The Inspector

> What is it. What do you want?
>
> The Inspector

**The Inspector** is a character in Inscryption. It serves minor roles in Act II and Act III.

## Background

The Inspector is one of P03's factory workers. It checks quality control on the bots being produced, likely to ensure they are not broken.

### Personality

The Inspector appears obsessive with its job, constantly looking back and forth at the assembly line and only battling the player to see if they are qualified to give it orders. It acts much more polite after the player defeats it, indicating it respects authority figures.

### Relationships with other characters

The Inspector is never directly seen interacting with any other characters, but similar to The Melter, The Inspector is immediately willing to sacrifice itself for P03 after the player proves themselves, showing a large amount of devotion to its boss. This is never returned by P03, but it can be assumed it somewhat cares about The Inspector as it appears as a character in its version of the game.

## Act II

The Inspector appears as an NPC in the inspection room of P03's Factory, overlooking the assembly line. When spoken to, it will engage in dialogue before initiating battle.

### Battle

The Inspector's deck consists of Buff Conduits Null Conduits, and L33pB0ts. The Inspector's strategy is to set up conduits in order to buff its L33pB0ts, similarly to The Melter.

#### Strategy

Cutting the connection of The Inspectors conduits is top priority, as without a complete circuit its L33pB0ts do not pose a direct threat. Sentry Spore can be used to cheaply shut down a lane from any cards, best played on the far left or far right.

#### Post-Battle

After defeating it, The Inspector gives the player a Techno card pack and throws its head onto the assembly line, knocking off whatever is in the way.

The Inspector is later seen during the fight against P03, as a card with a similar name.

## Act III

The Inspector appears at the gate to Resplendent Bastion, where it will explain that the player cannot progress without the radio dish being on. After activating it at the foot of the Rickety Tower, the gate will open and The Inspector will move aside, giving additional dialogue if spoken to.

## Trivia

* The Inspector's dialogue sprites are animated. Its eyes quickly look from left to right and right to left.
* In languages with gendered articles, like French or German, The Inspector and The Melter have their names gendered in female. This may be due to the fact that in these languages, more often than not, objects and machines named after their function get grammatically gendered as "female". Albeit, The Dredger is grammatically gendered as "male".

## Quotes

### Act II

* Initiating a battle with the player:
	+ "What is it. What do you want? Can't you see that I'm very very very very very very very very very very I'm very busy here. What? P03 isn't happy with my output? But I am merely the inspector. To put better bots on the line I would need to... Just who are you? To be carrying orders from P03? P03 would only trust someone with some semblance of card game skill. I am very busy. But I must know if you are qualified to give me orders."
	+ "Your qualifications appear dubious. But to disobey an order straight from P03's mic... Very well. Here we go again."
	+ "Can't you see that I'm very very very very very very very very very very very I suppose I must know if you are truly qualified."
	+ "This distraction is becoming troublesome..."
	+ "Your qualifications appear dubious."
	+ (player fixed their deck) "Your deck is looking healthier. Let us continue."

* Player's deck is invalid:
	+ "You... don't have enough cards in your deck. You need 20."

* Player loses the battle:
	+ "P03 would never trust you with direct orders. I should have known. You have wasted my time."
	+ "Again you have pulled me from my work. Many bots have now passed uninspected. I fear P03 will actually have something to complain about now.

* Player wins the battle:
	+ "Oh dear. Your message from P03 must indeed be genuine. As I mentioned, I am a mere inspector. Not an engineer, not a designer. I cannot send new bots down the line. But I... I can send myself. I am proud to have served P03 faithfully. Well met, stranger."