Pollyx

Biographical information
Homeworld	Terachnos
Residence	Axiom City, Terachnos
Membership	Pollyx Industries (founder/CEO)
Physical description
Species	Terachnoid
Gender	Male
Behind the scenes
Portrayed by	Richard Steven Horvitz

Pollyx is a character in A Crack in Time and Into the Nexus. He is the terachnoid founder and CEO of Pollyx Industries, a company based in Axiom City, Terachnos, which was primarily founded to locate and study Zoni technology.

In A Crack in Time, Pollyx and his company partnered with Dr. Nefarious, working towards using the Great Clock for personal gain. Years later in Into the Nexus, Pollyx and several of his company's scientists were kidnapped by the twin crime team, Vendra and Neftin Prog, and forced to build transdimensional portal technology, allowing the nethers to escape the Netherverse.

History

Before A Crack in Time

Pollyx at the Tombli Outpost.

Pollyx founded Pollyx Industries to locate and sequester Zoni technology. However, Pollyx quickly began selling their findings to tyrants for profit. Pollyx Industries eventually kept a database of every Obsidian Eye in the universe, stored on Pollyx's personal computer.

Dr. Nefarious was one of the tyrants who hired Pollyx. Pollyx accompanied Nefarious to Zanifar, where they captured and interrogated Orvus, attempting to read his memory to learn how to access the Orvus Chamber. This was how Pollyx and Nefarious learned that Clank was Orvus' heir.

A Crack in Time

Ratchet encounters Pollyx inside Pollyx Industries.

Pollyx calculated how many paradoxes would be needed for Dr. Nefarious' plan with the Great Clock to work.

Ratchet and Alister Azimuth encountered Pollyx during their raid on Pollyx Industries. He attempted to intimidate them by revealing his status as a level 60 wizard with melee ability in a video game, but was easily overpowered.

Pollyx announced a Pollyx Industries venture named Pollyx Omnitech on space radio, offering technical support services (though operators often insulted the intelligence of those they assisted).

Pollyx was fooled by Ratchet's Nefarious hologuise in the Nefarious Space Station. In "Destroy Dr. Nefarious' Armada", Ratchet, disguised as Dr. Nefarious, convinced Pollyx to allow him to use the Hypernova Defense Laser to destroy Nefarious' fleet. Following this, Ratchet's disguise was revealed, and Pollyx and his terachnoid companions were teleported off the station.

Into the Nexus

Twins Neftin and Vendra Prog later violently assaulted Pollyx Industries and kidnapped Pollyx, the CEO. They forced him to work on a transdimensional portal device. Six months later, Ratchet and Clank landed on Yerek, where his Lab Assistant told them Pollyx was beyond the Azeril Caverns. After locating him, Pollyx gave Clank a Rift Cracker, allowing him to access rifts around the planet. Later, on Silox, Pollyx told the duo that when the Progs arrived, their bodies were young enough to adapt, but the nethers required protective gear to survive in their dimension. Later, Ratchet and Clank had to steal the Dimensionator from Meridian City. While Ratchet fended off the nether invasion, Pollyx helped Neftin fix the Dimensionator. At one point, he struggled to repair it, missing a critical component. Clank noted that a 3¾ Centicubit Hexagonal Washer was needed to fix the Dimensionator.

Characteristics

In A Crack in Time, Pollyx distinguishes himself from other terachnoids with a scope on his right eye, an accessory that was removed in Into the Nexus.

Pollyx possesses six brains, making him above average for a terachnoid, who typically have four, while the brainiest in existence have seven and a half. He is particularly conceited about this fact and regards beings less intelligent as imbeciles.

As with terachnoids in general, Pollyx is physically weak and has a strict aversion to physical activity. Like many terachnoids, Pollyx enjoys role-playing games and takes great pride in his created character, a level 60 wizard with melee ability, believing this to be an intimidating threat in real confrontation.

Behind the scenes

Pollyx's name is a pun on Pollux, a star in the Gemini constellation.

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