Following the events of Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Ratchet, Clank and Al have been given the job of running the Starship Phoenix. After the crew are informed that many heroes have disappeared,[4] robots overrun the Phoenix, taking Ratchet, Clank, and Al captive. They are transported to the Shadow Sector, a lawless region of the Solana Galaxy. Ratchet meets Gleeman Vox, the creator of DreadZone, a barbaric game show in which contestants are forced to kill each other. Ratchet is forced to compete in DreadZone,[5] and is fitted with a “DeadLock“ collar which will explode if he becomes uncooperative or boring.[6] Collectively referred to as “Team DarkStar“, Ratchet and his combat bots must fight for their lives while Clank serves as Ratchet’s “Mission Engineer“.[7] Ratchet competes in a variety of DreadZone challenges, quickly becoming DreadZone’s most popular contestant. Vox offers to make Ratchet a new exterminator and turn him into DreadZone’s superstar, but he is enraged when Ratchet refuses.[8] Mean
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