Kragg is a planet featured in Into the Nexus. It is a volcanic, temperate planet in the Zarkov Sector of the Polaris Galaxy. Kragg is most notable as the home of the Destructapalooza, a Thugs-4-Less gladiatorial combat outlet.
Ratchet and Clank arrived on the planet to compete in the Destructapalooza.
History[]
Twenty years before the events of Into the Nexus, Kragg was evacuated after the Zarkov Sector was given an Alpha-9 classification and cleared by order of the president of the Polaris Galaxy.[1]
At some point,[a] the Thugs-4-Less constructed the Destructapalooza on the planet, an unregulated gladiatorial combat arena[3] that was sponsored by GrummelNet.[4] A commercial marketed the arena as a means of recruiting for Thugs-4-Less,[3] but there was a tacit understanding that most who entered the arena would die,[5] and there was no actual job offered.[4]
Ratchet and Clank found the commercial in an infobot on Yerek, which encouraged them to compete to earn the GrummelNet Jetpack.[3] They won the jetpack, along with other prizes, by participating in other challenges where they encountered numerous enemies, including three major challengers: Blazebot, the rabid gargathon, and the Prog Bot.
In Rivet's dimension, Zurkon Jr. took the remains of the Mangler from the junk heap left of the Destructapalooza and repurposed it for use in his own Battleplex at Zurkie's.[6][b]
Geography[]
Kragg is a volcanic planet with numerous asteroids in its orbit. The planet appears covered in oceans of lava and large barren continents with no apparent vegetation.
On the surface around the Destructapalooza, some flora is seen, in the form of a few leaf-less trees and small amounts of grass. These suggest the planet can support minimal life. Otherwise, the surface appears mostly barren and rocky, and outside of the Destructapalooza, no known settlements are present.
Natural lava is used in the Destructapalooza, which the Thugs-4-Less claimed was an example of them looking out for the environment.[7]
Notes[]
Annotations[]
- ↑ Neftin Prog hired the Thugs-4-Less six months prior to events of Into the Nexus,[2] but it is unclear if the Thugs-4-Less had arrived in the Polaris Galaxy prior, meaning it is unclear when the Destructapalooza was established on Kragg.
- ↑ It is not clarified which planet Kragg that Zurkon Jr. took the Mangler remains from. It is likely that this is an alternate Kragg in Rivet's dimension.
Citations[]
- ↑ Into the Nexus script § "Explore the Meero Ruins (gameplay)"
- ↑ Into the Nexus script § "Final Moments"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Into the Nexus script § "Thanks Destructapalooza!"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Into the Nexus script § "Thug Announcer"
- ↑ Into the Nexus script § "Investigate the Thugs-4-Less outpost (gameplay)"
- ↑ Rift Apart script § "The Mangling"
- ↑ Into the Nexus script § "Revenge Of The Thugs"
References[]
- Insomniac Games (2013). Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
- Insomniac Games (2021). Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart [Game]. Sony Interactive Entertainment. PlayStation 5.