The Ublik Passage is a location in Tools of Destruction. Located in the Praxus Sector of the Polaris Galaxy, it was a common space route for Allied Polaris that became unstable due to the cragmites. The passage became the location of Slag's fleet, where the space pirates led by Captain Slag docker their ships.
Ratchet and Clank came to Ublik Passage to obtain the Dimensionator, after Slag had stolen it from the kerchu. There, the two fought Slag and Rusty Pete to obtain it.
History[]
Before Tools of Destruction[]
The Ublik Passage was a common space route between the Verdigris and Praxus sectors. It was then made unusable to all but robots and the toughest organic life after the cragmites detonated a nearby neutron star to block Allied Polaris convoys.[1]
The passage was later taken over by space pirates.
Tools of Destruction[]
After taking the Dimensionator from Kerchu City, Jasindu, Slag's fleet hid in the Ublik Passage, but Aphelion traced Slag's trajectory and acquired coordinates.[2] In "Infiltrate Slag's Fleet", after arriving, Clank sent a transmission to Cronk and Zephyr requesting assistance; Talwyn Apogee traveled there to meet them, though Ratchet had pressed on to obtain the Dimensionator early without waiting for them.[3]
In "Defeat Captain Slag", Ratchet and Clank eventually found and confronted Slag. When Slag was defeated, his head was blown off by Ratchet, causing Rusty Pete to briefly become upset, before then crowning Ratchet their new captain. Ratchet and Clank then argued over what to do with the Dimensionator, at which point Captain Qwark arrived and took it, using a shuttle to throw it into a black hole, not knowing that the shuttle had actually set course for the cragmite homeworld of Reepor.[4]
Location[]
The Ublik Passage is a mostly inhospitable[1] space passageway connecting the Verdigris and Praxus sectors. Its nearest planet is Reepor.[4] The passageway is filled with floating asteroids, and directly below it is an immense astronomical body resembling a moon. Around the passage, whale-like animals can be seen flying around, just like the ones on Ardolis and Vapedia.
The passage contains a large number of pirate structures, which are perched atop of various asteroids through very long leg-like structures, along with claws to embed themselves. The main structure supports a very large rotating parabolic antenna, and contains a fire pit around which pirates could warm themselves. Several pirate ships are docked at these structures, and provide navigation around the passage.
Behind the scenes[]
Darren Quach, Lead Environment Concept Artist at Insomniac Games, designed the level. After learning it would be a pirate base in space, they began using nautical themes to influence how the architecture would appear, wanting buildings to take the form of sea animals such as an octopus or squid. It was made more grounded by adding more believable details, such as masts and cranes incorporated into buildings, and smaller details such as knitting and lamps reinforced with wrought iron.[5] The green nebula was meant to be reminiscent of the stormy sea.[6]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tools of Destruction menu § "Ublik Passage"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction script § "Defeat the Kerchu Guardian (gameplay)"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction script § "Infiltrate Slag's Fleet (gameplay)"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tools of Destruction script § "Defeat Captain Slag (gameplay)"
- ↑ Tools of Destruction script § "Environment Concept Art"
- ↑ The Art of Ratchet & Clank, p. 173