Find your equipment and Escape the medical facility are missions in Size Matters, taking place in the Medical Outpost Omega. After being awakened from his Dreamtime sequence by Clank, Ratchet had to flee from the medical facility in which he had been captured, where he learned it had been used to extract his DNA.
Walkthrough[]
Find your equipment[]
When the mission begins, Ratchet can only use the OmniWrench, though the Lacerator is found right away. Equip the latest up-to-date armor for maximum protection, then enter the Grind Lock to open the door. Several Robotic Control Units are fought, followed by a medic bot. This is a durable, medium-sized enemy that will fire a sweeping laser at Ratchet. The laser can be avoided by jumping, and for now, the Lacerator should be sufficient against it until more powerful weapons are acquired.
After defeating the medic bot, head forward through the hallway, avoiding the red ground as doing so will activate a gun turret (although you can defeat it for experience). The Concussion Gun is then picked up, which can be used in the next room where nurse robots, R.C.U.s, and a technomite heavy trooper are fought. The nurse robots rely solely on melee attacks and can be beat from range, while the heavy trooper uses strafing while firing slow-moving missiles; dodge them by strafing as well while returning fire.
After the next hallway, a turret appears in the center, which Clank can control. Enter it to allow Ratchet to begin the door repair sequence. The turret fires single, sharp blasts that freeze the R.C.U.s as they appear, which will periodically unfreeze. Each robot has to be hit three times for it to be destroyed. Fire them early as soon as the R.C.U.s appear to stop them reaching Ratchet, until the sequence ends. Head through the next hallway and retrieve the Acid Bomb Glove, then defeat the medic bots and R.C.U.s. Shortly after, a heavy trooper will appear, as well as a few gun turrets. These gun turrets can be manned by R.C.U.s to greatly increase their rate of fire. Because they are only able to fire across the ground, and their turn rate is slow, their fire can be dodged by jumping over it, and the Concussion Gun and Acid Bomb Glove are both useful for clearing the group of enemies. Upon clearing them out, Ratchet's equipment can be found in the room where the trooper came from.
Escape the medical facility[]
After obtaining all of Ratchet's equipment, R.C.U.s and two heavy troopers will enter the room, each shielded by a medic bot, meaning they should be defeated first. The Lacerator is useful against them, though the Agents of Doom can follow them and avoid the shields, making it another good choice. After defeating them, head through the hole they created.
The Gadgetron vendor sells the Bee Mine Glove, the Bolt Grabber, and the Box Breaker. If it can be afforded, the latter two are excellent choices to increase the amount of bolts Ratchet earns, while the first is a useful weapon that is effective against many enemies here, including the medic bots shielding heavy troopers. Use the nearby turret with Clank, and the same strategy applies as before, although instead of aiming to hit each enemy as soon as it appears, it can be easier to wait for them to enter the center of the room, relying on the turret's firing speed instead.
Head through the door to the next room, where medic bots guard the gun turrets that appear. One simple strategy is to use the Bee Mine Glove and Agents of Doom to clear out the enemies in these rooms before going in and putting Ratchet in harm's way, though it is just as effective to use a ranged weapon instead. After climbing the ladder and heading forward, several more gun turrets, medic bots, and heavy troopers appear past it. Once again, the Bee Mine Glove and Agents of Doom can clear them before even dropping down, as can the Acid Bomb Glove.
Head forward and a cutscene commences, following which a five minute timer begins before the station self-destructs. There is now a time limit on the rest of the mission. Obtain the Crystallix boots, equip the full armor, and then use the slide down to another Clank turret section. After completing it, head forward and wall jump up to a Grind Lock. Complete it, and head through to a final room. The last room contains an abundance of heavy troopers and medic bots that must be defeated within the time frame, although you can prevent the former of activating by taking out the lone R.C.U.s before they manage to take control. The Acid Bomb Glove, Agents of Doom, and Bee Mine Glove are all effective in creating safe ground for Ratchet, adding supplementary damage while Ratchet uses ranged weapons such as the Concussion Gun or Lacerator. After defeating them, head to the ship to commence a cutscene, completing the mission.
Though coordinates are obtained for the Technomite City, Challax, Ratchet will first return to the ruins of the Medical Outpost Omega, where the Skyboarder can be found for the mission "Rematch - Skyboard racer". On Challax, the missions "Destroy the space fortress" and "Explore the miniature city" become available.