Terachnoids are a highly intelligent race of cephalopod-like creatures, native to the planet Terachnos. They possess features of various sea creatures including crustaceans and octopuses. Like an octopus they also possess multiple brains and tentacle-like appendages for arms. They had rather large bulbous heads and often wore glasses and other attire that showed off their intelligence. Although super intelligent, they were quite physically weak. Some members of the race also carried portable consoles with them. The sages of the terachnoids were apparently the most intelligent. The highest concentration of terachnoids were in Axiom City.
The Terachnos-based-company Pollyx Industries' employees were believed to be made up of purely terachnoids due to the species' apparent ignorance of the intelligence of other lifeforms. Later when Dr. Nefarious took over Pollyx Industries the terachnoids were constantly under guard. Nefarious' mercenaries patrolled the whole area which annoyed the terachnoids greatly. Terachnoids could also be seen working in Nefarious Space Station, but some were simply holograms presumably located in Pollyx Industries.
Terachnoids were not entirely selfish. They ran companies that helped others with tech support, although the consumer was usually made fun of due to their lack of knowledge in the technological field. That seemed to be the only business outside of Terachnos except for vullard trade. Some terachnoids had special ships and delivered supplies to the vullards. The agorians hired the terachnoids to work at the Agorian Battleplex because, according to Mac, the agorians "are a bit short-changed in the brain department" so that they hired them to do their thinking for them.
Characteristics[]
Biology[]
A terachnoid sage
The most notable traits of the terachnoids are there high intelligence as well as physical frailness: the terachnoids were awarded "The Brainest Race In The Universe" for 3000 years in a row as well as "The Weakest Race In The Universe" for 4000 years in a row. Terachnoid sages had incredibly high IQs, with the combined IQ of 170 sages being the equivalent of the 3 billion IQ of the IRIS Supercomputer.[5] The smartest terachnoid on record, G'Narlax Frahm was born with seven-and-a-half brains. Terachnoid Juice Makers are also the 3rd most complicated piece of machinery in the universe with over 3 trillion moving parts.
While most terachnoids had only two eyes, some had five - as shown by the terachnoid sage image displayed in an episode of the Polaris Compendium of Historical Importantness.
Society[]
The terachnoids had multiple organizations, including Pollyx Industries with its Pollyx OmniTech branch, as well as the Terachnoid Consortium of Staisticians.
Culture[]
With the terachnoid's high intelligence also came the love of technology. They usually spent a lot of their time playing a massive online role playing game that they seemed to be addicted to. When Ratchet and Alister Azimuth stormed into Pollyx Industries in an attempt to find the Obsidian Eye, Ratchet confronted the terachnoid Pollyx at a central computer terminal. Before attacking, Pollyx tried to intimidate him by saying that he was "a level 60 wizard, with melee ability." Later a group of terachnoids saved by Ratchet from the Valkyries referenced the game.
It also seems that the Terachnoids only seem to enjoy associating with people of their race, as they see any other species as less intelligent than them. There is a possibility that Terachnoids were bullied many times throughout their lifetime - when in Axiom City, Ratchet can hit them with the OmniWrench Millennium 12, causing them to sometimes say: "It's like high school all over again."
It is implied that the terachnoids are also skilled with magic, as Captain Darkwater used an ancient incantation originating from their species to forever bind his soul to his body in order to protect the Fulcrum Star.
Technology[]
Tecahnoids have their own ships. They look like trucks used by cable companies or computer techs. They had strange mechanized robotic arms, a cockpit to the side, and engines in the back. The ships appeared to function as repair ships or some sort of maintenance. The ships lacked any sort of defense weapons, making them an easy target for agorians, Nefarious Troopers, space pirates or valkyries.
Behind the scenes[]
A challenge in the Agorian Battleplex was created due to the fact the Terachnoids told the Agorians that Ratchet made fun of their legs. Ratchet had 3 minutes to survive in the arena.
Citations[]
- ↑ The smartest Terachnoid on record, born with seven-and-a-half brains.
- ↑ Terachnoid geneticist mentioned in the Galactic Trivia of A Crack in Time.
- ↑ Named Terachnoid at the Axiom City Spaceport in A Crack in Time.
- ↑ Terachnoid Sage mentioned in Into the Nexus who created the purchasable Terachnoid Armor.
- ↑ Tools of Destruction, Narrator: "This mysterious behemoth is said to have an IQ of three billion! That would mean 170 terachnoid sages.
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