Gadgetron Corporation

The **Gadgetron Corporation** is a large megacorporation and dominant business in the Solana Galaxy from the Ratchet and Clank series.

## History

Prior to the series, Gadgetron have been well-established in the Solana Galaxy for some time. Though they had a small presence in the Bogon Galaxy, based on Barlow, Megacorp drove them from business years ago.

Gadgetron developed a series of missile launchers known as the RYNO series. The first developed was the most powerful missile launcher in the galaxy when it was released, but was deemed unfit for civilian use. Later weapons in the same RYNO series (which surpassed the power of the original) were similarly deemed illegal, and in some cases, the holoplans for said weapons were scattered around different galaxies. Many RYNO plans were scattered around the Polaris Galaxy, the only evidence of Gadgetron presence in that galaxy.

And now, the corporation started to spread outward when it entered into the psyche multiverse where there are many Gadgetron vendors in many market places. But the problem is getting more clients when facing off against other large galactic megacorporations. Such as Megacorp, BlasTech Industries, Vox Industries, and even the Ferengi Alliance.

## Known Businesses & Production

### Business

Gadgetron is a large manufacturer of weapons and gadgets with a large presence throughout the Solana Galaxy, and is considered the quadrant's leading retailer of state-of-the-art gadget technology. They have vendors on all inhabited planets in the galaxy, in addition to the uninhabited planet Trachea Five. Gadgetron appears to have a monopoly on weapons and gadgets sold in Solana, and admitted that critics have described them as a power-hungry monopoly bent on galactic domination. The only known competitors in Solana are Vox Industries, which developed many weapons in the Shadow Sector used in its *DreadZone* tournament, and Minton Incorporated, which developed the Hydro-Pack but was unable to sell it due to a legal battle with Gadgetron.

The Gadgetron HelpDesk is the most prominent Gadgetron service in the Solana Galaxy, offering free advice during interplanetary travels. Said advice consists of recommending appropriate weapons, and gadgets, even indicating if they are not available at your current location. The HelpDesk is also aware of illegal gadgets acquired through other means, such as the Persuader. Many Gadgetron employees are either female robots with a hotbot appearance or members of a green reptilian species from Kalebo III, of which Wendell Lumos is along with many of his species. They offer a discount of 10% on weapons to any employees who have been with the company for two years. Yet they have many automatic vendors throughout the galaxy.

### Entertainment

Gadgetron also produces various hoverboards, as well as hoverboard drives such as the professional grade Model T-15 Platinum Zoomerator, which offered more lift, speed, and maneuverability than any other anti-grav device on the market. Along with boards and attachments, they also produced the 'Official Gadgetron HoverTrack', which would let contestants automatically equip their hoverboard as soon as they stepped on it.

The VG-9000 is a Gadgetron game console that is widely available with many attachments. These include a controller, VR headset, and zero-G dance pad, and it was capable of playing vid-comics.

### Weapons

The Bomb Glove was provided to first-time customers for free, while other weapons such as the Blaster, Glove of Doom, and the Devastator were purchased from Gadgetron vendors found throughout the galaxy. At this time, the Devastator at the time was considered a perfect weapon that Gadgetron could not improve on until they later created the Gold Devastator upgrade, and the Tesla Claw was the pinnacle of Gadgetron's weapons technology. One Gadgetron weapon, the R.Y.N.O., was deemed too dangerous for civilian use.

### Other Products & Services

Other well-known products are the patented nanotech healing and restoring health. Premium Nanotech is a form of a drink that is used as an "upgrade" to one's health that comes in a form of a soda can. Infobots are small hovering robots that contain coordinates to various planets along with their video contents. Gadgetron also makes armor made from strong materials such as magnaplate and adamantine, with their most advanced armor system, the Infernox armor, offering a total damage reduction of 80%.

Gadgetron also used test dummies to test its own weapons, generally the basic Bomb Glove, Blaster, and Pyrocitor, as well as serve as hoverboard racing opponents. They also served as opponents on-board the VR deck on ships.

Gadgetron also offers a program allowing people to recycle their used space cruiser engines, in return for 10% off a trip to Pokitaru. They later reused the engine parts for their Scorcher weapons. Gadgetron also possessed its own Central Intelligency Agency, with agents using armor not known or available to the public, such as the Chameleon armor.