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The Polaris Galaxy is the main setting of Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, A Crack in Time, All 4 One, Full Frontal Assault, Before the Nexus and Into the Nexus, with appearances in the comic series, and mentioned in Ratchet & Clank (2016). It is one of the three main galaxies of the Ratchet & Clank series, along with the Solana and Bogon galaxies. It is home to more than 70 known planets and locations. The galaxy was the home of the lombaxes and the cragmites, who fought in the Great War. It is located along the center of the universe, where the Great Clock is situated, giving it some affinity to the Zoni.

The galaxy was ruled by the Great Cragmite Empire until they were defeated by the lombaxes. Centuries later, the last remaining cragmite, Emperor Percival Tachyon, forced the lombaxes to flee the dimension and conquered much of the galaxy with his Imperial Army. Tachyon's defeat by Ratchet and Clank led to the dissolution of his empire, and re-establishment of jurisdiction by the Polaris government; a democratic government which was at one point led by Captain Qwark after he was elected president.

Polaris is also home to a number of organizations outside of the Polaris government's jurisdiction. This includes the highly territorial kerchu, the marauding space pirates and valkyries, the peaceful but luddite fongoids, and a few planets aligned with Dr. Nefarious. The galaxy is served by GrummelNet Industries, a company comprising clones of the last surviving grummel.

A few of the planets from the Polaris Galaxy have counterparts seen in Rivet's dimension.

History[]

Before Tools of Destruction[]

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The Fongoids' misuse of time travel causes a tear in space-time that threatens to destroy the universe.

Eons prior to the events of Ratchet & Clank, the Zoni entrusted the fongoids with the gift of time travel, hoping it would enrich their lives. Over the course of 3,000 years, their overuse of time travel and creation of multiple time paradoxes wore the space-time continuum thin. This caused a rip in space and time that destroyed 83 celestial entities,[1] and opened small anomalies to the Netherverse.[2] The Great Clock was created by Orvus to repair the rift,[1] and the fongoids outlawed all technology,[3] believing Orvus would no longer trust them with it.[4] At some point, Orvus came to the planet Viceron and appointed Sigmund as its Junior Caretaker.

Centuries before the events of Ratchet & Clank,[a] the Great Cragmite Empire, at the height of their power, ruled over all of Polaris from the Nundac Asteroid Ring to Praxus Twelve. The Lombaxes then led a revolt against them, commencing the Great War which eventually reached a stalemate.[7] The tide was turned when the Center for Advanced Lombax Research invented the Dimensionator and banished the Cragmites to dimension X2-49.[8] The Lombaxes were revered as saviors thereafter.[9][7]

Despite the Cragmites' defeat, the galaxy was still a dangerous place.[10] Nineteen galactic wars, three interstellar battles, one planetary misunderstanding, and a lunar argument took place, of which Cronk and Zephyr, warbots from the Great War, were veterans.[8]

Percival Tachyon was discovered frozen in an egg by Lombax trillium miners on the Kreeli Comet much later. He was raised on Fastoon.[5] As a child, he engineered the space pirates to scavenge materials for his new Imperial Army, abandoning them when they were done.[8] After buying the support of the drophyds with raritanium,[11] and gaining access to Lombax technology from the elder councilman of the Center for Advanced Lombax Research, Alister Azimuth,[12][10] Tachyon ravaged Fastoon, causing the Lombaxes to flee to the Lombax dimension in the hopes that Tachyon would then leave the rest of the galaxy alone.[13]

Tachyon's army took control of much of the galaxy. Free Polaris formed, comprising all planets not under Tachyon's rule, and resisting the Imperial Army for years as it could not defeat the forces of free planets in the Verdigris Sector.[14] Tachyon was able to control the gelatonium capital, Cobalia, making the rest of the galaxy dependent on Tachyon's rationing of gelatonium[15] and eventually few planets with gelatonium fuel remained not under the emperor's rule.[16] He also conquered Stratus City on planet Kortog and sealed off the Hall of Knowledge to prevent people from learning about the Great War.[17][7] Tachyon took over Zordoom Prison on Viceron, giving life sentences to those who opposed his empire.[18] However, Tachyon's rule was a mere shadow of the power the Great Cragmite Empire once had.[19]

Meanwhile, Dr. Nefarious, trapped on an asteroid with Lawrence after the events of Up Your Arsenal, was rescued by the fongoids. Though they attempted to rehabilitate him, when Nefarious learned about the Great Clock, he instead plotted to use it to rewrite time in favor of villains.[20] In doing so, Nefarious tricked the fongoids into building him an outpost before then imprisoning them,[21] built an army of Nefarious troopers, and won the support of the terachnoids, valkyries, and Lord Vorselon by promising them favors after taking over the Great Clock.[22][23]

Tools of Destruction[]

Ratchet and Clank came to the Polaris Galaxy after Tachyon had invaded Metropolis, in Solana, in search of Ratchet. Meanwhile, Captain Qwark came to the galaxy after surrendering to Tachyon,[24] but while undercover, provided them with information that led them to look for the Dimensionator (known as the "Lombax Secret").[25] This led them to the Apogee Space Station, where they met and teamed up with Talwyn Apogee and her guardians Cronk and Zephyr.

The group eventually found the Dimensionator, though through a blunder by Qwark led to Tachyon taking it for himself and bringing back the cragmites. Emboldened by his new army, he invaded Meridian City. Ratchet and Clank defeated him and cast him aside in another dimension, after which the cragmites were banished[26], and the Imperial Army presumably disbanded. Clank thereafter was abducted by the Zoni.

Quest for Booty[]

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Ratchet and Talwyn use the IRIS to learn about the Zoni and their connection to Angstrom Darkwater.

After Clank's abduction by the Zoni, Ratchet and Talwyn consulted with the IRIS Supercomputer and were told to find a pirate named Angstrom Darkwater on planet Merdegraw for answers on where Clank had been taken. Deep in space pirate territory, Ratchet and Talwyn came across Rusty Pete, who was still mourning Captain Slag's death. Darkwater however was revealed to be long dead. Whilst impersonating Slag with his decapitated head, Pete ordered the pirates to launch Ratchet and Talwyn to Hoolefar Island to find the answers they were seeking.

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Hoolefar Island.

On the island, Ratchet and Talwyn met the local Hoolefoids and were informed that the wind turbines used to power their radio supply beacon had been vandalized. After Ratchet restored power, the island's mayor Barnabus Worley revealed the Obsidian Eye that Darkwater had built on the island to keep in contact with the Zoni. The Fulcrum Star to power it however was missing and thought to be still in his secretly hidden treasure hoard at Darkwater Cove. Rusty Pete contacted the two and offered to help them find the map to Darkwater's loot, which was left with his body in Morrow Caverns.

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The curse of Darkwater is activated and Slag is revived.

Pete had rerouted the memory banks in Slag's head to his vocal processor so he would remember anything he saw, which enabled them to pass through the space pirate defenses in the caverns. Upon reaching Darkwater's tomb however, Pete betrayed Ratchet and attached Slag's head to Darkwater's body to revive him. Darkwater's curse he placed on himself and his crew became enacted, leading Slag and Darkwater to now inhabit the same body. Pete broke the quarrelling between the two captains and proposed they pillage Hoolefar Island.

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Ratchet and Talwyn face off against Darkwater's undead space pirates.

Ratchet and Talwyn hurried to the island and fought back the undead pirate invasion until they were forced to retreat. The Smuggler was able to translate the Decadroid map Ratchet recovered from Darkwater's body and used it to locate Darkwater Cove. Upon completing the Cove's puzzles, Ratchet found the Fulcrum Star in Darkwater's treasure room. Darkwater, Slag and Pete sprang a trap however and kidnapped Talwyn. Ratchet then escaped the Lythoin Caves and pursued after the pirate fleet as it began heading back towards Hoolefar Island.

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Dr. Nefarious probes Clank's memories for the key to the Orvus Chamber.

Once Ratchet rescued Talwyn, she informed him that the pirates were intending to use the Fulcrum Star to find and pillage the Zoni dimension. After battling through the undead pirates, Ratchet confronted Slag and Darkwater, and engaged them in combat. Upon destroying the union between the two captains and retrieving the Fulcrum Star, Ratchet finally used the Obsidian Eye to locate Clank. It was revealed to him that overexposure to the Zoni's energy had caused Clank to malfunction and they had met a doctor claiming to be capable of repairing him. Ratchet discovered this was in fact Dr. Nefarious and took off in Aphelion with coordinates to the Breegus Nebula. The Hoolefoids then dismantled the Obsidian Eye so the pirates could never use it again. Slag survived the battle as a disembodied head again with the help of Rusty Pete and the two escaped.

Preceding A Crack in Time[]

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Lord ā€˜Flintā€™ Vorselon.

Six months prior to the events of A Crack in Time, Flint Vorselon (A.K.A. Lord Vorselon) escaped from Zordoom Prison in an M-Class starship. Vorselon had been serving a lifetime sentence for the kidnapping of Kerchu Ambassador Boogoh. After his escape, Vorselon began working for Dr. Nefarious in the Breegus System in the promise of using the Great Clock to restore his lost body. During this time he came into conflict with the rebel Lombax Alister Azimuth multiple times who was disrupting Nefarious' operations throughout the star sectors.

A Crack in Time[]

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Dr. Nefarious reveals the Great Clock to Clank.

Once it became clear the Zoni would not allow Dr. Nefarious access to the Orvus Chamber, he unleashed his Hypersonic Brainwave Scrambler on them, disrupting their hive-mind and causing massive damage to the Great Clock's equipment. Clank awoke from his mnemonic station and attempted an escape until he was incapacitated by Lawrence. Instead of again searching Clank's memories for the key to the chamber, Nefarious opted to instead leave him undisturbed and eventually open it himself.

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Vorselon invades the Fongoid village on planet Quantos and mistakes Ratchet for Alister Azimuth.

Meanwhile, Captain Qwark accompanied Ratchet to the Breegus System in his search for Clank. Damage to the clock caused by Nefarious began causing dangerous temporal anomalies to spread throughout the universe, one of which struck Aphelion and caused her to crash onto planet Quantos. With help from the local Fongoids, Ratchet retrieved a Zoni vessel and caught three lost Zoni to repair his ship. Lord Vorselon however invaded the village, mistaking Ratchet for Azimuth then abducted Qwark and several Fongoid villagers for interrogation.

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Lawrence reports Clank's progress at the Great Clock to Dr. Nefarious.

Ratchet pursued then infiltrated Vorselon's warship and rescued Qwark and the Fongoids. He then fought and defeated Vorselon himself by destroying his mech suit, though he managed to escape. Qwark had learned from the Fongoids that Azimuth lived on Torren IV and Ratchet left to find him in the hope of forming an alliance. After awakening, Clank met the clock's junior caretaker Sigmund who helped guide him in learning about his father Orvus and his inherited responsibilities as senior caretaker. Lawrence had covertly remained at the clock to spy on Clank and reported his ongoing progress to Dr. Nefarious after he had returned to the Nefarious Space Station.

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Azimuth pins Ratchet to a wall, thinking he is an assassin in a Lombax hologuise.

After helping the local Vullards on Torren IV with their battery bot revolt, Ratchet reached Azimuth's abode in Volgram Pass where he attacked Ratchet, believing he was an assassin in a hologuise. Upon subduing Ratchet, Azimuth recognized him as the son of his old friend Kaden before apologizing and introducing himself. Azimuth explained the Great Clock to Ratchet and asked for assistance in his plan to use it to alter time and undo Tachyon's betrayal. After gifting Ratchet with Kaden's hoverboots, Azimuth trained him on the basics. Knowing Pollyx Industries kept a database of every Obsidian Eye in the universe, Azimuth told Ratchet to meet him on Terachnos to find the whereabouts of one and use it to contact Clank at the clock so they may find its secret location.

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The Valkyrie leaders Cassiopeia, Carina and Libra meet with Dr. Nefarious and form an alliance.

With the help of a Terachnoid named Jarvis who owed Azimuth for previously saving his life, the two Lombaxes broke into Pollyx Industries and found the location of an Obsidian Eye in the Krell Canyon on planet Lumos. Dr. Nefarious then unleashed his VX-99 to rampage through Axiom City and destroy the Lombaxes. Working together, Azimuth and Ratchet were able defeat it and saved the city before leaving to meet on Lumos. After Vorselon's failures, Nefarious recruited the Valkyries and promised them use of the clock's power to restore their empire's lost colony in exchange for their services.

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Ratchet competes in the Agorian Battleplex to rescue Qwark.

After destroying the Hypersonic Brainwave Scrambler, Clank undertook further training from a simulation of Orvus in using the Chronoscepter to repair temporal damage. On the way to Lumos, the two Lombaxes were ambushed by the Valkyries and Ratchet defeated Libra. After hearing from the Fongoids that the Agorians were also enemies of Nefarious, Qwark had sought them out and was forced to compete in their battleplex, after which he contacted Ratchet and begged for assistance. Ratchet entered the tournament to help Qwark defeat several gladiators and eventually a war grok, whom Qwark tamed and named Snowball.

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Ratchet and Clank work to foil Nefarious' plans to control time.

On Lumos, the two Lombaxes repelled an Agorian invasion and Azimuth revealed to Ratchet the truth about his past and exile. Upon finding the Obsidian Eye, the two were able to make contact with Clank at the clock. Clank confronted Sigmund about his fear of acting to help Orvus and find what happened to him. Sigmund was able to synthesize a time portal on Zanifar leading two years into the past where Orvus had disappeared and Clank implored Ratchet to find him. Ratchet then freed the present day Fongoid prisoners and shut down the Tombli Outpost before traveling to the past. Ratchet was too late to save Orvus however and threw a grenade at Nefarious damaging the right side of his face, the effects of which materialized in the present.

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Clank receives an orientation message left by Orvus inside the chamber.

Vorselon had ambushed Azimuth earlier and was holding him prisoner on his warship to bait Ratchet. After defeating Vorselon again and destroying his improved mech suit, Ratchet rescued Azimuth and the two escaped with coordinates to the Bernilius sector. At the clock, Clank had finished most repairs and was on the way to fulfil his final role by taking his place in the Orvus Chamber. Whilst testing a mnemonic station, Clank met the Plumber and was given a piece of cryptic advice to not risk more than six minutes. After Clank finally opened the chamber as Nefarious had predicted, Lawrence incapacitated both him and Sigmund before reporting the news to the Doctor.

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Ratchet narrowly rescues Clank from Cassiopeia and the two are finally reunited.

Nefarious and the Valkyries then formed a trap for the Lombaxes using Clank as bait on planet Vapedia. Ratchet defeated Carina to reach the Valkyrie Citadel and infiltrated the stronghold with Azimuth. Ratchet eventually confronted Cassiopeia and defeated her in combat to finally reunite with Clank. Clank voiced his great objection to Azimuth's plan of using the clock to change history and using it for such a purpose has great risk of destroying the universe. Ratchet conceded to Clank's judgement and Azimuth departed from them scorned.

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Ratchet uses the space station defenses to destroy Nefarious' docked ship fleet.

Qwark meanwhile had used information from the Agorians to infiltrate the Nefarious Space Station and went undercover using the alias of Nurse Shannon. He contacted Ratchet and Clank and the three entered the station with a plan of Qwark's in mind. Clank stealthily scanned Nefarious to form a hologuise for Ratchet, who then used it to access the station's main control hub. Ratchet then used the Hypernova Defense Laser to destroy Nefarious' docked ship fleet, leaving him with no way to leave the station and reach the clock. The Doctor confronted the three himself and revealed his plan of using the clock to rewrite the universe's history so that villains like himself are always the winners and heroes always lose. He then had them captured and launched Ratchet and Clank into space on an asteroid with his Asteroid Flinger 5000 as fitting revenge for his own predicament.

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Ratchet and Clank return to the now altered present of Gimlick Valley.

Several hours later, the two crashed onto planet Morklon and managed to survive with protection from the Zoni that Ratchet had collected. A lone Fongoid recounted to the two the Battle of Gimlick Valley ten years prior, in which the Agorians led by Commander Argos invaded and destroyed their settlement. With no way off of the planet, Clank contacted Sigmund and instructed him to synthesize a time portal into the battle. Ratchet and Clank traveled to the past, saved the Fongoid settlement, rescued their leader Zahn Gribnak and defeated Commander Argos. Back in the present, the Fongoids had restored Argos' ship and the two used it to return to the Nefarious Space Station.

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Ratchet and Clank defeat Dr. Nefarious moments before his space station is destroyed.

Lawrence had arrived at the station to pick up Nefarious and return to the Great Clock. Ratchet and Clank confronted the Doctor just before he could leave to prevent him from using the Orvus Chamber and likely destroying the universe. When Nefarious was eventually defeated in battle and fell unconscious, his ship's autopilot malfunctioned and it's flightpath was set to intersect with the station. Azimuth arrived in his own ship and saved Ratchet and Clank just before the impact. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, moments before the ship crashed into the station and destroyed it, Lawrence teleported Nefarious' unconscious body away and onto the escape pod he had jettisoned in.

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Clank uses the Orvus Chamber to reverse time six minutes and save Ratchet's life.

The three traveled to the Great Clock where Ratchet and Clank said their difficult goodbyes and Clank prepared to take his place as the clock's new guardian. When Ratchet conclusively declined use of the clock to save the Lombaxes, Azimuth became enraged and refused to accept leaving the past as it was, leading him to fatally strike down Ratchet with a blast from his wrench. Sigmund stalled Azimuth long enough for Clank to reach the chamber where he recalled the Plumber's earlier advice and turned time back six minutes to save Ratchet's life.

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Azimuth sacrifices himself to save the clock and atone for his mistakes.

The duo pursued Azimuth through the clock, but were too late in stopping him from reaching the chamber lever. Azimuth then initiated an immense temporal shift that began gradually overloading and destroying the clock. Ratchet battled Azimuth in the Orvus Chamber and eventually subdued him. Ratchet's attempts to shutdown the shift were in vain however and the clock deteriorated towards a total system failure. Azimuth realizing the dire consequences of his obsession, used his own wrench as a lever to halt the shift and was consumed in a blast of energy. Following Azimuth's death, Clank commended him for his sacrifice and ultimately doing the right thing.

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Clank sets off with Ratchet after promoting Sigmund to the clock's senior caretaker.

After the lost Zoni returned to the clock and finished repairs, Ratchet dourly bid Clank his farewells. Clank's recent ventures in discovering his family however made him realize he can not leave Ratchet until the Lombax finds his own. He then promoted Sigmund to senior caretaker and entrusted him as the clock's new guardian. Clank caught back up with Ratchet just before he left in Aphelion and the two departed together. Unbeknownst to him, the message Orvus had left Clank gave his fatherly blessing for his son to make his own decisions for the future.

Sometime later, Vorselon contacted Ratchet and challenged him to a final fight to the death to settle things between them. On his warship, Ratchet and Clank battled Vorselon who had donned his most powerful mech suit to date. After a fierce fight, Vorselon was defeated for the third and final time, and slain by Ratchet. The warship then began to self-destruct and the duo scarcely managed an escape.

Preceding Ratchet & Clank (comic)[]

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Qwark Artemis Zogg Surinox Shard Vorn Garblak Comic

Artemis Zogg shows Qwark the Surinox Shard used in his Helios project.

Seven months before the events of the comic series began, Qwark met with Polaris' Minister of Defense ā€” Artemis Zogg in Meridian City, and agreed to endorse his campaign to become the next galactic president. During this time, Cronk and Zephyr were hired as Zogg's bodyguards. Zogg showed Qwark the Surinox Shard, which the Lombaxes had used long ago to manufacture their Dimensionators during the days of the Great War. Zogg's Galactic Panel of Interstellar Know-it-alls were not able to replicate the success of the Lombaxes however, but found that applying negatively charged energy to the shard creates a bridge between realities, while positively charged energy results in simple teleportation. This teleportation ability of the shard could be used to shift entire planets away from threats such as invasions or supernovas, and was the goal of the Helios Project that Zogg and the panel had been developing for years to keep the galaxy safe.

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Zogg orders his subordinates to load all Helios project materials onto his ship.

A month later, Qwark ran into his old manager Cyrus, who convinced him to run for president himself, leading Qwark to unexpectedly announce his running for office at what was supposed to be his public endorsement event for Zogg. Four months later, Qwark had won the presidential elections and terminated the Helios Project, citing it as being too dangerous. This pushed Zogg over the edge and he refused to let his work go to waste. Zogg ordered his advisor and chairman of the panel developing the project ā€” Vorn Garblak, to place everything related to Helios onto his personal ship. Another loyalist of Zogg's and member of the project team ā€” Mr. Klink, was ordered by Zogg to gather the site's worker bots and meet him at the Vartax Outpost. Located at the outpost was an abandoned robot factory, which Zogg made operational again and used to build legions of warbots. Zogg then set out on a vengeful crusade with his loyalists to form his Artemis Galaxy using Helios' power to gather planets from across the universe, and govern it himself as its galactic president. Cronk and Zephyr remained in Zogg's service and went undercover within his organization while waiting for the chance to contact Talwyn.

Ratchet & Clank (comic)[]

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Issue 1: Ears of War[]

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Ratchet declares his retirement from being a galactic hero following Azimuth's death.

Azimuth's death had left an affect on Ratchet and he became disillusioned with being a galactic hero. He returned to his garage on Veldin in the Solana Galaxy to retire from his duties and became a mechanic again. The Polaris Defense Force had discovered Dr. Nefarious survived the destruction of his space station, but were unable to locate him and Lawrence. Whilst Ratchet was working on a client's vehicle, Qwark arrived aboard his presidential ship and requested help from him and Clank with a recent crisis in which planets had been disappearing. Despite Clank's attempts to convince Ratchet to help, the Lombax reiterated his retirement and declined. After Qwark left, Artemis Zogg arrived in Veldin's orbit in his warship and had the planet transported to his new galaxy. Zogg's warbots were sent down to the planet to pacify the population and battled with Ratchet and Clank, however they eventually found themselves overwhelmed. Zogg recognized the two and had them brought up to his warship, where the Markazian planet thief introduced himself to the duo.

Issue 2: Friends With Benefits[]

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Cronk and Zephyr rescue Ratchet and General Glahm from their execution.

Zogg noted he was a fan of Ratchet and Clank for their services to the good of the universe, and instead of having them killed, sent the two to his Vartax Detention Facility for life to keep them out of his way. Zogg allowed Ratchet to keep his wrench to survive against the other inmates. After three months of imprisonment and failed escape attempts, Ratchet one day got into a fight with an Agorian named General Glahm, who knew Ratchet from the Agorians' invasion of Krell Canyon on planet Lumos. The facility's warden ā€” Mr. Klink, ordered the two be ejected out the airlock for their misconduct. Unbeknownst to Ratchet, this was all part of an escape plan as the airlock's sector had low security. Just before their execution, Cronk and Zephyr stormed the room and saved Ratchet and Glahm's lives. Clank meanwhile had used Ratchet's wrench tether to steal a cell key from a guard, freeing himself and several other inmates to initiate a prison riot and keep the security occupied. Glahm stayed behind to keep several guards from pursuing and allowed the four to escape in Cronk and Zephyr's ship. For his failures, Zogg had Mr. Klink himself executed and launched out the airlock.

Issue 3: Lost and Spaced[]

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Zogg threatens to let Veldin perish unless Ratchet and Clank surrender themselves to him.

Ratchet, Clank, Cronk and Zephyr arrived at the Apogee Space Station and reunited with Talwyn. Cronk explained that Glahm was their ally in the prison whom they were going to break out to send word about Zogg's plans to Talwyn, however when they discovered Ratchet and Clank were also inmates, they had to free them aswell which complicated their plans. After planet Igliak was stolen by Zogg a week prior, Talwyn offered the station to be used as a command post for the Polaris government. Sasha Phyronix became involved in solving the crisis when her father President Phyronix disappeared during a goodwill trip to planet Zaurik in the Polaris Galaxy. Phyronix and Zogg's constituents inhabiting the stolen planets had been forced into slavery to work for sunlight provided by Helios, without which they would perish. The Galactic Rangers assisting Sasha tracked down Zogg's warship and prepared an EMP pulse to disable it and recover the shard, so it may be used to return the stolen planets back to their original orbits. The rangers were too late however and Zogg again shifted his ship and the planets to an unknown part of the universe. Zogg contacted the station and revealed he had transported Veldin into deep space where it would quickly perish without sunlight from Helios. In exchange for Veldin being spared, he demanded Ratchet and Clank surrender themselves to him.

Issue 4: Thanks for the Armories[]

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Ratchet and Clank escape with the Surinox Shard, while Talwyn is apprehended by Zogg's forces.

Ratchet and Clank agreed to Zogg's demands, but first coordinated a plan with their allies to track down their position once the two had been teleported, and wait for an attack on Zogg's ship. After being teleported to an unknown point in deep space, the duo met with Zogg, who went back on his word and stated that a regrettable example had to be made of Veldin so as to prevent any future incursion on his galaxy once it is clear what he is prepared to do. Clank dropped a bomb from his chest cavity and in the scuffle the two made a dash for the ship's bridge to find the shard. Ratchet contacted Sasha and Talwyn, and told them to engage Zogg's forces as a distraction while he located it. After Ratchet located the shard, Zogg armed himself with a Plasma Coil and destroyed the ship's geo-shift sphere to prevent them from being able to transport Veldin back to safety. Just as Zogg prepared to execute the two, Talwyn rammed her ship into the bridge and covered Ratchet while he and Clank stole the shard and made it to an escape pod. The two regretfully took the pod down to a now frozen Veldin, while Talwyn was taken prisoner.

Issue 5: Multiple Organisms[]

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General Glahm destroys Zogg's warship using the Veldin Planetary Defenses.

After the firefight on his warship's bridge, Zogg found himself stranded away from his galaxy without the shard or a working geo-shift sphere. At the Apogee Space Station; Qwark, Zephyr and the Terachnoids were using Qwark's classified blueprints of the Helios Project to recreate the teleporter used to transport the planets. To function however, it still required the Surinox Shard. Zogg sent his forces down to Veldin to kill Ratchet and Clank, who found their way back to Ratchet's garage, procured Azimuth's Praetorian Omniwrench for a weapon and barricaded themselves inside an underground bunker. Before Zogg's warbots could break in, Clank used an old machine in the shelter to set off an EMP, shutting down the warbots and himself for sixty minutes, and allowing Ratchet time to reach the planetary defense center to procure a ship. Zogg's old advisor and current Chief Warmonger ā€” Vorn Garblak, grew disillusioned with Zogg's increasingly deranged behavior and freed Talwyn so as to help put a stop to his plans. On their way to an escape orb however, Zogg caught them and pursued the two. After reaching Veldin's planetary defense center, Ratchet found General Glahm, who had managed to escape in a transport orb. Ratchet pleaded with Glahm not to launch missiles at Zogg's warship as Talwyn was still on board. After Zogg had previously destroyed the Agorian Battleplex however, Glahm wanted revenge and proceeded with destroying the ship. Unbeknownst to anyone, Zogg had taken Talwyn and Vorn hostage and escaped with them in a transport orb just before his ship's destruction.

Issue 6: Bros Before Foes[]

Ratchet and Clank Comic series Issue 6 Bros Before Foes Vorn Zogg Talwyn Qwark

Zogg is sucked into a dimensional portal, putting an end to his maniacal plans.

Sasha and Cronk tracked down a despondent Ratchet inside the defense center, where he believed Talwyn to be dead. Sasha convinced Ratchet to return to the Apogee Space Station and use the shard to save Veldin. Whilst the teleportation equipment for shifting the planets was being loaded onto Qwark's ship, Zogg's escape orb crashed into the station and he unleashed a huge swarm of Mr. Zurkon's to attack the occupants. Qwark and Clank were told to take the shard and leave in the ship to keep it out of Zogg's reach. With his enemies occupied, Zogg made a run for Qwark's ship through a teleporter with the intention of continuing his plans with the shard and replicated equipment. After Ratchet, Talwyn and Vorn reached the ship, Qwark recalled Zogg's statement about the shard opening dimensional portals when exposed to negative energy, and after learning the Praetorian Omniwrench used this energy, he told Ratchet to blast the shard with it. A portal was then opened and Zogg was sucked inside, ending his plans for good. Zogg landed on a small planetoid in Dimension A2-66, where he came across Percival Tachyon and the two proceeded to argue over who should rule the planet fragment. Over the next two weeks, Vorn provided knowledge of the stolen planets locations, and each of them were returned home using the shard and replicated teleporter to end the crisis. Following this, Vorn inherited Zogg's old mantle and became the new defense minister of the Polaris Galaxy.

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Before the Nexus[]

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The Infamous Prog Twins Vendra Neftin Nexus

Vendra and Neftin Prog's assault on Pollyx Industries.

In Axiom City on planet Terachnos, the sibling crime team Vendra and Neftin Prog led a violent assault on Pollyx Industries with the intention of abducting some of the company's top Terachnoid scientists, including Pollyx himself. The twins had hired Thugs-4-Less for assistance, and attacked piloting an M-class star cruiser. Ratchet and Clank came to help quell the disturbance and managed to fight the Progs back. In the clash, Vendra was apprehended while Neftin was able to escape with Pollyx to the twins' secret base on planet Yerek. Following her arrest, Vendra was given a record-breaking quintuple-life-sentence and placed into cryosleep.

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Society[]

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Population[]

Polaris' largest and most terrifying population was once the Cragmites, though they were banished to another dimension at the end of the Great War. The Lombaxes were the galaxy's most renowned engineers and were forced to flee to another dimension by Tachyon. Other organic races found in Polaris included the aggressive kerchu and the Drophyds. The warrior race Terraklons and Agorians. The productive and ambitious Markazians, who occupy high ranks in government and corporate development. The highly intelligent, but physically weak Terachnoids. The technology abhoring Fongoids, who live in secluded tribe settlements. The cybernetically enhanced Vullards, who devote themselves to scavenging and salvage work. The Grummel race is now entirely made up of clones from the one survivor of the species after their home planet was destroyed. Denizens from other dimensions that now reside in Polaris include an unknown number of Zoni and the Nether siblings, Vendra and Neftin Prog.

Robotic denizens include the Space Pirates, who were originally created by Tachyon but now scour the galaxy for valuables to pillage by their own volition. The Valkyries, similar to the pirates are an avid marauding menace, but are even more dangerous.

Government[]

For around a year,[27][28][29] up until the end of Tools of Destruction, most of the galaxy was owned by Emperor Tachyon, although there were also free planets which formed Free Polaris with Igliak as their capital, pirate territory, as well as the Breegus Sector - which was under Dr. Nefarious' control. After the defeat of Tachyon and later Dr. Nefarious, Free Polaris re-took control of the sectors they controlled government.

Economy[]

At the time of Into the Nexus, the economy was doing poorly.[30]

Locations[]

Visited[]

Sectors[]

Name Description Appearances
Bernilius Sector A sector of the Breegus System. Where Dr. Nefarious's space station headquarters was located, and Vapedia, location of the valkyrie citadel. A Crack in Time
Cerullean Sector Home to Cobalia, the galaxy's gel capital,[31] Fastoon, the lombax homeworld, and Ardolis, the base of the space pirates. Kortog, is the sector's academic capital.[32] The sector was also home to Max Apogee's Apogee Space Station. Tools of Destruction, comic series, Into the Nexus
Corvus Sector A sector of the Breegus System. Home to Morklon, the site of the Battle of Gimlick Valley. Where Pollyx Industries discovered the Time Bomb.[33] A Crack in Time
Drogol Sector A sector home to Merdegraw, a space pirate planet and the final resting place of Angstrom Darkwater. Quest for Booty
Korthos Sector A sector of the Breegus System. Home to Lumos, inhabited by vullards, and Zanifar, inhabited by fongoids. The Agorian Battleplex also stopped here during A Crack in Time, and prior, Dr. Nefarious' asteroid drifted here. A Crack in Time
Phylax Sector A sector of the Breegus System. Home to Quantos, a fongoid-inhabited jungle planet. A Crack in Time
Praxus Sector A sector home to Igliak, the capital of the Polaris government, as well as Reepor, homeworld of the cragmites. Tools of Destruction, comic series, All 4 One, Into the Nexus
Vela Sector A sector of the Breegus System. Home to Terachnos, the home of the genius terachnoids and Pollyx Industries, as well as the vullard settlement of Torren IV. A Crack in Time, Before the Nexus
Verdigris Sector Home to the volcanic wasteland planet, Rykan V, and the adjacent Rakar Star Cluster. The primordial swampland planet, Sargasso. The icy Kreeli Comet, where the IRIS Supercomputer is located. And planet Viceron, location of the galaxy's most infamous penitentiary, Zordoom Prison. During Emperor Tachyon's rule, many planets in the Verdigris Sector were allied with Free Polaris, and the Imperial Army was no match for their combined forces, deterring Tachyon from invading the free capitol on Igliak.[14] Tools of Destruction
Zarkov Sector The sector where Vendra and Neftin Prog grew up. It was evacuated and declared haunted after the nether activity caused by them.[34] Into the Nexus

Planets[]

Name Locations Sector Description Appearances
Ardolis Irquol-Sul fjords, Pirate base, Sarrdollow Caves, Blackstar Memorial Radio Tower Cerullean Sector A remote, tropical, oceanic world home to the pirate base of the space pirates led by Captain Slag. It is home to islands, caves, and pirate ships. Ratchet, Clank, Talwyn Apogee, Cronk, and Zephyr visited in search of a lombax artifact. Tools of Destruction, Rift Apart (alternate counterpart)
Cobalia Gelatonium plant, Spaceport Cerullean Sector A swamp planet known as the gelatonium capital of the Polaris Galaxy, making it the source of the most commonly used spacecraft fuel. It is largely covered in dangerous jungles with hostile wildlife, aside from gelatonium plants often located adjacent to spaceports. It is also home to Basilisk leviathans. Tools of Destruction
Ebaro Hidden City of Balkai, Masteze Penal Colony Unknown A large jungle planet formerly home to the ebarians, whose monks constructed the Hidden City of Balkai, before the majority left to Meridian City after GrummelNet sold Inner Peace.[citation needed] The planet was home to the Masteze Penal Colony, which sent several fighters to the Imperial Fight Festival,[35] and used Dr. Nefarious' album as a form of torture.[8] Stuart Zurgo later constructed his Lair of Doom inside the hidden city. It is orbited by the Black Rock Moons of Ebaro, moons with little gravity, which were raided by Ephemeris for gravoids to serve the loki as vessels.[citation needed] Full Frontal Assault
Fastoon Lombax ruins, Raritanium mine, Court of Azimuth Cerullean Sector A dry, arid planet and former homeworld of the lombaxes. Left behind are ruins, and the only occupants are scavengers (such as nanophytes) searching for lombax technology.[36] This was also where Ratchet found Aphelion. Tools of Destruction
Igliak Meridian City, Luminopolis, Intergalactic Museum of History Praxus Sector The capital of Polaris, Igliak is home to Meridian City, the capital city, as well as the large metropolis Luminopolis. During Tachyon's rule, it was the home of Free Polaris, representing all planets not under Tachyon's rule, as Tachyon was unable to defeat their combined forces.[14] After his defeat it was the seat of the Polaris government led by the Galactic President, which at one point was President Qwark. Its known wildlife include lumenoids, which power Luminopolis, and krull which can be fished from its waters. Tools of Destruction, comic series, All 4 One, Into the Nexus
Jasindu Kerchu City Praxus Sector A jungle planet that is the homeworld of the kerchu, a territorial race hostile to outsiders. Its capital, Kerchu City, contains a heavily fortified fortress where Max Apogee hid the Dimensionator. The GrummelNet intergalactic travel guide placed Kerchu City above Zordoom Prison and the sulphur mines of Praxus VI on its list of worst vacation spots in the universe.[37] The planet is also rich with gelatonium, with the kerchu operating underground gelatonium plants. Tools of Destruction
Kortog Stratus City, Hall of Knowledge Cerullean Sector Stratus City is suspended in the clouds floating high above the planet. It was the academic and intellectual capital of the Cerullean Sector, though its famed Hall of Knowledge that held secrets of the Great War was shut off by the Imperial Army.[32] By the events of Into the Nexus, Captain Slag became a semi-professional beatboxer in Stratus City. said to have retired from his life of piracy and now makes a living as a semi-professional beatboxer in Stratus City.[38] Tools of Destruction
Kragg Destructapalooza Zarkov Sector A volcanic and rocky planet occupied by the Thugs-4-Less. It was home to the Destructapalooza, an unregulated arena stadium used to train Thugs. Into the Nexus
Lumos Krell Canyon, Odin Caves, Vogal Caves, Huron Abyss Korthos Sector Rocky, dry planet with an arid climate and very hot weather all year round. Settlement of the vullards and location of an Obsidian Eye. The Huron Abyss is Lumos' largest tourist attraction, where visitors come to throw objects into.[3] A Crack in Time
Magnus Uzo City Unknown A large planet with varied terrain, ranging from rocky cliffs with deep canyons to vast oceans. It is populated by many differing creatures, most notably the tharpods, sentient lifeforms in tune with nature who kept small critters as pets. It was here that Ephemeris, the Creature Collector, took Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark, and Dr. Nefarious, after abducting them. The Phonica Moon is located in its orbit. All 4 One
Markazia Korgan Refinery, Acid Ruins Unknown An arid planet full of natural bodies of acid pools, home to the markazians, the race of Talwyn Apogee.[39] Long ago, an ancient race attempted to colonize the planet, but hostile conditions eventually caused it to be abandoned, leaving the Acid Ruins.[40] The acid pools attracted GrummelNet, who set up the Korgan Refinery to collect and distill the acid for use in their bioweapon division. It was the first planet attacked by grungarian mercenaries led by Stuart Zurgo, after he deactivated its Planetary Defense Center. The planet was also home to a breed of trout[41] and hummingbird.[42] Full Frontal Assault
Merdegraw Azorean Sea, Hoolefar Island, Morrow Caverns, Darkwater Cove Drogol Sector A tropical planet with several small islands, home to both space pirates and the hoolefoids on Hoolefar Island, surrounded by the Azorean Sea. Around the sea are pirate coves where treasure is buried, one of which is the resting place of Angstrom Darkwater, who had been backstabbed by Slag. Hoolefar Island also had an Obsidian Eye to communicate with the Zoni prompting Ratchet and Talwyn to travel around the planet in order to get it working in order to find Clank. Quest for Booty
Morklon Gimlick Valley, Fongoid village Corvus Sector Location of the Battle of Gimlick Valley between the native fongoids and invading agorians. Ratchet and Clank altered events in the past so that the agorians and their leader Commander Argos were defeated instead. A Crack in Time
Mukow Imperial Fight Festival Cerullean Sector A stormy, aquatic planet home to the Imperial Fight Festival, an exclusive resort for the Imperial Army's most elite troops,[43] as well as a large carnival park. Heavily guarded, and featuring a few structures on rocky islands. Tools of Destruction
Quantos Zolar Forest, Fongoid village, Temple of Zahn Phylax Sector A fongoid-inhabited jungle planet, with temples devoted to the Zoni, and the birthplace of Zahn Gribnak. A spirit walk here taught Dr. Nefarious of the existence of the Great Clock.[20] A Crack in Time
Reepor Cragmite ruins Praxus Sector The homeworld of the cragmites, and the former capital of the Great Cragmite Empire. After the lombaxes ravaged the planet, it had been dormant for years,[44] with green oceans running through the planet, black soil, and little flora. The planet is the site of ruins from the cragmite rule. Tools of Destruction
Rykan V Lava refineries, Spaceport Verdigris Sector A hot, volcanic planet home to lava refineries that are the source of metals used in the most advanced weapons and armor sold in the galaxy.[45] It was once occupied by the lombaxes, used by the Center for Advanced Lombax Research. Several lava tubes reach below the planet's surface. Tools of Destruction
Sargasso Outpost L51, Lombax Testing Facility Verdigris Sector An uninhabitable primordial swampland. The kerchu were the only advanced race known to travel there, and built gelatonium drilling derricks on the planet as it was one of the few planets containing gelatonium not under imperial control.[46] The planet had also been home to a lombax testing facility. The Smuggler used the planet as a base of operations, while Ratchet and Clank gathered leviathan souls here, traversing the planet's swampy islands with the Robo-Wings. Tools of Destruction, Rift Apart (alternate counterpart)
Silox Weeblesnog City, Weeblesnog Water Works, Sky Train Station Zarkov Sector An oceanic planet home to the large Weeblesnog City. The city was declared haunted by the Polaris galactic president and evacuations were coordinated by Mayor Gumblebrick.[47] The planet, as well as the entire sector were abandoned due to nether activity caused by Vendra Prog, after attempts to slow down the nether activity had failed. Into the Nexus
Terachnos Axiom City, Spaceport, Neurox Plaza, Pollyx Industries Vela Sector Homeworld of the terachnoids. Location of Axiom City and headquarters of Pollyx Industries. A Crack in Time, Before the Nexus
Thram Hagrow Swampland Zarkov Sector A swamp planet home to the expansive Hagrow Swampland, home to dangerous gargathons, whose rare horns fetched a high price. The Smuggler visited this planet to trade for gargathon horns, and Neftin Prog set up a hideout here. Into the Nexus
Torren IV Molonoth Fields, Vullard Junkyard, The Hollow, Volgram Pass Vela Sector Arid, desert planet that was once home to a thriving fongoid metropolis.[3] It later became a vullard settlement. The Polaris Board of Interstellar Tourism voted it "Second Worst Vacation Spot in Polaris" right behind planet Morklon.[3] Ratchet met Alister Azimuth here. A Crack in Time, Full Frontal Assault multiplayer, Rift Apart (alternate counterpart)
Vapedia Valkyrie Citadel Bernilius Sector Settlement of the Valkyries in their hovering citadel high in the planet's skies. Where Ratchet defeated Cassiopeia and rescued Clank. A Crack in Time
Viceron Zordoom Prison Verdigris Sector A planet home to the infamous and heavily guarded Zordoom Prison. During Tachyon's rule, all his opponents were given life sentences there, with no paroles or pardons.[48] Cleaner bot Sigmund hails from the planet, and Orvus once visited[3] (presumably collecting Sigmund). Tools of Destruction, Rift Apart (alternate counterpart)
Yerek Meero Ruins, Azeril Caverns, Meero Orphanage Zarkov Sector A temperate planet that was used by Vendra and Neftin Prog for their operations, and thus became haunted by nethers. It was home to the Meero Orphanage in which Vendra and Neftin had grew up, and after a rough childhood and a longing for a family, Vendra used the planet to conduct transdimensional experiments, in order to bring the nethers over from the Netherverse.[49] Into the Nexus
Zanifar Tombli Outpost, Fongoid village Korthos Sector Temperate climate planet inhabited by the fongoids. This was where Dr. Nefarious and Lawrence's asteroid eventually crash landed. Nefarious had the Tombli Outpost constructed for his new campaign in Polaris. A Crack in Time
Zaurik Trillium mines Unknown The home planet of the drophyds.[11] A mostly aquatic planet, with reserves of the durable metal trillium under its surface. Parts of the planet close to trillium mines are barren and dry with contaminated water.[citation needed] The terraklons fought a battle here against the drophyds, which Flint Vorselon fought in, but lost his body during the battle.[50] Comic series

Other celestial bodies[]

Name Sector Description Appearances
Breegus Nebula Phylax Sector A blue-colored nebula located in the Phylax Sector, acting as an entrance point to the Breegus System from the rest of Polaris. In the conclusion of Quest for Booty, Ratchet acquired coordinates to the nebula from an Obsidian Eye on planet Merdegraw.[51] In A Crack in Time, a news update reported Ratchet had been seen in the Phylax sector just west of the Breegus Nebula.[52] A Crack in Time
Breegus System Phylax, Vela, Korthos, Bernilius and Corvus Sectors Also referred to as the Breegus Star Cluster.[53] A largely uncharted system on the edge of the Polaris Galaxy, containing significant mercenary activity. Associated strongly with the Zoni due to its close proximity to the Great Clock. A Crack in Time
Corvus Nebula Corvus Sector A crimson-colored nebula located in the Corvus Sector. Before their asteroid crashing to Zanifar in the Korthos Sector, Dr. Nefarious and Lawrence were spotted just outside of the Corvus Nebula by space pirates.[54] Ratchet later helped a vullard by destroying 50 of Vorselon's ships, who were patrolling nearby the nebula.[55] A Crack in Time
Hestrus Nebula Drogal Sector A purple-colored nebula located in the Drogal Sector. When Artemis Zogg was holding Veldin hostage and threatening its destruction, he demanded Ratchet and Clank surrender themselves to him in exchange for the planets safety. Zogg had a remote teleporter placed within the Hestrus Nebula, where the two exchanged themselves and were transported aboard his warship.[56] Comic series
Kreeli Comet Verdigris Sector An icy comet drifting through the sector, home to the IRIS Supercomputer. It was taken over by space pirates, who reside in their own structures on it, and in several caves. It was also where Percival Tachyon was found frozen in an egg.[5] Tools of Destruction
Nundac Asteroid Ring Cerullean Sector An asteroid ring that was the location of the Apogee Space Station, and also home to several basilisk leviathans. It features several asteroids connected by teleporters, and a Sigma-3 Maintenance Hub that powers the Apogee Space Station. Tools of Destruction, Comic series
Pegasus Outpost Praxus Sector A space pirate outpost built on a remote ice moon, nearby the Verdigris Black Hole. It was destroyed by Ratchet and Clank before the pirates had finished building a pub.[57] Tools of Destruction
Phonica Moon Unknown A moon orbiting Magnus, filled with hostile creatures such as the anthropods, lurkers and craterpedes. It is home to the secret lab location of Dr. Croid, where he hid from Nevo Binklemeyer. Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark, and Dr. Nefarious had to infiltrate this lab through its security tunnels to reach Dr. Croid. All 4 One
Proteus VII Unknown A star used by GrummelNet to harvest fresh plasma for the GrummelNet Plasma Park and Torture Dungeon. The GrummelNet Plasma Harvester is an energy-collection station which hangs in low orbit over the active sun.[58] Proteus VII was home to the death weasels. It was attacked by the grungarian mercenaries led by Stuart Zurgo, after he hacked its Planetary Defense Center. Full Frontal Assault
Rakar Star Cluster Verdigris Sector A star cluster that serves as the closest passage to Rykan V, occupied by space pirates. Ratchet and Clank fought space pirates here and destroyed their magma harvesters while traveling through, and eventually fought Iron Crotch Caruso. Tools of Destruction
Ublik Passage Praxus Sector Formerly a common space route between the Verdigris and Praxus sectors until made unusable after the cragmites detonated a nearby neutron star to block Allied Polaris convoys.[59] Captain Slag took it over as the location of Slag's fleet, and the closest planet was Reepor.[60] Tools of Destruction
Vela Comet Vela Sector A mysterious new comet that appeared in the sector. A vullard conducting an experiment for the Vullard League of Celestial Oddities, tasked Ratchet with using his ship tether to retrieve rare frozen isotopes from the comet, so the league may use them to develop a new form of energy.[61][62] A Crack in Time
Verdigris Black Hole Praxus Sector A black hole located on the path to Jasindu, which Ratchet and Clank fought space pirates at before traveling through it to the planet. Located close to the space pirates' Pegasus Outpost on a remote ice moon.[57] Tools of Destruction
Voron Asteroid Belt Cerullean Sector An asteroid belt where Ratchet encountered the space pirates in a space battle, and fought Puffy Pants Wallis. Tools of Destruction

Space stations[]

Name Sector Description Appearances
Agorian Battleplex Korthos Sector Traveling fighting arena aboard a large starship run by the aggressive, battle-loving agorians. Following the events of A Crack in Time in the comic series, it was mentioned by General Glahm that the Agorian Battleplex had been destroyed by Artemis Zogg.[b] A Crack in Time
Apogee Space Station Cerullean Sector The home of Talwyn Apogee, and formerly her father, Max Apogee. A heavily fortified space station guarded by Cronk and Zephyr, which contains lush vegetation inside, and artifacts from Max Apogee's explorations. Tools of Destruction, comic series
Great Clock Unknown An enormous facility created by Orvus and the Zoni to maintain temporal normality throughout the universe. Constructed in the exact center of the universe, at a secret location in the Breegus System. A Crack in Time
Nefarious Space Station Bernilius Sector Built by Pollyx Industries, this space station served as the headquarters of Dr. Nefarious during his campaign in Polaris to control the Great Clock and rewrite history. It was destroyed after Nefarious was defeated in his battle with Ratchet and Clank. A Crack in Time
Vartax Detention Facility Unknown A large space station prison. During Artemis Zogg's crusade to create his own galaxy, he seized control of the facility and used it to imprison his enemies, with his underling Mr. Klink as the warden. Ratchet and Clank were incarcerated here for three months before escaping with help from Cronk and Zephyr, after which Mr. Klink was executed. After Zogg's defeat, the facility came under the control of the Polaris Defense Force. Vendra Prog was later due to be transfered to the facility on board the Nebulox Seven Prison Ship, however she escaped with help from her brother Neftin Prog and the Thugs-4-Less. Comic series

Mentioned[]

Name Description
Andromeda System A system where the space pirates conduct team building exercises.[63] Julius MacGuffin, a former leader of the space pirates, hails from this system.[64]
Black Rock Moons of Ebaro A number of low gravity moons orbiting planet Ebaro. Home to the gravoids.[65]
Breegus Minor A small unknown celestial body in the Breegus System. The Center for Advanced Lombax Research had a remote base at this location, and the lombax architects working here were responsible for creating the Dimensionator.[5]
Gribnak A dangerous, war-torn planet inhabited by a number of terraklons who resided in the planet's razor mines. A number of these would fight in the Imperial Fight Festival.[66]
Orrack Minor A small unknown celestial body located close to the Korthos Sector. Kaden and Alister Azimuth once went on a secret rescue mission in the outskirts of Orrack Minor after a band of space pirates had taken over a vullard settlement.[67] In A Crack in Time, Orrack Minor was a strategic location used by the valkyries to coordinate attacks on ships.[68][69]
Praxus VI A planet whose sulfur mines are listed below Kerchu City and Zordoom Prison on the GrummelNet intergalactic travel guide's list of worst vacation spots in the universe.[37]
Praxus VII Home to zorpathian fishermen, one of whom discovered Crushto.[70] It is also the location of the "Arachnid Squabble on Praxus VII" that Cronk fought in.[71] The space pirates were abandoned here by Tachyon after they had scavenged the materials he needed.[8]
Praxus XII A planet controlled by the cragmites during the Great War, until the lombaxes led a revolt.[7]
Ringus Minor Home to sewers inhabited by deadly sewer-dwelling razor ants, whose armored shells were not unlike those of the Magnus grove beetle.[72]
Terraklon VI Presumably related to the terraklon species. The planet was home to terraklon and umbĆ¼ko gladiators, the latter of whom Captain Qwark claimed to have trained with.[73]
Tharan IX Zephyr claimed it was a location of Unicop, and that Qwark and Unicop had traveled there to defeat Count Microbolt and his army of Penguin Cyborgs.[citation needed]
Toranux The home of the loki species. A cragmite warrior named Bagogg crash landed here, and hid from the loki. He later returned with a Class Three Planet Smasher and destroyed the planet. Images of Toranux appeared on Dr. Croid's computer, depciting the planet as green with several islands. Shards were also contained in Croid's lab.[citation needed]
Vartan Nebula The site of Tachyon's "four star penal colony".[74] Also later where Pollyx Industries recovered their one-hundredth piece of Zoni technology.[75]
Vartax Outpost An abandoned robot factory located just beyond the Corvus Sector, which Artemis Zogg made operational again, and used to manufacture his army of warbots.[76]
Vorox Nebula The Smuggler mentions he met a lombax many years ago here who looked like Ratchet, following the Imperial Army attack on Fastoon, and bought a modified Gyro-cycle from him after the lombax's ship had been shot down by Tachyon.[77]
Zumbrix Mentioned by Qwark as a planet with four orbiting suns.[citation needed]

Behind the scenes[]

In real life, "Polaris" is a star more commonly known as North Star.

Notes[]

Annotations[]

  1. ā†‘ "Eons"[5] or "centuries"[6] according to Tools of Destruction, or "hundreds of years" ago, at most, per the comic series.[citation needed]
  2. ā†‘ Ratchet & Clank: Issue 5: Multiple Organisms

Citations[]

  1. ā†‘ 1.0 1.1 A Crack in Time script § "The Great Clock and You"
  2. ā†‘ Into the Nexus script § "Find Vendra and Neftin (gameplay)"
  3. ā†‘ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 A Crack in Time script § "Galactic Trivia"
  4. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Explore the Fongoid Village in the Past (gameplay)"
  5. ā†‘ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Tools of Destruction script § "A Vision of Talwyn"
  6. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Escape the Cragmite Caves"
  7. ā†‘ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Tools of Destruction script § "Make a Trade with the Smuggler (gameplay)"
  8. ā†‘ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Tools of Destruction script § "IRIS Questions and Answers"
  9. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Hitch a Ride with the Smuggler (gameplay continued)"
  10. ā†‘ 10.0 10.1 A Crack in Time script § "The Fall of the Lombaxes"
  11. ā†‘ 11.0 11.1 Tools of Destruction script § "Repair the Lombax Ship (gameplay)"
  12. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "The General and Kaden"
  13. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Find Tachyon (gameplay)"
  14. ā†‘ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Igliak"
  15. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Cobalia"
  16. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Sargasso"
  17. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Explore the Hall of Knowledge (gameplay)"
  18. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Viceron"
  19. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Reepor"
  20. ā†‘ 20.0 20.1 A Crack in Time script § "Five Bolts Wasted"
  21. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Travel to the Past (gameplay)"
  22. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Rendezvous at Neurox Plaza (gameplay)"
  23. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Cassy, Libra, and Carina"
  24. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Qwark's Heroic Tale"
  25. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "All That and Travel Too?"
  26. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "The Story so far"
  27. ā†‘ Kubak12, 2015
  28. ā†‘ A Crack in Time, Radio News: "Lombax rebel Angela Cross has been missing for almost 3 years."
  29. ā†‘ A Crack in Time, Qwark: "It began a couple of years ago"
  30. ā†‘ Destructapalooza cutscene
  31. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Restore the Gelatonium Pumps (gameplay)"
  32. ā†‘ 32.0 32.1 Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Kortog"
  33. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Time Bomb"
  34. ā†‘ Into the Nexus script § "Explore the Meero Ruins (gameplay)"
  35. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Untouchable"
  36. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Fastoon"
  37. ā†‘ 37.0 37.1 Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Jasindu"
  38. ā†‘ Into the Nexus script § "Find the Dimensionator (gameplay)"
  39. ā†‘ Quest for Booty script § "Find the body of Captain Darkwater (gameplay)"
  40. ā†‘ The Art of Ratchet & Clank Page 84
  41. ā†‘ Quest for Booty script § "Recover the Fulcrum Star (gameplay)"
  42. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Bypass the Defense System (gameplay)"
  43. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Mukow"
  44. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Infiltrate the Cragmite Base (gameplay)"
  45. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Rykan V"
  46. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Sargasso"
  47. ā†‘ Into the Nexus script § "Find Vendra and Neftin (gameplay)"
  48. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Planet Viceron"
  49. ā†‘ Into the Nexus script § "Head to the Meero Orphanage (gameplay)"
  50. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Find Directions to Volgram Pass (gameplay)"
  51. ā†‘ Quest for Booty script § "Ending"
  52. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Ratchet Spotted in the Phylax Sector"
  53. ā†‘ Quest for Booty script § "Find the Mayor (gameplay)"
  54. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Infiltrate Slag's Fleet (gameplay)"
  55. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Destroy 50 Ships (gameplay)"
  56. ā†‘ Ratchet & Clank: Issue 4: Thanks for the Armories
  57. ā†‘ 57.0 57.1 Tools of Destruction script § "Escape from Slag's Clutches (gameplay)"
  58. ā†‘ The Art of Ratchet & Clank Page 87
  59. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction menu § "Ublik Passage"
  60. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Defeat Captain Slag (gameplay)"
  61. ā†‘ A Crack in Time menu § "Retrieve core sample from Comet"
  62. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Retrieve core sample from Comet (gameplay)"
  63. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Battle the Space Pirates (gameplay)"
  64. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Catch up to Talwyn (gameplay)"
  65. ā†‘ All 4 One script § "Archipelago, Aldaros Plains"
  66. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Flaming Cragmite"
  67. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Master the Hoverboots (gameplay)"
  68. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Korthos Sector (1)"
  69. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Defeat Libra to reach Lumos (gameplay)"
  70. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Win the Coliseum Battles (gameplay)"
  71. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Defeat the Imperial Forces (gameplay)"
  72. ā†‘ All 4 One script § "Orthani Gorge, The Deadgrove"
  73. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Win the Bronze Tournament (gameplay)"
  74. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Save Meridian City (gameplay)"
  75. ā†‘ A Crack in Time script § "Bypass the Defense System (gameplay)"
  76. ā†‘ Ratchet & Clank: Issue 3: Lost and Spaced
  77. ā†‘ Tools of Destruction script § "Buy a Gyro-Cycle (gameplay)"

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