Breegus System

Location information
Type	Region
Galaxy	Polaris
Background information
Significant locations	Great Clock, Quantos, Terachnos, Torren IV, Lumos, Zanifar, Agorian Battleplex, Vapedia, Nefarious Space Station, Morklon, Vorselon's warship
Affiliation	Dr. Nefarious (formerly)

The Breegus System, also known as the Breegus Star Cluster, is the setting of A Crack in Time and mentioned in other titles. It is an uncharted region of space near the edge of the Polaris Galaxy, notable for its relative closeness to the Great Clock (and thus close to the center of the universe), and being the region of the Zoni.

The region is entered via the Breegus Nebula. Its civilizations include the fongoids, the terachnoids, the vullards, the agorians, and the valkyries, who are secluded from the technological innovations of the rest of Polaris.

Ratchet came to the Breegus System in search of Clank, who had been taken to the Great Clock. Around this time, Dr. Nefarious, who had crashed into the Breegus System years prior, controlled much of the region. The Breegus System is also where Ratchet met Alister Azimuth, who had been exiled there.

History

Ancient history

The fongoids abusing time travel.

The fongoid civilization reigned in the Breegus System and had a technologically advanced metropolis on Torren IV. The Zoni trusted them with the gift of time travel, hoping it would enrich their lives, but the fongoids misused the gift over the course of 3,000 years. This eventually caused a small rip in the space-time continuum, destroying 83 celestial entities. Orvus created the Great Clock to repair the damage and restore temporal normality.

After their mistake, the fongoids outlawed all technology aside from occasional supply ships. They abandoned Torren IV, leaving the planet to become a junkyard eventually mined by the vullards. The fongoids continued to worship the Zoni, and artifacts and temples worshipping them were constructed around the region. Over time, the Zoni were thought to be mythological.

The terachnoids, native to the Breegus System's planet Terachnos, won the Polaris Galaxy's "Brainiest Race" award for 3,000 years in a row.

During the Great War, lombax architects created the Dimensionator in a location named Breegus Minor, presumably located in the system.

Before A Crack in Time

At some point, a terachnoid businessman and scientist named Pollyx founded Pollyx Industries to locate and study Zoni technology.

Decades prior to A Crack in Time, the valkyrie colony was destroyed in the Erebus supernova. This led to the valkyries taking residence on the Breegus System's planet Vapedia.

A page from Darkwater's journal showing the Zoni.

The space pirates had a presence in the system. At one point, they attacked the vullard settlement of Orrack Minor, but Kaden fought against them. Captain Angstrom Darkwater came to the Breegus System and encountered the Zoni. Their leader gave Darkwater a Fulcrum Star, which he could use to keep in contact with the Zoni once he returned to Polaris. Despite being worth a fortune, Darkwater refused to part with it, considering it his most valuable possession. On Hoolefar Island, Darkwater built an Obsidian Eye, the most powerful lorentzian telescope in the universe, to use the star and talk with the Zoni. Darkwater treasured it so much he cast a curse on it when returning.

Alister Azimuth, after the lombaxes fell to Tachyon's Imperial Army, was exiled and took residence in the Breegus System.

The agorians imprisoning the fongoids at the Battle of Gimlick Valley.

Over the years, the agorians launched several unprovoked invasions of other species. They invaded the vullard planet Lumos 117 times, and ten years prior to A Crack in Time, invaded the fongoid planet Morklon in the Battle of Gimlick Valley, a one-sided battle in which agorian commander Lornock Argos easily defeated fongoid chief Zahn Gribnak.

Dr. Nefarious, trapped on an asteroid with Lawrence after the events of Up Your Arsenal, landed on Zanifar two years prior to the events of A Crack in Time. They attempted at first to rehabilitate him, but when he learned about the Great Clock, he plotted to use it to rewrite time in favor of villains. In doing so, Nefarious tricked the fongoids into building him the Tombli Outpost, built an army of Nefarious Troopers, and won the support of Pollyx Industries to build the Nefarious Space Station.

Six months prior to the events of A Crack in Time, a terraklon assassin named Flint Vorselon escaped from Zordoom Prison and was recruited by Dr. Nefarious to serve as an enforcer for the Nefarious Troopers, with the promise of restoring his lost body. Vorselon frequently clashed with the exiled Alister Azimuth, who sought to disrupt Nefarious' operations.

A Crack in Time

Dr. Nefarious reveals the Great Clock to Clank.

Dr. Nefarious, frustrated that the Zoni would not grant him access to the Orvus Chamber, ended his partnership with them and unleashed his Hypersonic Brainwave Scrambler. This device disrupted the Great Clock's systems, but inadvertently awakened Clank, who had been there under Zoni care. The Great Clock's damage caused time anomalies throughout the galaxy, including in the Breegus System.

Azimuth introducing himself to Ratchet.

Meanwhile, Ratchet and Captain Qwark traveled to the Breegus System in search of Clank. Ratchet allied with Alister Azimuth to battle Nefarious and Lord Vorselon's forces, pursuing the Great Clock themselves. Following Vorselon's repeated failures to defeat the lombaxes, Dr. Nefarious enlisted the valkyries to bolster his efforts. Ratchet, Clank, and Qwark eventually destroyed the Nefarious Space Station and defeated Nefarious. With the Great Clock repaired, the time anomalies ceased, as reported by Kip Darling and Pepper Fairbanks.

Locations

Sector	Location	Description
Phylax Sector	Quantos	A jungle planet inhabited by the fongoids. It is home to Zolar Forest, which contains a fongoid settlement with several temples devoted to Orvus and the Zoni. Ratchet and Captain Qwark crash-landed here while many time anomalies were occurring.
Vela Sector	Terachnos	The homeworld of the terachnoids, and home to the large bustling Axiom City. This was also the site of Pollyx Industries, a large terachnoid corporation. During Dr. Nefarious' alliance with the terachnoids, it was also guarded by several Nefarious Troopers.
	Torren IV	An arid, dry planet that is home largely to abandoned villages and ruins. It was the home of the fongoids, who had inhabited a city in the Molonoth Fields before they left thousands of years ago. The planet is instead occupied by vullards, who mine and scavenge the planet for resources and scrap metal. This was also the hiding place of Alister Azimuth, and was where he met Ratchet.
Korthos Sector	Lumos	A dry, rocky planet with an arid climate, homeworld of the vullard species. It is home to Krell Canyon and several abandoned raritanium mines, and also a cave containing an Obsidian Eye.
	Orrack Minor	A location mentioned only, occupied by the valkyries. It was here that the valkyries regrouped after Ratchet defeated Libra in the sector. A vullard settlement was once located there, and Kaden came there as a youth.
	Zanifar	A planet inhabited by the fongoids, that became the site of Dr. Nefarious' Tombli Outpost after his meteor crashed on the planet. The planet was the site of several oil derricks, and prior to Nefarious kidnapping the fongoids for his outpost, was also home to much vegetation. When Ratchet arrived, the planet was covered in snow, but when traveling to the past, it is instead sunny.
	Agorian Battleplex (destroyed)	An agorian space station that was home to the Battleplex Arena, where gladiator combat took place. However, it was then destroyed by Artemis Zogg. It was also home to a video game arcade, where the arcade game My Blaster Runs Hot can be played.
Bernilius Sector	Vapedia	A planet inhabited by the valkyries, and home to the Valkyrie Citadel in its skies. It is a grassy and temperate planet that was once ravaged by volcanic eruptions. Many of the islands and structures are found floating in the planet's skies.
	Nefarious Space Station (formerly)	The space station that served as the headquarters of Dr. Nefarious created by Pollyx Industries, before it was destroyed by Ratchet and Clank. It was protected by a Nefarious Station Barrier, and its eyes fired Hypernova Defense Lasers.
Corvus Sector	Morklon	A planet covered in swamps with vegetated plants, home to Gimlick Valley, a fongoid village. The village was once ravaged by agorians led by Commander Argos, who fought and won against the fongoid Zahn Gribnak due to sending unprepared soldiers. Ratchet and Clank used time portals to alter history and prevent Argos from winning.
	Vorselon's warship (destroyed)	The warship of Lord Vorselon. Was actually present temporarily within the Phylax, Korthos, and Corvus Sectors, before its destruction.
	Insomniac Moon	A large gray moon, only visible and accessible after completing "Vanquish Lord Vorselon".
—	Great Clock	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.

All sectors also feature additional celestial bodies, such as gas giants and other planets visible in the distance, although none of these are ever visited.

Sectors

Phylax Sector

Vela Sector

Korthos Sector

Bernilius Sector

Corvus Sector

Locations

Quantos

Torren IV

Terachnos

Lumos

Zanifar

Vapedia

Morklon

The Agorian Battleplex

The Nefarious Space Station

Vorselon's warship

The Great Clock

Moons

All sectors throughout the Breegus System are home to traversible moons of various types, ranging from completely metal to covered in quicksand. The majority of moons cannot be walked upon, as the surface is covered in lava or an incredibly cold liquid, and instead feature metal platforms that often extend high above the moon's surface. All moons feature either a platforming or a combat challenge, and grant various rewards such as a Zoni, gold bolt, or Constructo mod upon completion.

Each sector also has its own Space Depot, home to vendors and a vullard, who often have requests for local travelers.

A metal moon.

A lava moon.

A rocky moon.

A sandsea moon.

A frozen moon.

A fesert moon.

A cold sea moon.

A Space Depot.

Behind the scenes

Concept art of various moons.

The Breegus System was designed as a mysterious and enchanted place, to be given a romantic beauty to its worlds and to contain many artifacts created by Zoni worshippers. Because of its seclusion from the rest of Polaris, its civilizations were given technology that was older, clunkier, and makeshift.

The idea behind the civilizations of Polaris was creating a sci-fi version of high school, with the terachnoids resembling "geeky I.T. guys", and the agorians resembling jocks.