The Surinox Shard.
The Surinox Shard is an item in the Ratchet & Clank comic series. It is a rare and valuable transdimensional shard fragment from the Surinox Comet, used by the lombaxes to manufacture Dimensionators. It later fell into the hands of Artemis Zogg, the Polaris Galaxy's Minister of Defense, who used it in the development of the Helios Project.
History[]
A fragment of the Surinox Comet fell through Fastoon's stratosphere at over eight hundred kilocubits per hour. The Center for Advanced Lombax Research studied the shard extensively and used it to manufacture Dimensionators during the Great War.[1]
Max Apogee's research on the Dimensionator eventually led to Artemis Zogg discovering the Surinox Shard.[2] Zogg stored the shard at his facility in Meridian City, Igliak, and used it for the Helios Project, designed to move planets in case of a disaster (such as a temporal rift, black hole, or supernova). Early on, Zogg tested creating transdimensional portals on grunthors by applying negatively-charged energy, but failed to replicate the lombaxes' success, and thus settled for using positively-charged energy for simple teleportation.[1]
Ten months prior to the events of Lost and Spaced, Zogg showed Captain Qwark the Surinox Shard during initial talks to gain Qwark's endorsement.[1] Five months before Lost and Spaced, Qwark won the presidency and terminated the Helios Project, deeming it dangerous and citing Percival Tachyon's misuse of the Dimensionator. Zogg stole the shard and continued the project himself,[3] which ultimately led to the creation of the Artemis Galaxy.
During Thanks for the Armories, in a plan devised by Qwark,[4] Ratchet and Clank stole the Surinox Shard, rendering Zogg unable to expand the Artemis Galaxy.[5] Ratchet kept the shard during Multiple Organisms.
In Bros Before Foes, Zogg attempted to steal it back, attacking the Apogee Space Station to reach Qwark's ship. Qwark, remembering Zogg's comments about negatively-charged energy, informed Ratchet, who used his Praetorian OmniWrench to apply negatively-charged energy to the shard. This created a portal that banished Zogg to dimension A2-66.[6] The shard and the Helios Project were later used to return all planets to their original locations.[7]
Characteristics[]
The Surinox Shard is a class G celestial entity with an orbital period of six thousand years per reality. Applying negatively-charged energy to it can create portals to other dimensions, while positively-charged energy results in simple teleportation or geo-shifting.[1]
References[]
- Fixman, TJ (2010). Ratchet & Clank (Issue 3: Lost and Spaced) [Book]. Wild Storm.
- Fixman, TJ (2010). Ratchet & Clank (Issue 4: Thanks for the Armories) [Book]. Wild Storm.
- Fixman, TJ (2011). Ratchet & Clank (Issue 6: Bros Before Foes) [Book]. Wild Storm.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lost and Spaced, p. 6
- ↑ Multiple Organisms, p. 5
- ↑ Lost and Spaced, p. 18-20
- ↑ Thanks for the Armories, p. 1
- ↑ Thanks for the Armories, p. 18
- ↑ Bros Before Foes, p. 16
- ↑ Bros Before Foes, p. 19