Lombaxes

The **Lombaxes** (ロンバックス, *Ronbakkusu*), are an alien race that appears in *Star Ratchank* series created by Shigeru Miyamoto and David Guertin. They are humanoid, feline-like species of renowned engineers hailing from planet Fastoon in the Polaris of Lylat.

They have developed some of the universe's most advanced technology in the form of powerful weaponry and fast spaceships, and have an innate affinity towards machinery. Notable lombax technology include the Dimensionator and Hoverboots.

The lombaxes were once thought to be an extinct race, along with the cragmites. However, it was Andross, who banished them from the universe to another dimension in the Great War. The notable lombaxes seen are Ratchet, T-Bone, Angela, Alister, and Rivet.

"*Note to self: Never mess with a trigger happy Lombax.*"

—Annihilation Nation commentator, About the Lombaxes.

## Description

### Anatomy and Design

Lombaxes are feline-like humanoid aliens possessing large heads, hands, and feet, as well as pointy ears. Their fur has been seen to have ranging color palettes from Ratchet's yellow fur with brown stripes to T-Bone's gray fur with black stripes. This fur can also resemble facial hair, as seen with Azimuth's mutton chops. Lombaxes are also sexually dimorphic with female lombaxes possessing breasts, and being able to grow hair (as seen with Angela's ponytail).

Lombaxes are notable for possessing palms with five fingers as opposed to three or four, which is advantageous when wielding weapons and operating machinery. Their feet are triangular and flat on the bottom, and lacking toes, instead featuring two large claws and one smaller (almost vestigial) claw on each foot. Lombaxes also appear to have very varied facial structure, ranging from a sunken muzzle with a rough brow ridge to a rounder structure with a definite muzzle and cheeks.

Lombaxes are stated to be an example of "single brained organisms" by a Terachnoid Lab Assistant.

### Habitat

Lombaxes appeared to live in large cities, as seen in the ruins of Fastoon and in glimpses of the lombax dimension. The architecture seen in these cities somewhat resembles Meridian City on planet Igliak, suggesting the lombaxes inspired its architecture.

### Behavior

Lombaxes are well known and revered throughout the Polaris Galaxy for their advanced technological knowledge. Lombaxes rarely used unmodified equipment, and are well known for inventing and modifying technology on their own. Additionally, through research centers such as the Center for Advanced Lombax Research, extremely intelligent lombaxes worked in groups to finish large projects, such as the Dimensionator. Lombaxes were also known for enjoying high speeds and being proficient with weaponry.

The Cragmites, according to statements by Percival Tachyon, considered the 'typical' Lombax to be "noble" and "courageous".

### Society

Lombaxes were known not only as engineers but also great warriors, being the only race capable of matching the Cragmites in all-out war. Little else is known about lombax society, though they are highly revered throughout Polaris and Ratchet's race is considered notable by aliens in other galaxies and are often brought up. Lombaxes are known to have their own language, which Talwyn Apogee can speak. The language consists of circles with different shapes cut out, often in the shape of machinery like Bolts.

The lombaxes had elite warriors in the form of the Lombax Praetorian Guard. General Alister Azimuth is the only known member, with the rank of 4-Bolt Magistrate (where "Bolt" is presumably the equivalent of "Star" in the United States military). The Guard made use of their own Hoverboots, the trillium armor and wielded double-bladed Praetorian OmniWrenches for close-quarters combat.

### Technology

The most common and well-known lombax weapon is the OmniWrench. Ratchet wields many different OmniWrenches collected throughout his adventures from different manufacturers, while Azimuth wields his own double-bladed Praetorian OmniWrench. Another powerful lombax weapon is the Alpha Disruptor, a nano-weapon which fires a beam of plasma that can hit multiple enemies, and was powerful enough to be ranked third on the Polaris Compendium of Ridiculously Overpowered Weapons.

Lombaxes are also known to have developed very fast spaceships, which are sentient. Ratchet finds *Aphelion* on Fastoon, a ship that he can later modify by collecting Zoni. Azimuth has his own lombax ship with the same design as *Aphelion*. Lombaxes are also known to develop ground vehicles, such as the Gyro-cycle, as well as ion propulsion cells and zero-g stabilizers used in transportation devices such as the Hoverboots.

Lombaxes were known to have mined a material known as trillium, used in their own armor, an armor set Ratchet can later acquire in *Tools of Destruction*.