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| + | |image = Gadgetron PDA from R&C (2002) render.png |
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| − | {{quote|The Gadgetron PDA allows access to remote ammo anywhere in the galaxy! Equip and then activate it for all your impulse buys. A shipping cost and handling fee will apply to all purchases. Only Gadgetron products are available.|Description in Size Matters|Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters}} |
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| + | |icon = [[File:Gadgetron PDA from R&C (2002) icon.png|50px|Icon from ''Ratchet & Clank'' (2002)]] [[File:Gadgetron PDA from UYA icon.png|50px|Icon from ''Up Your Arsenal'']] [[File:Gadgetron PDA from SM icon.png|50px|Icon from ''Size Matters'']] |
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| + | |manufacturer = [[Qwark]] |
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| − | The '''Gadgetron Personal Delivery Assistant''', or '''[[Gadgetron]] PDA''', was acquired from “[[Qwark|Steve McQwark]]” ([[Qwark|Captain Qwark]]) on planet [[Oltanis]]. It could be used to purchase ammo anywhere in the [[Ratchet & Clank|game]] with an added shipping price, making usage of the [[gadget]] a choice between economy or convenience. In ''[[Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal|Up Your Arsenal]]'' it was available at Qwark’s hideout in the [[Thrann Asteroid|Thran Asteroid]] Belt, but ammo for weapons purchased at [[Slim Cognito]]’s vendor cannot be bought from the PDA, since his products are not Gadgetron products, meaning that he would need to make his products that of [[Gadgetron]]’s to use it as a method of advertising. In that game, the ammunition costs 10 times the original cost. |
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| + | |type = Portable device |
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| + | |function = Remote [[vendor]] |
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| + | |obtained rc02 = "[[Purchase Gadgetron PDA from 'Steve']]", [[Gorda City]], [[Oltanis]] |
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| − | It is better to purchase ammo from vendors, but it can be useful to waste some [[bolts]] on ammo when it is absolutely needed, such as in boss fights. In ''Ratchet & Clank'', the PDA is especially useful during [[Drek#Final_Battle|the final battle]] as ammo, notably [[Devastator]] ammo. |
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| + | |obtained uya = [[Qwark's hideout]], [[Thran Asteroid Belt]] (purchased for 250,000 bolts) |
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| + | |obtained sm = [[Challax]] (purchased for 50,000 bolts) |
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| + | |obtained sac = [[Prison Showers]], first challenge |
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| + | The '''Gadgetron Personal Delivery Assistant''', or '''[[Gadgetron Corporation|Gadgetron]] PDA''' is an optional gadget in ''[[Ratchet & Clank (2002 game)|Ratchet & Clank]]'', ''[[Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal|Up Your Arsenal]]'', ''[[Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters|Size Matters]]'', and ''[[Secret Agent Clank (game)|Secret Agent Clank]]''. It functions as a portable [[vendor]] and allows [[Ratchet]] to purchase [[ammo]] for [[Gadgetron]] weapons remotely, but for ten times the price at a normal weapons vendor, due to shipping and handling.{{cite|uya|script=Find Captain Qwark (gameplay)}} |
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| + | In ''Ratchet & Clank'', [[bolts]] are scarce, meaning it is often best avoiding it in favor of ordinary vendors. Bolts are much less scarce in ''Up Your Arsenal'', though the PDA itself is pricey and ammo refreshes after death anyway, making it a skippable purchase. |
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| − | In ''Size Matters'', [[Ratchet]] could purchase it at a [[Vendor|Gadgetron vendor]]. However, the [[Static Barrier]]’s ammo was not available to buy from this version of the PDA, despite it being a Gadgetron product. |
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| + | [[Qwark|Captain Qwark]], under the alias "[[Steve McQwark]]", sold the Gadgetron PDA. It was one of several bogus Gadgetron merchandise that Qwark sold, along with the [[Personal Hygenator]]. During "[[Purchase Gadgetron PDA from 'Steve']]", Ratchet found him by a stall in [[Gorda City]], [[Oltanis]], and saw through his disguise quickly. Qwark read out a script and sold Ratchet the PDA for 1,000 [[bolts]]. The PDA allowed Ratchet to purchase ammo from any location, for 10 times the normal ammo price. |
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| + | Qwark was later imprisoned for selling bogus merchandise which he claimed were Gadgetron products, including the PDA.{{cite|gc|script=Behind the Hero, Part II}} |
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| + | Ratchet and [[Clank]] found the Gadgetron PDA on [[Qwark's hideout]] on the [[Thran Asteroid Belt]], where he kept the PDA in a vendor machine along with a [[Crotchitizer]] and [[Personal Hygenator]]. Ratchet found it by using a [[grav-ramp]] path located near where the ''[[Star Explorer]]'' landed, opposite the path to the hideout's entrance. It was purchased for 250,000 bolts. It functioned identically to the original PDA, and would not deliver ammo for the five [[Megacorp]] weapons purchased from [[Slim Cognito]]. |
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| + | The Gadgetron PDA can be acquired on planet [[Challax]], and is purchased for 50,000 bolts, and functions identically to previous appearances though it only charges five times more than usual rather than 10. Ammo can be purchased for all weapons aside from the [[Static Barrier]]. |
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Revision as of 13:12, 3 December 2019
Template:Appearances The Gadgetron Personal Delivery Assistant, or Gadgetron PDA is an optional gadget in Ratchet & Clank, Up Your Arsenal, Size Matters, and Secret Agent Clank. It functions as a portable vendor and allows Ratchet to purchase ammo for Gadgetron weapons remotely, but for ten times the price at a normal weapons vendor, due to shipping and handling.[1]
In Ratchet & Clank, bolts are scarce, meaning it is often best avoiding it in favor of ordinary vendors. Bolts are much less scarce in Up Your Arsenal, though the PDA itself is pricey and ammo refreshes after death anyway, making it a skippable purchase.
History
Ratchet & Clank
Captain Qwark, under the alias "Steve McQwark", sold the Gadgetron PDA. It was one of several bogus Gadgetron merchandise that Qwark sold, along with the Personal Hygenator. During "Purchase Gadgetron PDA from 'Steve'", Ratchet found him by a stall in Gorda City, Oltanis, and saw through his disguise quickly. Qwark read out a script and sold Ratchet the PDA for 1,000 bolts. The PDA allowed Ratchet to purchase ammo from any location, for 10 times the normal ammo price.
Qwark was later imprisoned for selling bogus merchandise which he claimed were Gadgetron products, including the PDA.[2]
Up Your Arsenal
Ratchet and Clank found the Gadgetron PDA on Qwark's hideout on the Thran Asteroid Belt, where he kept the PDA in a vendor machine along with a Crotchitizer and Personal Hygenator. Ratchet found it by using a grav-ramp path located near where the Star Explorer landed, opposite the path to the hideout's entrance. It was purchased for 250,000 bolts. It functioned identically to the original PDA, and would not deliver ammo for the five Megacorp weapons purchased from Slim Cognito.
Size Matters
The Gadgetron PDA can be acquired on planet Challax, and is purchased for 50,000 bolts, and functions identically to previous appearances though it only charges five times more than usual rather than 10. Ammo can be purchased for all weapons aside from the Static Barrier.
Secret Agent Clank
The Gadgetron PDA can be acquired for Ratchet upon beating the first challenge in the Prison Showers, functioning identically to its Size Matters appearance.
Clank can also find an Agency PDA.
Citations
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