Ratchet finally got his revenge when Drek made Qwark ambush Ratchet and Clank, but Ratchet destroyed Qwark's ship forcing him to crashland on planet Oltanis. They then went to Drek's Gemlik Moonbase.
Ratchet finally came to his senses with he discovered Drek was planing to destroy an entire planet with the PlanetBuster Maximus which Ratchet later destroyed. The two then flew to save Batalia but Ratchet vowed to 'pay him back' while Clank tried to convince him that Drek was the bigger issue. Captain Qwark then left, forcing Ratchet and Clank to defeat a Blargian Snagglebeast. They eventually finished the deathcourse only to discover Captain Qwark was working for Drek. Captain Qwark tricked them into doing a deathcourse on Umbris. They explored planets which Drek attacked such as Novalis and Eudora before meeting Captain Qwark on Rilgar. If Clank would start his ship, he would agree to help Clank locate Captain Qwark to save the galaxy from Drek. He was spotted as he fled the planet and was shot down over Veldin. Meanwhile at a robot manufacturing plant elsewhere in the galaxy, the computer instead of creating a Sentry-bot accidently created Clank, a tiny robot who discovered that his creator, Chairman Drek, planned to create a new planet by destroying other planets in the galaxy. Ratchet then checked what else needed to be done to complete his ship from "HelpDesk". Ratchet, was seen working on a space ship. The story began on a backwater planet in the Solana galaxy, known as Veldin. The game was positively received by critics, praising the good graphics and variety of gameplay along with the sci-fi story. The game also includes several mini-games, such as racing or lock-picking, which the player must complete to proceed.
The game offers a wide range of weapons and gadgets that the player must use to defeat numerous enemies and solve puzzles on a variety of different planets in the fictional "Solana" galaxy. But they soon discover that they must save the galaxy on their own. Clank convinces Ratchet to help him in his quest to gain the help of the famous superhero Captain Copernicus Leslie Qwark. Clank discovers that the villainous Chairman Drek of the Blarg race plans to create a new planet for his species, destroying the galaxy in the process. The game plot opens with a fictional bipedal anthropomorphic species called a Lombax named Ratchet, meeting his new XJ-robotic companion named B5429671, which Ratchet quickly gives him the nickname "Clank". It is a 3D platformer/shooter video game for the PlayStation 2 created by Insomniac Games and developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Ratchet & Clank is the first in the Ratchet & Clank series.