Mac Mackeroy is a character in A Crack in Time. He is a terachnoid who performs comedy bits at the Moonlight Lounge in the Agorian Battleplex, but has a small following. Mackeroy also appears in the hologram in the lobby of the battleplex and gives Ratchet advice.
Mackeroy's career in comedy touches on politics, relationships, and observational humor,[1] such as jokes about the differences between agorians and markazians.[2] He spent a large amount of bolts hiring the Moonlight Lounge at the battleplex as a premium venue,[3] and put out an advertisement on space radio,[1] overestimating the support he would receive.[4] After receiving minimal support for his first night, he put out a second advertisement about an encore,[5] only to once again receive a small audience, leading him to perform his next routine for free.[6]
Mackeroy's next advertisements were more desperate, offering his show for free and advertising it as "lighthearted entertainment the whole family can enjoy,"[3] likely an attempt to broaden the audience. Due to the budgetary deficit, he instead asked for donations and tried to pay for the venue by placing ill-advised bets on longshot contenders at the Battleplex. This put him in further debt to agorians who threatened to harm him, leading him to put out another desperate advertisement.[4] The agorians held Mackeroy upside down in a bathroom stall but gave him a day's extension on his debt, leading Mackeroy to put out another advertisement promising to perform circus tricks in his routine, despite admitting to not being able to do that.[2]
In the lobby, Mackeroy gave Ratchet advice via hologram, hiding behind the hologram to avoid agorians throwing things at him.[7] Mackeroy placed a bet on Ratchet, and after Ratchet won the Bronze Cup, Mackeroy won bolts as well as a Nefarious Security Card that he gave to Ratchet.[8] Much later, when the battleplex opened a new tournament, Mackeroy contacted Ratchet to invite him to participate, warning him the agorians were sour about their last victory.[9]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Crack in Time script § "Mac at the Moonlight Lounge"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Crack in Time script § "Mac Gets a Second Chance"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Crack in Time script § "Mac Gets Desperate"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Crack in Time script § "Mac Loses a Bet"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Mac's Reminder"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Mac for Free"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Save Qwark from the Agorians (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Win the Bronze Tournament (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Return to the Battleplex (gameplay)"