Polaris Galaxy

Location information
Type	Galaxy
Background information
Significant locations	Igliak Reepor Fastoon Corson V Great Clock Apogee Space Station Quantos Torren IV Ardolis Kortog Nebulox Seven
Affiliation	Great Cragmite Empire (formerly) Allied Polaris (formerly) Lombaxes (formerly) Imperial Army (formerly) Free Polaris (formerly) Space pirates Polaris government Polaris Defense Force GrummelNet Industries
Native species	Lombax Cragmite Fongoid Terachnoid Kerchu Markazian

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 galactic president for a single term, and not re-elected.

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

Ancient history

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, and opened small anomalies to the Netherverse in the Zarkov Sector. The Great Clock was created by Orvus to repair the rift, and the fongoids outlawed all technology, believing Orvus would no longer trust them with it. At some point, Orvus came to the planet Viceron and appointed Sigmund as its Junior Caretaker.

The IRIS displaying an image of the Dimensionator.

Centuries before the events of Ratchet & Clank, the Great Cragmite Empire, at the height of their power, ruled over all of Polaris from the Nundac Asteroid Ring to Praxus Twelve. One such cragmite destroyed a planet named Toranux, home to evil spirits called the loki, and the story was passed down as a cragmite children's tale named "Bagogg and the Loki", the planet believed to be fictional.

The lombaxes then led a revolt against them, commencing the Great War which eventually reached a stalemate. The tide was turned when the Center for Advanced Lombax Research invented the Dimensionator and banished the Cragmites to dimension X2-49. The lombaxes were revered as saviors thereafter.

Before Tools of Destruction

Despite the cragmites' defeat, the galaxy was still a dangerous place. 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. The agorians particularly launched repeated unprovoked invasions against peaceful races such as the vullards and the fongoids. Quietly, the loki had made their way to Magnus, and by manipulating two tharpod scientists, gained control of a device they developed named Ephemeris, which they used to collect creatures from around the universe to give themselves greater bodies to possess.

The IRIS displaying an image of Tachyon being discovered in a trillium mine by the Lombaxes.

Percival Tachyon was discovered frozen in an egg by Lombax trillium miners on the Kreeli Comet much later. He was raised on Fastoon. As a child, he engineered the space pirates to scavenge materials for his new Imperial Army, abandoning them when they were done. After buying the support of the drophyds with raritanium, and gaining access to Lombax technology from the elder councilman of the Center for Advanced Lombax Research, Alister Azimuth, 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.

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. Tachyon was able to control the gelatonium capital, Cobalia, making the rest of the galaxy dependent on Tachyon's rationing of gelatonium and eventually few planets with gelatonium fuel remained not under the emperor's rule. He also conquered Stratus City on planet Kortog and sealed off the Hall of Knowledge to prevent people from learning about the Great War. Tachyon took over Zordoom Prison on Viceron, giving life sentences to those who opposed his empire. However, Tachyon's rule was a mere shadow of the power the Great Cragmite Empire once had.

Twenty years prior to events of Into the Nexus, Vendra and Neftin Prog performed several transdimensional experiments in the Zarkov Sector that caused nethers to appear. In response, the sector was classified Alpha-9 and evacuated by order of the President of the Polaris Galaxy.

Nefarious discovering the existence of the Great Clock on Quantos.

Additionally, Dr. Nefarious, trapped on an asteroid with Lawrence after the events of Up Your Arsenal, was rescued by the fongoids on Zanifar two years prior to A Crack in Time. 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. In doing so, Nefarious tricked the fongoids into building him the Tombli Outpost, built an army of Nefarious Troopers, and won the support of the terachnoids at Pollyx Industries to build the Nefarious Space Station.

Tools of Destruction

Ratchet and Clank meeting Talwyn, Cronk, and Zephyr at the Apogee Space Station.

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, but while undercover, provided them with information that led them to look for the Dimensionator (known as the "Lombax Secret"). This led them to the Apogee Space Station, where they met and teamed up with Talwyn Apogee and her guardians Cronk and Zephyr.

Clank being abducted by the Zoni.

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, and the Imperial Army presumably disbanded. Clank thereafter was abducted by the Zoni, who took him to the Great Clock, where Dr. Nefarious tried to access the Clock's Orvus Chamber.

Before A Crack in Time

During Quest for Booty, Ratchet and Talwyn Apogee fought space pirates on the planet Merdegraw in search of the Obsidian Eye, a device that could communicate with Clank. They defeated the undead Captain Darkwater, who had merged with the head of Captain Slag to lead an army of undead pirates.

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, inadvertently awakening Clank. The disturbance caused time anomalies throughout the galaxy, leaving the Polaris Defense Force in disarray as many of their military installations across several planets became frozen in temporal rifts.

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' forces, led by Lord Vorselon, in their pursuit of the Great Clock. Following Vorselon's failure to defeat them in Axiom City, Dr. Nefarious enlisted the valkyries to bolster his efforts. Clank eventually reunited with Ratchet, and together with Qwark, they destroyed the Nefarious Space Station and defeated Nefarious, preventing him from accessing the Great Clock. With the Great Clock repaired, the time anomalies ceased, as reported by Kip Darling and Pepper Fairbanks.

After A Crack in Time

Zogg introducing the Helios Project to Qwark.

After the events of A Crack in Time, Ratchet left the Polaris Galaxy and returned to Veldin, hoping to retire, still shaken by the loss of Azimuth. Meanwhile, the Polaris Minister of Defense, Artemis Zogg, developed the Helios Project alongside advisor Vorn Garblak and the Galactic Panel of Interstellar Know-It-Alls, centered around the Surinox Shard. The project was designed in a facility in Meridian City, Igliak, as a means of moving the galaxy in the event of a disaster, such as a temporal rift, black hole, or supernova. Ten months prior to the events of Lost and Spaced, the project was still in development.

Captain Qwark announcing his own presidential campaign.

Zogg ran for President of the Polaris Galaxy and assigned Cronk and Zephyr as his bodyguards. He sought the endorsement of Captain Qwark, who was celebrated as the hero who had defeated Dr. Nefarious. Nine months before the events of Lost and Spaced, however, Qwark—persuaded by his agent, Cyrus—decided to run his own presidential campaign, launching it at the very event where he was supposed to endorse Zogg. Four months later, Qwark was elected president and ordered the Helios Project to be shut down. In response, Zogg took the project and a group of loyalists and went rogue.

Comic series

Qwark talking to Ratchet and Clank about the missing planets.

Zogg began stealing planets from across the universe, including Terachnos, Sargasso, and Cobalia by the time of Ears of War. Later, he also stole Zaurik, Fastoon, and one week before the events of Lost and Spaced, Igliak. These planetary thefts led to widespread calls for President Qwark's impeachment, though these efforts were primarily led by the terachnoids. After Igliak's disappearance, Talwyn offered the Apogee Space Station as a base for the Polaris Defense Force, which was also used by the Solana Galaxy's Galactic Rangers under the leadership of Sasha Phyronix. Shortly afterward, in Friends with Benefits, Cronk and Zephyr successfully rescued Ratchet and Clank from the Vartax Detention Facility with the help of General Glahm.

The joint Polaris and Solana fleet descending on Zogg's warship.

In Thanks for the Armories and Multiple Organisms, a fleet led by the Rangers, Sasha, Talwyn, and Cronk helped Ratchet steal the Surinox Shard. Meanwhile, Qwark, Zephyr, a group of terachnoids, and Al remotely worked on a plan to locate the stolen planets and build their own Project Helios to return them once Ratchet retrieved the Surinox Shard. In Bros Before Foes, Ratchet successfully returned the shard, and Zogg's advisor Vorn Garblak, having memorized the coordinates of the stolen planets, provided them to the Polaris Defense Force after turning on Zogg. Once Zogg was defeated, all the planets were returned. Ratchet and Clank remained in Polaris to help rebuild Talwyn's space station, while President Qwark's approval ratings rose by one point.

All 4 One

Dr. Nefarious attempted to kill Ratchet, Clank, and President Qwark by unleashing a Z'Grute on them in Luminopolis. However, when the creature turned against him and Lawrence abandoned him, he was forced to ally with them to defeat it. Shortly after, Ephemeris captured the Z'Grute and the group, transporting them to Magnus.

On Magnus, the group reluctantly worked together to find a way off the planet but soon became entangled in uncovering the mystery behind Ephemeris. Eventually, they discovered and defeated the Loki Master, who had been using Ephemeris to seek out powerful bodies for possession, ultimately saving the planet's native tharpod population.

Full Frontal Assault

At some point during his time as Galactic President, Qwark spent taxpayer money to have workers at the Hall of Knowledge build a galactic weather control grid into the galaxy's defense network, so weather would always be pleasantly sunny for his presidential visits.

Three months after Qwark lost the next presidential election, he, Ratchet, and Clank resided aboard the Starship Phoenix II, when Stuart Zurgo—former superfan of Qwark who had felt betrayed by Qwark's scandals,—contacted them. He had deactivated three Planetary Defense Centers on Ebaro, Markazia, and Proteus VII, and called grungarian marauders to attack the now-vulnerable planets. Qwark reformed the Q-Force to fight them and reactivate the Centers, at which point Zurgo revealed his plan: to gain Qwark's access key to the weather control grid and throw it into chaos, framing Qwark through a hologuise. The group eventually defeated Zurgo aboard his Qwark mech in his lair on Ebaro, turned Zurgo in, and cleared Qwark's name.

Into the Nexus

Six months before the events of Into the Nexus, Vendra and Neftin Prog attacked Pollyx Industries and abducted several terachnoids, including Pollyx himself, to construct a new Dimensionator in Yerek's Azeril Caverns. Vendra was captured by the Polaris Defense Force, and given a quintuple life sentence at the Vartax Detention Facility and transported there on the Nebulox Seven, with Ratchet, Clank, Cronk, and Zephyr assigned to oversee transfer. Meanwhile, Neftin Prog bribed elected officials to locate the ship, hired Thugs-4-Less, and coordinated a galaxy-wide crime wave in hopes of freeing her. The Thugs-4-Less established themselves in Zarkov Sector and helped watch over the terachnoids.

The Thugs-4-Less and Neftin Prog successfully freed Vendra from the Nebulox Seven, killing Cronk and Zephyr in the process, while Ratchet and Clank escaped to the sector. On Silox, Vendra successfully summoned Mr. Eye and the nethers to Ratchet's dimension, but Mr. Eye abducted her and took her to the Netherverse. Ratchet, Clank, Neftin Prog, Captain Qwark, Talwyn Apogee, and Pollyx all collaborated to retrieve the Dimensionator now located in the Intergalactic Museum of History in Meridian City, Igliak, repair it, free Vendra Prog, and send Mr. Eye back to the Netherverse. The device was thereafter dismantled, and Vendra and Neftin Prog, having agreed a deal with Ratchet, turned themselves in for their crimes.

Society

Population

Polaris' largest and most dangerous population was once the cragmites of Reepor, until they were banished to another dimension at the end of the Great War. The lombaxes of Fastoon 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 of Jasindu, and the drophyds of Zaurik. The warrior race terraklons and agorians. The productive and ambitious markazians of Markazia, who occupy high ranks in government and corporate development. The highly intelligent, but physically weak terachnoids of Terachnos. The technology-abhorring fongoids, who live in secluded tribe settlements. The cybernetically enhanced vullards, who devote themselves to scavenging and salvage work. The peaceful, nature-worshipping tharpods, who reside on Magnus. The hoolefoids of Merdegraw, who reside on Hoolefar Island. 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.

Sentient robotic denizens include the decadroid 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

Meridian City, capital city of the Polaris Galaxy.

The Polaris government has historically been situated in Meridian City on planet Igliak. When the Great Cragmite Empire rose to power, the galaxy fell almost entirely under the tyrannical rule of the cragmites. The lombaxes led a revolt against them, rallying together an alliance known as Allied Polaris, and taking a leading role in the ensuing Great War. Following the cragmite defeat and banishment to dimension X2-49, the lombaxes continued to lead Polaris' government for many years, attempting to return order to the galaxy in the dangerously unstable wake of the Great War.

Centuries later, when the lombaxes were betrayed by Percival Tachyon and forced to flee the universe using the Dimensionator, Tachyon set out to form a new cragmite empire and conquer the galaxy with his Imperial Army. The Polaris government formed a new alliance known as Free Polaris, comprising all planets and sectors not yet under the control of Tachyon's new empire, deterring him from conquering Igliak. Various lawless regions of Polaris were also occupied by the space pirates, making them part of their territory.

Intense nether activity in the Zarkov Sector, which were perceived as "ghosts", led the Polaris government to issue the entire sector with an Alpha-9 classification, declaring it haunted and immediately evacuating all citizens. The sector's elected official, Mayor Gumblebrick, coordinated the evacuations, and cited an obscure Galactic Proclamation decree, allowing him to legally gain ownership over any material possessions left on abandoned Alpha-9 planets.

For around a year, up until the end of Tools of Destruction, most of the galaxy was owned by Emperor Tachyon, while the Breegus System was under the control of Dr. Nefarious. After the defeat of Tachyon and later Dr. Nefarious, the Polaris government re-took jurisdiction over the sectors they controlled.

Economy

Under Galactic President Qwark's administration, the galaxy accrued a notable amount of debt. Since his inauguration, President Qwark was inadvertently responsible for unleashing at least seven massive creatures of destruction on major cities, incurring billions of bolts worth of property damage. During this period, President Qwark also had a lavish Meridian City retreat built for himself, forged from expensive raritanium.

At the time of Into the Nexus, the economy was doing poorly, spurring mutual fund and brokerage firm workers to join Thugs-4-Less for stable incomes. The Museum of Intergalactic History suffered from a lack of funding, with its Bolt exhibit and Raritanium Wing left empty to make up for expenses.

The galaxy has a tourism economy, with a board known as the Polaris Board of Interstellar Tourism that votes on tourist destinations. This board voted Morklon and Torren IV as the worst and second-worst vacation spots in the galaxy respectively, and voted Quantos as the galaxy's best-kept secret.

Media

The Polaris News Network (PNN) is the galaxy's primary news source. Anchored by personalities like Kip Darling, Pepper Fairbanks, and Stone Stonefield, and overseen by station manager Harvey, the Polaris News schedule features regular news reports, celebrity interviews, public call-in segments on hot discussion topics, and special coverage of developing stories.

Much of the media consumed in Polaris is also popular in other galaxies, notably Solana. Fans of Courtney Gears, Lance and Janice, and Galactic Idol were known to exist there, as were broadcasts of many Vox Industries productions, including DreadZone, Unicop, My Blaster Runs Hot, and A Boy and his War Grok.

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, Fastoon, the lombax homeworld, and Ardolis, the base of the space pirates. Kortog is the sector's academic capital. The sector was also home to Max Apogee's Apogee Space Station. Located nearby the Zarkov Sector, and on the other side of the galaxy from the Drogal Sector. Captain Qwark later owned a "Townhouse of Solitude" here.	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 a sample of the Time Bomb.	A Crack in Time
Drogol Sector	A sector home to the Hestrus Nebula, and Merdegraw; a space pirate planet and the final resting place of Angstrom Darkwater. Located on the other side of the galaxy from the Cerullean Sector.	Quest for Booty, comic series
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 before crashing to Zanifar.	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, and Jasindu; homeworld of the kerchu. Also the location of the Verdigris Black Hole and Ublik Passage.	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.	Tools of Destruction
Zarkov Sector	A sector on the edge of Polaris which bordered the Cerullean Sector, declared haunted and abandoned due to intense nether activity caused by Neftin and Vendra Prog. Home to planet Yerek; location of the Meero Ruins, and the childhood home of Vendra and Neftin Prog. The oceanic planet, Silox; location of Weeblesnog City. The volcanic planet, Kragg; location of the Thugs-4-Less' Destructapalooza. And planet Thram; location of the Hagrow Swampland, and the Prog twins' secret hideout.	Into the Nexus

Bernilius Sector

Cerullean Sector

Corvus Sector

Korthos Sector

Phylax Sector

Praxus Sector

Vela Sector

Verdigris Sector

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. Located on the other side of the galaxy from Merdegraw.	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 common power used by the vessels and cities of the galaxy. 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 a colony of ebarian monks, who constructed the Hidden City of Balkai, before moving to Meridian City after GrummelNet began selling inner peace. Stuart Zurgo later constructed his Lair of Doom inside the hidden city. The planet was also the location of the Masteze Penal Colony, which sent several fighters to the Imperial Fight Festival, and used Dr. Nefarious' Galactic Idol album as a form of torture on prisoners. 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 host bodies.	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. This was also where Ratchet found Aphelion.	Tools of Destruction
Igliak	Meridian City, Luminopolis	Praxus Sector	The capital of Polaris, Igliak is home to Meridian City, the capital city, as well as the large metropolis of Luminopolis. During Tachyon's rule, it was also the capital of Free Polaris, representing all planets not under the control of his empire, as Tachyon was unable to defeat their combined forces. Meridian City is the historic 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 Industries 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. 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. 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.	Tools of Destruction
Kragg	Destructapalooza	Zarkov Sector	A volcanic and rocky planet occupied by the Thugs-4-Less. It was the location of the Destructapalooza, an unregulated battle 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.	A Crack in Time
Magnus	Aldaros Plains, Deadgrove, N.E.S.T., Octonok Cay, Terawatt Forest, Polar Sea, 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	Korgon Refinery	Unknown	An arid planet full of natural bodies of acid pools, home to the markazians, the race of Talwyn Apogee. Long ago, an ancient race attempted to colonize the planet, but hostile conditions eventually caused it to be abandoned, leaving the Acid Ruins. The acid pools attracted GrummelNet, who set up the Korgon 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 and hummingbird.	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. Located on the other side of the galaxy from planet Ardolis.	Quest for Booty
Morklon	Gimlick Valley	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, as well as a large carnival park. Heavily guarded, and featuring a few structures on rocky islands.	Tools of Destruction
Quantos	Zolar Forest, Temple of Zahn	Phylax Sector	A fongoid-inhabited jungle planet, with temples devoted to the Zoni, and the rumored birthplace of Zahn Gribnak. Whilst on a spirit walk here, Dr. Nefarious discovered the existence of the Great Clock.	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, 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. 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	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. 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	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. The planet, as well as the entire sector were abandoned decades ago due to nether activity caused by Vendra Prog, after attempts to slow down the nether activity had failed.	Into the Nexus
Terachnos	Axiom City	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, and many dangerous gargathons, whose rare horns fetched a high price. The Prog twins established a secret hideout here, and the Smuggler visited the planet to trade for gargathon horns.	Into the Nexus
Torren IV	Molonoth Fields, Volgram Pass	Vela Sector	Arid, desert planet that was once home to a thriving fongoid metropolis. It later became a vullard settlement. The Polaris Board of Interstellar Tourism voted it "Second Worst Vacation Spot in Polaris" right behind planet Morklon. 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. Sigmund formerly worked as a cleaner bot on the planet, and Orvus once visited, recruiting him to come work at the Great Clock.	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.	Into the Nexus
Zanifar	Tombli Outpost	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 here for his new campaign in Polaris, using the fongoids as slave labor to do so.	A Crack in Time
Zaurik	Trillium mines	Unknown	The home planet of the drophyds. 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. The terraklons fought a battle here against the drophyds, which Flint Vorselon fought in, but was defeated and lost his body.	Comic series

Ardolis

Cobalia

Ebaro

Fastoon

Igliak

Jasindu

Kortog

Kragg

Lumos

Magnus

Markazia

Morklon

Mukow

Quantos

Reepor

Rykan V

Sargasso

Silox

Terachnos

Thram

Torren IV

Vapedia

Viceron

Yerek

Zanifar

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. In A Crack in Time, a news update reported Ratchet had been seen in the Phylax sector just west of the Breegus Nebula.	A Crack in Time
Breegus System	Phylax, Vela, Korthos, Bernilius and Corvus sectors	Also referred to as the Breegus Star Cluster. 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. Ratchet later helped a vullard by destroying 50 of Vorselon's ships, who were patrolling nearby the nebula.	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 planet's safety. Zogg had a remote teleporter placed within the Hestrus Nebula, where the two exchanged themselves and were transported aboard his warship.	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.	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.	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. 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. Captain Slag took it over as the location of Slag's fleet, and the closest planet was Reepor.	Tools of Destruction
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.	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

Kreeli Comet

Pegasus Outpost

Proteus VII

Rakar Star Cluster

Ublik Passage

Verdigris Black Hole

Voron Asteroid Belt

Space stations

Name	Sector	Description	Appearances
Agorian Battleplex	Korthos Sector	A 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.	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

Agorian Battleplex

Apogee Space Station

Great Clock

Nefarious Space Station

Vartax Detention Facility

Mentioned

Name	Description
Andromeda System	A system where the space pirates conduct team building exercises. Julius MacGuffin, a former leader of the space pirates, hails from this system.
Black rock moons of Ebaro	A number of low-gravity moons orbiting planet Ebaro. Home to the gravoids.
Breegus Minor	An unknown celestial body, presumably related to 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.
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 go on to fight in the Imperial Fight Festival.
Meregon Nine	A city featured in an episode of Unicop. In said episode, the evil Count Microbolt had amassed an army of penguin cyborgs, and was planning an attack on the city, whilst Unicop infiltrated his lair to foil his plans.
Methalon-Sigma	The Thundersmack was engineered on the outer ring of this location by frustrated meteorologists.
Orrack Minor	An 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. In A Crack in Time, Orrack Minor was a strategic location used by the valkyries to coordinate attacks on ships.
Praxus VI	A planet whose sulfur mines are listed below Kerchu City and Zordoom Prison on the GrummelNet Industries intergalactic travel guide's list of worst vacation spots in the universe.
Praxus VII	Home to zorpathian fishermen, one of whom discovered Crushto. It is also the location of the "Arachnid Squabble on Praxus VII" that Cronk fought in. The space pirates were abandoned here by Tachyon after they had scavenged the materials he needed to build his Imperial Army.
Praxus XII	A planet once controlled by the cragmites during the reign of their empire.
Ringus Minor	Home to sewers inhabited by deadly sewer-dwelling razor ants, whose armored shells were not unlike those of the Magnus grove beetle.
Terraklon homeworld	The homeworld of the terraklons was consumed by the Virilium supernova during the events of Tools of Destruction. Consequently, terraklon inmates of Zordoom Prison had their sentences commuted, allowing them free to wander the galaxy in search of a new place to live. Lord Vorselon was not included however and remained imprisoned until his later escape.
Teraklon Six	A planet presumably related to the terraklons, and home of the elite Umbüko Gladiators, whom Captain Qwark claimed to have trained with.
Toranux	The homeworld of the loki species. A cragmite warrior named Bagogg crash-landed here long ago, and hid from the loki for years until he could escape, before later returning with a Class Three Planet Smasher and destroying the planet. Images of Toranux appeared on Dr. Croid's computer in his Phonica Moon lab, depciting the planet as covered in oceans and green landmasses.
Vartan Nebula	The location of Tachyon's "four star penal colony". Also later where Pollyx Industries recovered their one-hundredth piece of Zoni technology.
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.
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.
Zumbrix	An unknown celestial body with multiple orbiting suns, the fourth of which is particularly prominent and heralded as the galaxy's greatest natural treasure. Mentioned by Qwark in his letter promoting Full Frontal Assault.

Behind the scenes

Polaris is a star more commonly known as the North Star or Pole Star.

References

Video games

• Insomniac Games (2007). Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
• Insomniac Games (2008). Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
• Insomniac Games (2009). Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
• Insomniac Games (2011). Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
• Insomniac Games (2012). Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
• (2013). Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus [Game].
• Insomniac Games (2013). Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
• Insomniac Games (2021). Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart [Game]. Sony Interactive Entertainment. PlayStation 5.

Websites

• Kubak12 (2015, July 10). "T.J. Fixman interviewed by fans!". From Ratchet Galaxy. Archived from the original on November 7, 2019.