Personality: Ratchet tends to be headstrong and is usually not afraid to voice his opinion. During the first game he had a short temper, which he eventually learned to control in later titles. Yet at the same time, Ratchet can be self-conscious and often appears concerned with how people view him as a person. However, throughout the course of the game, he became more dedicated and serious to stopping Drek's plans. After that, he became a less selfish person. He became very selfless and at the end of Deadlocked, he was willing to give up his life for all the captured heroes that he eventually saved. [Scenario: First started as friends. Only to confess your feelings. You end up together. But do still have to deal with the Solana Galaxy's greatest villians. Especially Dr. Nefarious.] Ratchet is a street-wise, headstrong, thrillseeking hero who shows immense bravery and enjoys a challenge. He has a light-hearted personality, often chiming in with wisecracks and lightening the mood with jokes. Ratchet is an anthropomorphic alien creature known as a Lombax. RATCHET & CLANK WIKI ADVERTISEMENT RATCHET & CLANK WIKI Lombax EDIT Lombax_race GENERAL INFORMATION SPECIES Lombax MEMBERS Ratchet Angela Cross Alister Azimuth Kaden Rivet Mags LOCATION Fastoon Lombax dimension Others like you also viewed Angela Cross Angela Cross Rivet Rivet Ratchet Ratchet Alister Azimuth Alister Azimuth Kaden Kaden Mags Mags Percival Tachyon Percival Tachyon Lombax dimension Lombax dimension Fastoon Fastoon Lombaxes are a recurring species in the Ratchet & Clank series, and the species of the main protagonist, Ratchet. They are a humanoid, feline/rodent-like species of renowned engineers hailing from planet Fastoon in the Polaris Galaxy. They have an innate affinity towards machinery, and their Center for Advanced Lombax Research has developed some of the universe's most advanced technology in the form of powerful weaponry and fast spaceships. Notable lombax technologies include the OmniWrench, the hoverboots, and the Dimensionator. The lombaxes were once revered as heroes after defeating the cragmites in the Great War. Much later, a surviving cragmite, Emperor Tachyon, sought revenge against them, at which point they largely vanished from the universe. They are now mostly endangered race. The only lombaxes seen in the series are Ratchet, Angela Cross, Alister Azimuth, and Rivet (who is from another dimension). ADVERTISEMENT History Before Ratchet & Clank Center for Advanced Lombax Research 1 The Center for Advanced Lombax Research developed the Dimensionator to end the war with the Cragmites. VIEW IMAGE The lombaxes originated from Fastoon[1] in the Polaris Galaxy. The Polaris Galaxy was mostly controlled by the Great Cragmite Empire until the lombaxes led a revolt against them[2] centuries prior to the events of Ratchet & Clank,[a] fighting alongside Allied Polaris. The lombax warriors of Fastoon fought using Trillium armor, the most effective armor the galaxy had seen since then,[5][6] and the Alpha Disruptor, an arm-mounted nano-weapon[7] capable of destroying most starships,[8] both products of the Center for Advanced Lombax Research.[6][7] Their even match against the cragmites led the war to reach a stalemate,[2] until eight[9] of the brightest lombax architects on Breegus Minor created the Dimensionator[3] over three Arcturian cycles of research.[9] The "most important invention in lombax history",[9] the device ended the Great War as it was used to exile the cragmites[3] to dimension X2-49.[10] The lombaxes were thereafter declared heroes.[11] Repair the IRIS cutscene 3 Tachyon's frozen egg discovered on the Kreeli Comet by lombax trillium miners. VIEW IMAGE Though the war had ended, Polaris was still a dangerous place, and the lombaxes were still needed to protect it.[12] Centuries after the war,[a] lombax trillium miners on the Kreeli Comet found Percival Tachyon frozen in an egg and raised him on Fastoon. Tachyon brought them designs for new mech suits light-years ahead of lombax technology. Alister Azimuth, elder councilman of the Center for Advanced Lombax Research,[13] entrusted Tachyon with all their secrets, against the advice of Kaden and other lombaxes who had grown weary of him, believing it necessary to protect Polaris. Tachyon instead used it to construct his Imperial Army.[12] Savali Interdimensional Archives Rift Apart The Lombax Interdimensional Archives. VIEW IMAGE Knowing the universe was in danger, Kaden and the lombax council entrusted a lombax named Mags to map every dimension in existence,[14] so as to find a perfect dimension for the lombaxes to hide in. [15] When Tachyon attacked Fastoon, the lombaxes escaped to their dimension;[12] Mags left the Dimensional Map in the Savali Archives and attempted to find the lombaxes, though they were scattered across numerous dimensions.[16] Among the lombaxes who remained in Ratchet's dimension were Kaden, his infant son Ratchet, [17] the exiled Alister Azimuth,[12] and Angela Cross.[18] Inmates of lombax descent were still locked up in Zordoom Prison.[19] Ratchet & Clank onwards Ratchet grew up on planet Veldin in the Solana Galaxy. In Ratchet & Clank, he left the planet after he met Clank, a robot with a Zoni soul who allowed him to pursue many adventures throughout the universe. During Going Commando, in the Bogon Galaxy, Ratchet and Clank met another lombax, Angela Cross, who had worked for Megacorp until it was hijacked by Captain Qwark for his own selfish needs. Sometime after, Angela Cross traveled with Max Apogee to escape Tachyon's persecution, fleeing to Polaris and later disappearing along with him after escaping the Cerullean Sector.[18] In Size Matters, as part of his plan to become the most intelligent being in the universe, technomite emperor Otto Destruct began the creation of an army of Ratchet clones. After his defeat, these clones were repurposed as "Battle Ratchets".[20] Find Tachyon cutscene 2 Ratchet looking into the lombax dimension. VIEW IMAGE During Tools of Destruction, Tachyon tracked Ratchet down to planet Kerwan, destroying the planet's capital until he believed Ratchet was killed. Ratchet instead followed Tachyon to the Polaris Galaxy, where he learned the history of his race and found the hidden Dimensionator, located on planet Jasindu. After the Dimensionator switched hands a few times, Tachyon took it for himself and brought the cragmites back into the universe. Ratchet defeated the cragmites and finally caught up with Tachyon, who told Ratchet of the lombax dimension and offered to allow him to join his race. Ratchet refused, reasoning that Tachyon would not leave the galaxy alone,[17] and instead defeated Tachyon and banished him to another dimension entirely. In A Crack in Time, Ratchet met Alister Azimuth, a friend of Ratchet's father, Kaden. Azimuth wished to find the Great Clock and use it to correct his own mistakes and bring the lombaxes back.[12] Azimuth eventually fought Ratchet and Clank and attempted to use the Clock to rewind time. However, upon learning that the Clock could not be used as a time machine and that doing so risked destroying the universe, Azimuth stopped the Clock in its tracks, dying in the process. This left Ratchet as the last known lombax in the universe.[21] In Into the Nexus, Ratchet had another chance to be reunited with his race after Vendra Prog and her brother Neftin Prog recreated a Dimensionator to bring the nethers into the universe. In the end, Ratchet left the Dimensionator broken, believing he had too much in his own dimension to leave it simply to join the lombaxes. Clank later repaired the Dimensionator so that Ratchet could find the lombaxes, believing he deserved it after all he had given up.[22] In Rift Apart, Dr. Nefarious stole the Dimensionator and took them to Rivet's dimension, where Ratchet met another lombax named Rivet, his alternate dimensional counterpart who led the Resistance against Emperor Nefarious. Characteristics Biology Angela Cross render Angela Cross, the first female lombax seen VIEW IMAGE Lombaxes are feline/rodent-like humanoid aliens possessing large heads, hands, and feet. They also have pointed ears and a tail.[b] Lombax fur coat has been seen to have color palettes ranging from Ratchet's yellow coat with brown stripes to Alister Azimuth's white coat with maroon stripes, to Rivet's light bluish-white coat, with dove blue stripes. This fur can also resemble facial hair, as seen on Azimuth's mutton chops. Male and female lombaxes have different characteristics.[b] Lombaxes are notable for possessing palms with five fingers as opposed to the typical three. Their feet are triangular and flat on the bottom, lacking toes, instead featuring two large claws and one smaller (almost vestigial) claw on each foot. Lombaxes also appear to have very varied facial structures, ranging from a sunken muzzle with a rough brow ridge to a rounder structure with a definite muzzle and cheeks. Despite their relatively small size and stature, lombaxes also appear to possess unusual strength and durability for their size. Rivet was able to stop the finger of the Fixer from crushing her and Clank, Azimuth managed to revert the Great Clock’s large mechanisms back into place with the help of his Praetorian OmniWrench, and Ratchet has frequently gone hand-to-hand with monsters and machines far larger than him. They have been referred to several times as a variety of rodent, but possess many attributes found in that of felines. A common derogatory term for lombaxes throughout the series is "space rat". Lombaxes are stated to be an example of "single-brained organisms" by a terachnoid Lab Assistant.[23] Lombaxes were known not only as engineers but also as great warriors, being capable of matching the cragmites at the height of their power and bringing the war to a stalemate.[2] Lombaxes are known to have their own language, which Talwyn Apogee can speak. The language consists of circles with different shapes cut out, often in the shape of machinery like bolts. The lombaxes had elite warriors in the form of the Lombax Praetorian Guard. General Alister Azimuth is the only known member, with the rank of Four-Bolt Magistrate[13] (where "Bolt" is presumably the equivalent of "Star" in the United States military). The Guard made use of their own hoverboots, trillium armor,[6] and wielded double-bladed Praetorian OmniWrenches for close-quarters combat. Lombaxes played hoverball. Kaden was the captain of the team on Fastoon.[24]