Percival Tachyon

"Typical Lombax...so noble, so courageous, and so very dead!"

- Emperor Tachyon

Emperor Percival Tachyon was the main antagonist in Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. Tachyon was the last of the Cragmites and was their crowned prince. Tachyon wore a crown with a large red jewel and carried a scepter with the Cragmite symbol. He travelled in his walking throne. Tachyon was notably recognized for his short and unfeared appearance. Tachyon introduced himself to Ratchet as the "Crown prince of the Cragmites, conqueror of space and time, and pending the obliteration of a few insubordinate species, ruler of the universe!"

Great War
During the Great War the Cragmites were sent to a dying star due to the Lombaxes using the "Lombax Secret" on them. Tachyon survived as he was frozen as an egg on the Kreeli Comet. He was raised on Fastoon, by Lombaxes, in the Polaris galaxy. He later learned about the other Cragmites being destroyed, making him hate all Lombaxes from that moment on. He then attempted to do anything to kill them all off. Tachyon set out to find the Lombax Secret, which killed off (in reality banishing them to another dimension) all the other Cragmites, to bring them back. He traveled to Zaurik and bought the loyalty of the Drophyds with Raritanium. He then spent years assembling the Imperial Army in order to lay waste to Fastoon and rule Polaris.

Tools of Destruction
Tachyon started by going to planet Kerwan in the Solana galaxy to find and kill Ratchet, the last Lombax, and his robot sidekick, Clank. At the same time, Tachyon captured celebrity hero Captain Qwark, who was defeated by his Drophyds and taken on as his confidant. Ratchet escaped Kerwan in Tachyon's cruiser and arrived in the Polaris galaxy, helping to defeat Tachyon's Empire. Later, his campaign was successful as he was able to retrieve the Lombax Secret, actually a device called the Dimensinator, from Captain Qwark, who was attempting to get rid of it by throwing it in a black hole. He then used it to return the Cragmites and unite them with his army of Drophyds to reform his Empire as the recreated Cragmite Empire.

On Fastoon, he told Ratchet about the Lombaxes, explaining that after assembling his army of Drophyds he arrived on Fastoon and laid waste to the entire planet. The siege forced all the Lombaxes to take refuge in the Court of Azimuth. The other Lombaxes escaped to another dimension with the Dimensionator while the infant Ratchet and his father stayed behind. After sending his son to Solana, Ratchet's father was killed by Tachyon. Ratchet then engaged Tachyon in battle. The Dimensionator then malfunctioned and sent the screaming Tachyon to another dimension. Ratchet then humorously remarked that Clank was right about the fact that the device was dangerous.

While Ratchet tried to assure the visibly upset Clank that Tachyon was dead, the arm of Tachyon's mechanical throne reached out of the hole and grabbed Ratchet by the foot, pulling the two into the closing asteroid dimension with him. Tachyon angrily prepared to kill Ratchet as he had ruined his plans. The worried Ratchet managed to defeat Tachyon in the asteroid dimension. As the asteroid they were standing on cracked into pieces, Tachyon told Ratchet that only he knew Ratchet's true purpose and name. Declaring that he would not die and that the return of the Cragmite Empire was inevitable, he was then sucked into a black hole. Since the Cragmites all have the ability to split their atoms and effectively teleport theselves, it is very possible that Tachyon may be able to return in the future, possibly in the next upcoming game, Ratchet & Clank Future 2, although the antagonist of this game has been confirmed to be Dr. Nefarious.

Overview
Tachyon, like Drek, was one of Ratchet's enemies well known for two qualities: he was very short and came to work with Captain Qwark. To show his dictatorial position (and because of his short stature), Tachyon's seat of power and transport was his walking throne. In addition to walking around to transport Tachyon, the throne was equipped with six retractable arms that had different weapons. It also had sharp claws on its legs as well as the power to hover. Tachyon controlled it from two analog sticks in his seat. The throne allowed him to be an excellent fighter in the final boss fight of Tools of Destruction.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Trivia
Somewhere in the game, Tachyon says the word "bi*ch".