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// Arsenal: Starship Phoenix 
// Story: Ratchet and Clank: Family of Heroes 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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It didn't take long for Ratchet to get them to where the Phoenix was located, where they paused for a moment as they found a long narrow star cruiser, with two wings that no doubt housed a few of the systems to help it fly, and at the back end of it was a docking bay for them to fly into, which was where they headed after parking their starship nearby and using the much smaller cruiser to arrive at their destination.

"I've got to admit it, this is an impressive ship." Angela commented, speaking as they docked in the docking bay of Sasha's starship, where they found an area that contained the dropship that the Rangers used back on Veldin, though as she took in what they were seeing she knew Autumn was thinking of ways to improve their own starship.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard the Starship Phoenix," Sasha said, where they found one of the holoscreens off to their left, meaning she had spotted their arrival and was speaking to them from the bridge, since that seemed to be the best place for her to be given her position.

"Okay, I'm going to agree with Angela on this... whoa!" Ratchet stated, because with the addition of the starships he found that his desire to tinker with things, the inventor side of him, sprung to life every now and then, making him wonder if he might start designing part of their own starship or work on others in the future.

"Impressive, isn't she?" Sasha inquired, where they could see that she was pleased with their reaction to seeing the inside of her starship, in fact it was possible that she already knew all about them and the fact that Autumn was possible the best inventor in the entire Solana Galaxy, before a light smile appeared on her face, "The Phoenix is the pride of the Galactic fleet. She's equipped with the latest technology: holodeck training suite, autovendors for armor and weapons, virtual firing range, starfighter upgrade system, even a Gadgetron VG-9000 game system."

"A VG-9000!?" Ratchet asked, because he knew of the previous generation of gaming system, in fact he had been planning on saving up for one before they were teleported all the way to the Bogon Galaxy, and what Sasha was telling him meant that there was a brand new system that he needed to do some research on.

"Of course. With a Mavox Fireball Pro controller, VR headset, and a Zero-G dance pad attachment." Sasha replied, where it was easy to see what she did in her spare time, she preferred to play games and practice her dance moves, showing that she was a gamer at heart, even though there might be more to her than what they were seeing.

"You know, if it wasn't for Angela, I'm pretty sure Ratchet would have said 'would you marry me'." Starswirl remarked, but as he said that Ratchet could tell that his brother was joking, all while Autumn and Qwark finally climbed out, where some of the Rangers noticed her Nirik form and backed off before she snapped at them.

"Well, why don't you take Qwark to his quarters? We set up an area, in the off chance that some of you decide to stay on board the Phoenix," Sasha said, where Ratchet found something interesting, she sent them a map of the Phoenix and set a mark on it that held the directions to the area that Qwark would be contained in, at least until he was pulled out of his monkey mindset, however long that took, "Once that's done, come meet me on the bridge so we can discuss our next move."

Ratchet and the others nodded as they stepped forward, taking in everything that was inside the Phoenix, finding the pair of vendors that had been installed in this ship, one being a weapon vendor and the other being a new armor vendor, an area they would be checking out at some point in time, even though Ratchet knew what his sister would be waiting for the next version of the RYNO to come out. A few moments later they passed under the large dropship and turned down the path on the left, finding that it brought them to a decent sized chamber that looked like it could contain most of them, as in Ratchet, his siblings, and Clank, so Angela would be the odd one out if they stayed here. Everything Sasha had told them was inside their quarters, making Ratchet want to pause for a few moments and just try the new system out, even though he knew that they had to regroup with their new ally and see what their next move might be, so they turned towards the area Qwark would be calling home. As it turned out it was a monkey habitat, like he was being held in a zoo, and as they stood there for a few moments a few things happened, the first being that Autumn ordered the man to move inside the cage before reverting to her base form, the second being Clank tossing a few bananas into the cell so Qwark and the small monkey had something to eat before their next meal came.

Once that was done they turned around and headed for the bridge of the starship, finding that there was a ramp to walk up before reaching what appeared to be a lift that would take them over to their destination, but before they did that they stopped by the weapon vendor, finding that the Infector, a weapon that temporarily hijacked enemies, and the modified Suck Cannon were available.

After making their purchase, which made Autumn happy, the group walked up the ramp and stepped onto the lift that was waiting for them, where they found that it was large enough to hold between ten to twenty people, before watching as the  dome closed once everyone was on the lift. A few seconds later it started to move forward, taking the group through the guts of the Phoenix, allowing Autumn to take notes on what she was seeing, so she could modify everything that was inside their starship at some point in the future, while the others focused on thinking about what Sasha might tell them. Given that no one had any idea what Nefarious' plans were, as he seemed to be very silent as his forces attacked all of the planets he wanted to conquer, either as a distraction or because he felt they were important to his schemes, this could be a team meeting so they could discuss everything that had happened so far and what had to be done to stop the mad doctor. Angela, despite what she and the others had seen so far, was interested in seeing more of Solana and seeing what had to be done to keep her new home safe, because she wasn't going to leave Ratchet's side for anything, but before she could think about it too much the lift came to a stop and allowed them to reach a doorway that lead them right to the bridge of the Phoenix.

What they discovered was that a number of Rangers were also in charge of piloting the ship, or whatever the rest of the controls did, while Sasha was standing in front of the captain's chair, though there was a large screen in front of them that looked like it could be raised and lowered depending on the situation, and right now it looked like the President was on the screen, which was flickering.

"We're losing the signal! Try boosting the power!" Sasha ordered, tearing her eyes away from the screen for a brief second to order one of her crew members to do what she had said, before facing the screen once more, which looked like it was set inside a compound of some kind.

"Sasha and the President must have been having a meeting recently." Angela commented, which made sense since they had just returned with Qwark, meaning Sasha must have been telling her boss about the insane captain's condition, only to be interrupted by something, meaning they might have their next destination soon. 

"They came out of nowhere!" the President stated, confirming one thing for them, whatever planet he was on happened to be under attack, no doubt by a decent number of Nefarious' Tyhrranoids, and he seemed to be looking at something else as he talked with Sasha, "Tyhrranoid invasion force... presidential compound has been breached... can not hold out much longer here..."

"Mister President!?" Sasha said, where this time around the group could hear some desperation in her voice, meaning she had to know the figure more than they initially thought, which could be true since they had no idea how long the two had been in contact with each other, before she shifted her stance as the screen went dark, "Dad! Are you there?!"

That was a piece of information they weren't expecting to discover, that Sasha was the daughter of the Solana President, even though they were sure that she had worked her way up to this position and hadn't been granted it by her father, but in that moment a new image appeared on the screen, a blue robot that had a large cranial structure, almost egg shaped to be exact, and in the bottom right corner appeared a butler robot in a circle.

"Robotic citizens of the Solana Galaxy, the hour of your liberation is at hand!" the blue robot stated, where it was easy for them to determine that he had to be Nefarious, the Supervillain that was currently threatening all of Solana, while at the same time the butler seemed to be singing to those that were watching, following the words that were being said, "Too long have we robots suffered under the bigotry, the stupidity, the squishiness, and foul stench of organic life forms! Soon all robots will bask in the liberty and equality of my benevolent, iron-fisted rule. And as for you filthy organic life forms, you can look forward to being disintegrated!"

This basically told them exactly what Nefarious was planning, he wanted to conquer the entirety of the Solana Galaxy and take control over everything, even if it meant raising his fellow robots up and killing all organic lifeforms, but given what the group had been through they had a feeling that there was more to this plan than what he had said, and it wasn't long before the transmission was terminated.

"Plot a course for Marcadia." Sasha ordered, where she took a moment to collect herself, as her father and the planet he had been on were under attack, meaning there was no telling what they might find when they reached their destination, and they could tell that she wasn't happy, "Maximum speed! Prepare the dropship for planetary assault."

"We'll see you on Marcadia." Ratchet said, as he knew that he and his siblings, not to mention Clank and Angela, thrived in situations like this, where they had to deal with waves of enemies and fought to either secure a planet or obtain gadgets that would help them out in the future, plus this would help them put a dent in Nefarious' plans.

"Oh, before I forget, something arrived for Autumn earlier," Sasha commented, where she gestured to the Ranger that was standing off on the right of where the group was currently standing, to which they noticed that he was carrying a container that was large enough to hold a large weapon, causing them to wonder if it was what each of them thought it might be, due to what they had seen in the past.

Inside the container rested a large weapon that was brown colored and had six spikes around the central nozzle, though Autumn had a smile on her face as she pulled the RY3NO out of the container, as Mr. Lumos had completed the weapon and sent it to her, to be used in a field test scenario to see how it measured to her standards, causing the others to let out a light chuckle as they headed for their ship, as Nefarious' forces had no idea what was coming their way.