Joba

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Location information
Type	Planet
Galaxy	Bogon
Background information
Affiliation	Megacorp, indigenous tribe
People	Shady Salesman Desert Riders

Joba is a planet in the Bogon Galaxy featured in Going Commando. It is a forest planet with a harsh climate on which the Megacorp Games event, consisting of hoverbike racing and arena battles, are hosted. The world is also home to native tribesmen.

Ratchet and Clank visited the Megacorp Games after earning entry from the Mathematician when they defeated the Thug Leader in the Lunar City in Dobbo's orbiting moon. From the games, they obtained the Infiltrator, the Gravity Boots, and the Charge Boots.

History

The native Joba tribesmen were distant cousins of the Vukovar tribesmen from Barlow. A batch of Barlowian saur-beasts were sent to the Joba to be trained, and due to the harsh climate, evolved a tougher shell allowing them to withstand more damage.

Megacorp at some point began to host the Megacorp Games on the planet, which included gladiator battles, and hoverbike racing. The Desert Riders participated in the hoverbike races, and having one of their biker helmets allowed racers to enter.

Ratchet and Clank visited after receiving an invite from the Mathematician, which they earned when they defeated the Thug Leader in Lunar City, Dobbo orbit. In "Enter the Megacorp Games", the two fought through waves of Joba tribesmen, but were unable to enter the arena. The Shady Salesman, who they had previously met on Rilgar and purchased the R.Y.N.O., sold them another blargian device, the Levitator, allowing them to enter as participants.

When they entered the arena, the announcer recognized Ratchet, as he had participated in the Galactic Gladiators in the Maktar Resort, but referred to Clank as merely "some metal guy". The two won the Infiltrator from an ordinary match, and the Gravity Boots from a subsequent cage match. They later competed in more challenges, earning bolts.

The duo also entered the hoverbike races, where Biker Two welcomed them as they owned the helmet. After winning the Charge Boots from the first race, the next race included bolt cash prizes.

Geography

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Map layout of the Megacorp games

Overview

Joba has very tall cliffs with forest on top. Though it has a large amount of ocean seen from space, the area that Ratchet and Clank visit for the Megacorp Games is almost entirely tall cliffs with pine forests on top and an empty vast abyss below, suggesting its cliffs extend up several thousand feet. The planet has a very harsh climate, causing the saur-beasts to evolve to adapt. It is home to hostile native tribesmen, with several Megacorp buildings likely used for the Megacorp Games. The forests on top of the cliffs are home to trees with very thick trunks, and large mushrooms on top of some of the leaves, and grass below them. They are also home to harmless birds that rest on rails and the ground, as well as fireflies that gather by lamps.

The Megacorp Games area is built on top of very tall cliffs and within the forests. Though the area is mostly built up, as lamps illuminate the paths and several buildings are built along the way, though they are occupied by the indigenous tribesmen. A few large pipes are also built into the rocks and trees, connected to the buildings that are often built into them. In the distance, several tall cliffs can be seen, with small towers built into them. The largest building in the area is the Megacorp Games arena, which is an extremely tall stadium emitting light from inside. The Megacorp Games is a popular event to visit live, as tickets to the arena were sold out when Ratchet and Clank arrived.

From where the Star Explorer lands, a natural bridge extends down to a lower cliff with a Megacorp vendor. Another natural bridge extends up here to a slightly wider cliff, with another natural bridge up to the right to a larger cliff with a building on the left entered through a large tunnel-like gate, beginning the path to the arena, and a path just off to the right leading to the race course. This cliff also has a Dynamo activator that opens a door in the building to the left.

Path to the hoverbike race course

This is found in a path to the right, and begins with two versa-targets located just behind the building on the left found from where the Megacorp vendor is, which can be crossed with the Swingshot to a small cliff with a large tower structure. To the right of this cliff is another small cliff with a tower structure, which can be reached with a bridge (initially drawn when Ratchet arrivals, until the Swingshot pulls it down). After crossing this bridge, another bridge to the right (initially drawn until pulled down with the Swingshot) leads to a room inside a tower built on the side of a larger cliff, connected to the same cliff on which the ship landed. The room leads to a building inside the cliff, where the hoverbike race course starts. Biker Two is also stationed here, along with his hoverbike.

Hoverbike race course

The race course goes through several paths around one of Joba's forest cliffs. It begins with an orange room filled with hazardous blue pillars, at the end of which are two tunnels either side; a metal gate will move between them, meaning only one tunnel is open either side. Both of the blue tunnels lead out to a swamp filled with mud, with rocks that have trees on them spread throughout the mud and presenting a hazard for the racers. Behind this is a tunnel in cave, with a long gap outwards with two caves: one higher up that can only be reached by a boosting hoverbike, and one lower down. Both of these caves are filled with tree roots either side, and end up at the same green forest path through a forest, though the higher-up cave reaches the end of this path sooner.

At the end of the path is a ledge that drops down onto a wider, grass path with a fence on the left. Turrets over the track drop three mines presenting hazards to the racers (only one turret appears in the first challenge, and three appear in later challenges), and the path ends in a fork. The fork to the left is a long path through a cavern lit up by blue lights along the track on the right, with slopes periodically on either side containing power-ups. The fork to the right (blocked by trees in some races) is a gap out to another cliff with forest on, which can only be reached by a boosting hoverbike, and has two more gaps in between the track. Both paths lead out to an artificial tunnel back to the starting line in the first room.

Behind the scenes

Joba is seen in a trailer for Size Matters.