Rykan V is a location in Tools of Destruction, mentioned in A Crack in Time. A planet near the Rakar Star Cluster in the Verdigris Sector of the Polaris Galaxy, it is a volcanic wasteland home to lava refineries, with an adjacent spaceport. The spaceport contains a number of lava tubes that reach deep below the planet's surface. The lava refineries of Rykan V are the source of the metals used in the most advanced weapons and armor sold in the galaxy, and the world was occupied by the lombaxes as a site for the Center for Advanced Lombax Research.
Ratchet and Clank came to Rykan V, along with Cronk, Zephyr, and Talwyn Apogee, after a lombax artifact pointed them to the planet as a potential location of the Lombax Secret. However, Emperor Tachyon had also identified the planet as a site for the device, and sent drophyd armies ahead of them.
History[]
Before Tools of Destruction[]
The lava refineries of Rykan V were the source of the metals used in the most advanced weapons and armor sold in the galaxy.[1]
The Center for Advanced Lombax Research built a facility on Rykan V hidden on one of the rock islands in sector four.[2] The facility was used for orientation for beta testing the Dimensionator, with an associated testing ground on planet Sargasso.[3] The facility had a sign written in Lombax reading "In this room a secret born, to quell the angry cragmite storm. You've traveled far, but to be clear, without a tail your quest ends here."[2]
Emperor Tachyon, when taking power, locked down the spaceport until he obtained the Dimensionator,[4] seizing control of the spaceport defenses.[5]
Though basilisk leviathans once inhabited Rykan V, they were scared away by the drophyds.[4]
Tools of Destruction[]
Ratchet, Clank, Talwyn, Cronk, and Zephyr followed the map on a lombax artifact found on Ardolis to find the Dimensionator (known to them as the "Lomax Secret"). Upon arrival, as Tachyon had locked the spaceport down, the anti-spacecraft cannons prevented ships from landing close,[6][7] forcing Ratchet, Clank, Cronk, and Zephyr to arrive by HALO jump. In "Breach the Security Barrier", the group fought the Imperial Army outside, before Zephyr used a thermite fuse to blow the outer gate.[8] In "Defeat the Imperial Forces", the group then encountered a larger force further in, before destroying artillery turrets to grant full access to the spaceport.
After exploring the spaceport, Ratchet found the Smuggler, who sold him a modified Gyro-cycle.[2] In "Travel the Lava Tube Network", Ratchet used the Gyro-cycle to travel the lava tube network through the refinery to eventually reach the Center for Advanced Lombax Research facility. There, the group found the "Lombax Secret" they sought nowhere inside, but through an old holo-film, learned that its name was the "Dimensionator", and that a test site was located on Sargasso.[3]
After Tools of Destruction[]
During A Crack in Time, due to Dr. Nefarious' damage to the Great Clock, Rykan V experienced an ice age, as confirmed by the Polaris consortium of geological oddities on space radio.[9]
Some time before All 4 One, Ephemeris raided Rykan V for its native creatures; namely its grivelnoxes, at least one of which was taken to planet Magnus to be used as a host body for the loki.
Geography[]
Rykan V is a volcanic planet, covered in oceans of lava.
The Rykan V spaceport is located in the middle of a lava pit and right next to the galactic lava refinery. Large pipes carry lava around the lava refineries, and ships overhead carry lava off the planet, while gelatonium transports are imported to the planet. The spaceport is inhabited by Consumer bots.
The planet is home to one of the most dangerous creatures in the known universe, the grivelnox.
Citations[]
- ↑ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Rykan V"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tools of Destruction script § "Travel the Lava Tube Network (gameplay)"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tools of Destruction script § "Center for Advanced Lombax Research"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tools of Destruction script § "Explore the Spaceport (gameplay)"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction menu § "Destroy the Artillery Turrets"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction script § "Destroy the Artillery Turrets (gameplay)"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction menu § "Destroy the Artillery Turrets"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction script § "Breach the Security Barrier (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Rykan V Ice Age"