Commander Lornock Argos[1] is a character in A Crack in Time, mentioned in Into the Nexus. He was a famed agorian commander known for the Battle of Gimlick Valley, where he invaded Morklon and defeated Chief Zahn Gribnak's forces.
Argos started the "Humiliate a Weaker Race" initiative ten years prior to events in A Crack in Time.[2] Also ten years prior to A Crack in Time, Argos invaded Gimlick Valley,[3][a] fighting against Chief Gribnak's poorly-equipped and under-trained soldiers, and defeating them easily.[4] As Argos won the battle, pursuant to Article 17 of the Agorian Code of Interstellar Acquisition, he declared the sector his.[5] Gribnak and his forces were imprisoned, pardoned, imprisoned again, and killed by Argos, who also destroyed the Erundai Floodgate, flooding and destroying the village.[4]
The agorians imprisoning Zahn Gribnak.
Aside from the Battle of Gimlick Valley, Argos had survived three galactic wars and withstood hours of Jargonian needle torture.[1][b] Known by the names "Butcher of Bernilius" and "Killer of Korthos", he was revered by the agorians, with phrases such as "by the blade of Argos"[6] and "in the name of Argos".[7]
Argos after being defeated at the Battle of Gimlick Valley.
During A Crack in Time, Ratchet and Clank used a time portal to travel back to the battle to change the course of history. In "Free Zahn Gribnak", while Ratchet and Clank fought to free Chief Gribnak, Argos ordered the agorians to have Gribnak executed.[8] Ratchet instead freed Gribnak and destroyed Argos' elite hydra tanks blocking the way, causing Argos to come in his ship to destroy the floodgate himself.[9] In "Defeat Commander Argos!", Ratchet then felled Commander Argos' ship into the river, and Argos, unable to swim, cried for his mother.[1]
History altered, Argos was mocked in the present by the fongoids residing in the village.[10] Argos was featured in Igliak's Intergalactic Museum of History, referring to him as the loser of the battle.[11]
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- ↑ It is possible that Morklon was the first, or among the first, planets invaded under Argos' "Humiliate a Weaker Race" initiative, given both were said to have occurred occurred ten years ago during A Crack in Time.[3][2]
- ↑ Argos also described enduring an entire holovision season of Two and a Half Blargs among his achievements,[1] implying he found it as painful as the Jargonian needle torture.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Crack in Time script § "Defeat Commander Argos! (gameplay)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Crack in Time script § "Assault on Krell Canyon"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Crack in Time script § "Enter the Time Portal (gameplay)"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Crack in Time script § "The Battle of Gimlick Valley"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Enter the Time Portal (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Win the Bronze Tournament (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Eliminate Agorian Air Support (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Free Zahn Gribnak (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Destroy the Hydra Tanks (gameplay)"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Find a Power Source for the Ship (gameplay)"
- ↑ Into the Nexus script § "Find the Dimensionator (gameplay)"