Ratchet's trillium armor in Tools of Destruction.
Trillium is a recurring substance in the Ratchet & Clank series. It is one of the hardest substances in the Polaris Galaxy, and was used and mined by the lombaxes. Trillium ore, mined on the Kreeli Comet, was used to make Trillium armor, and the substance is used in a number of weapons in Ratchet and Clank's arsenal.
History[]
The lombaxes mined trillium on the Kreeli Comet. At one point, trillium miners uncovered Emperor Tachyon, frozen in an egg.[1] The Center for Advanced Lombax Research engineered trillium armor, which was worn by the lombax warriors of Fastoon,[2] as well as Lombax Praetorian Guard armor using the substance.[3] Trillium was used for the armor's bionic endoskeleton, which was galvanized by trillium ore.[4]
Cronk once told a story about battling a villain named Ulysses L. Ironfist and his gang of hillbilly ninjas, who had been stockpiling the galaxy's energy-rich trillium deposit in their secret dojo/square dance compound, to hold the capital ransom using a neothermic deathbeam that could lay waste to a planet.[5] Alister Azimuth told a story from his youth in which he and Kaden stole a trillium harvester belonging to Azimuth's father, and used it to travel to the Agorian Battleplex, where Kaden competed.[6] The Agorian Battleplex itself used trillium blades in its hazards (alongside pyrocidic flame bursters).[7]
In Tools of Destruction, Ratchet purchased trillium armor from GrummelNet. He also purchased the Shard Reaper, a weapon which fired high-velocity spikes of trillium ore.[8]
In A Crack in Time, some obstacles in the Agorian Battleplex's challenges incorporated trillium blades.[9] After having allegedly trained with the elite Umbüko Gladiators of Terraklon Six, Captain Qwark claimed his senses were now sharp as trillium razors.[10] The Shrapnel Upgrade for the Constructo Bomb glove causes each bomb to come packed with shards of razor-sharp trillium shrapnel.[11] Each thrown spike from the Tesla Spikes glove was coated in trillium.[12]
In All 4 One, Dr. Frumpus Croid constructed the RYNO VI Protosuit with a trillium shell.[13]
In Rift Apart, Ratchet and Rivet collected and wore Lombax Praetorian Guard armor, which was forged of trillium ore.[3]
Characteristics[]
Trillium ore was found in the Kreeli Comet,[1] formed the bedrock of Hoolefar Island on planet Merdegraw,[14] and was mined on planet Zaurik.[15]
Large amounts of trillium ore create electromagnetic interference, jamming radio communications.[14]
Trillium ore is highly toxic.[16]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tools of Destruction script § "A Vision of Talwyn"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction script § "Armor"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rift Apart menu § "Lombax Praetorian"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction menu § "Trillium armor"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction script § "Escape the Cragmite Caves (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Master the Hoverboots (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time menu § "Armageddon Outta Here"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction menu § "Shard Reaper"
- ↑ A Crack in Time, Agorian Battleplex: Bronze Cup
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Win the Bronze Tournament (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time menu § "Shrapnel"
- ↑ A Crack in Time menu § "Tesla Spikes/(Omega) Storm Spikes"
- ↑ All 4 One script § "Croid Lab 6 (City)"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Quest for Booty script § "Repair the Wind Turbines (gameplay)"
- ↑ Lost and Spaced, p. 16-17
- ↑ Tools of Destruction script § "Infiltrate the Pirate Camp (gameplay)"
References[]
- Video games
- Insomniac Games (2007). Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
- Insomniac Games (2008). Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
- Insomniac Games (2009). Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
- Insomniac Games (2011). Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
- Bibliography
- Fixman, TJ (2010). Ratchet & Clank (Issue 3: Lost and Spaced) [Book]. Wild Storm.