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The Center for Advanced Lombax Research is a historical organization in Tools of Destruction and A Crack in Time. A lombax organization used to develop and test experimental new technology, it has a number of products throughout the Polaris Galaxy, and bases built in remote locations such as Breegus Minor, Sargasso, and Rykan V. It was led by a council that included elder councilman Alister Azimuth.

History[]

Before Tools of Destruction[]

The first nano-weapon developed by the Center for Advanced Lombax Research was the Alpha Disruptor.[1] They also developed Trillium armor, the most advanced armor in the Polaris Galaxy,[2] used by the lombax warriors of Fastoon.[3]

Eight[4] lombax architects on Breegus Minor created the Dimensionator,[5] the culmination of over three Arcturian cycles of research,[4] a device the center called the "most important invention in lombax history". Beta testing participants selected were sent to Rykan V for orientation, and then the Sargasso testing facility to test it.[4] The device was then used in the Great War to exile the cragmites, ending the war.[5]

Eons after the war, elder councilman Alister Azimuth[6] entrusted their technology to Percival Tachyon, a cragmite unfrozen by the lombaxes who had brought forward incredible technology far beyond what they were using, expecting him to build more. Though the rest of the lombaxes grew suspicious of Tachyon, Azimuth continued to trust him, until Tachyon then betrayed the lombaxes and ravaged Fastoon.[7] With the lombaxes gone, the Center for Advanced Lombax Research outposts and technology were left behind, the base on Sargasso falling to the kerchu.

Tools of Destruction[]

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The testing facility on Sargasso.

Ratchet found the Center for Advanced Lombax Research orientation center on Rykan V through a star map from a lombax artifact recovered from space pirates on Ardolis. Upon reaching it in "Travel the Lava Tube Network", Talwyn Apogee was able to read the Lombax writing on the wall, but Ratchet was able to enter. Cronk and Zephyr then recognized the holo-vid players and were able to activate it, leading them to the testing facility in Sargasso.[8]

While Ratchet did not find the Dimensionator at their testing facility in Sargasso, he did find the Alpha Disruptor in "Investigate the Kerchu Outpost".

Characteristics[]

The organization was a prestigious,[3] elite council of select few lombaxes. The lombaxes who built the Dimensionator were described as eight of the brightest minds in their history,[4] and were based on Breegus Minor.[5] Alister Azimuth, an elder councilman,[6] had access to all secrets of lombax technology.[7]

Technology[]

The Center for Advanced Lombax Research produced weapons, armor, and gadgets of all sorts. The Dimensionator is the most notable, but it also engineered the Alpha Disruptor nano-weapon,[1] the Trillium armor,[2][3] and the Gyro-cycle single-seat transportation device.[9]

Technology developed by the Center for Advanced Lombax Research seems highly experimental and thrown together. The Dimensionator, its most notable, is a voice-activated hat that is made of a number of random pieces, including a 3 ¾ Centicubit Hexagonal Washer in its primary reflux coil.[10] The Alpha Disruptor also uses a quantum burst of isokinetic energy that can destroy starships,[11] despite being a handheld device. Clank noted later this experimental behavior was typical of lombaxes, pointing to Ratchet's nuclear-powered rocket sled among other random devices;[4] similarly, the Smuggler noted lombaxes were unable to leave devices alone, noting the lombax he purchased the Gyro-cycle from had also modified it with a terrathruster.[12][9]

A number of Center for Advanced Lombax Research technology appears to all activate when a lombax makes contact with it, as seen both with the star map artifact[13] and the facility on Rykan V.[8]

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