penal Colony in an unknown location,^[4]^[5] and is home to the Hidden City of Balkai, an uninhabited colony comprising large stone structures built by the ebarian monks.^[1] The temple here was the location of Zurgo's lair, which within it contained monitors to torment any intruder that dared enter his lair.^[2]

When Zurgo used the weather grid, the planet became a frozen cold jungle full of hungry grungoths, lured to the region by the snowstorm.^[12]

Multiplayer[]

The competitive multiplayer map on Ebaro has a somewhat lopsided design, where the bases are positioned relatively close together. One side of the map features two large, open islands connected by both a winding hoverboots passage, and another island hosting node 7. Node 7 is guarded by a Missile Minion, and sits directly between the opposing bases. On the other side of node 7 and a tall structure is node 2, the only other node in the central area.

The opposite end of the map is dominated by a large temple complex containing nodes 4 and 5. This area can be accessed via steps leading into the temple, or more quickly via high roads from node 2 using the hoverboots. The temple area hides numerous bolt crates: some are next to the steps amidst flame traps, more are atop nearby pillars, and the largest stack is under a forcefield guarded by a grungarian bomber. This bomber also protects a trapped passage leading to node 1, which offers a commanding view over most of the map.

Notes[]

Annotations[]

↑ It is unclear if "ebarian" monks mentioned in the menu^[1] refers to a species named "ebarian" or simply the planet's population of an undetermined species.
↑ During Stuart Zurgo's argument with his mother, heard on the Starship Phoenix II, his mother claimed that Zurgo lived "in the basement", which Zurgo referred to as his lair.^[7] It is unclear however if this refers to the lair on Ebaro, although earlier his mother had asked him to take out the garbage,^[8] implying they still lived together. If so, this would imply his mother lives in the temple above

Citations[]

References[]

Insomniac Games (2007). Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
Insomniac Games (2011). Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
Insomniac Games (2012). Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.

[2] It is unclear if "ebarian" monks mentioned in the menu^[1] refers to a species named "ebarian" or simply the planet's population of an undetermined species.

[lair_basement-10] During Stuart Zurgo's argument with his mother, heard on the Starship Phoenix II, his mother claimed that Zurgo lived "in the basement", which Zurgo referred to as his lair.^[7] It is unclear however if this refers to the lair on Ebaro, although earlier his mother had asked him to take out the garbage,^[8] implying they still lived together. If so, this would imply his mother lives in the temple above

[Ebaro,_Hidden_City_of_Balkai-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Full Frontal Assault menu § "Ebaro, Hidden City of Balkai"

[Ebaro,_Zurgo's_Lair_of_Doom-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Full Frontal Assault menu § "Ebaro, Zurgo's Lair of Doom"

[4] All 4 One script § "Trek to Susie's Village"

[Untouchable-5] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Tools of Destruction script § "Untouchable"

[IRIS_Questions_and_Answers-6] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Tools of Destruction script § "IRIS Questions and Answers"

[7] Full Frontal Assault script § "Ebaro 1"

[Phoenix_5-8] 7.0 ^7.1 Full Frontal Assault script § "Phoenix 5"

[Phoenix_4-9] 8.0 ^8.1 Full Frontal Assault script § "Phoenix 4"

[11] Full Frontal Assault script § "Markazia 1"

[12] Full Frontal Assault script § "Phoenix 1"

[13] Full Frontal Assault menu § "Ebaro, Hidden City of Balkai, Snow Storm"

[Ebaro_2-14] 12.0 ^12.1 Full Frontal Assault script § "Ebaro 2"

[15] Full Frontal Assault script § "Ebaro 3"

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