The lombaxes fought and lost against Tachyon's drophyd armies, eventually being driven back to Fastoon. Azimuth later granted him full access to hidden archives containing all the blueprints for some of the most advanced lombax technology however, Tachyon, after learning about his true origins, became bitter towards the Lombaxes, and betrayed them so that he could build his own army and renew the Cragmite empire. Most lombaxes, including Kaden, were skeptical of Tachyon's ideas and motives, but Alister Azimuth trusted him, reasoning that Polaris was still a dangerous place and that they would need the help that his inventions could provide. Tachyon grew up to be an inventor of considerable talent who proposed many ideas to lombaxes, light years beyond what they were currently using, including the blueprints for weapons that would be present in his own Drophyd armies later. Taking pity on this orphaned refugee, they would hatch and raise the young cragmite, Percival Tachyon, as one of their own on Fastoon. Years later, the lombaxes found a single cragmite egg in their Trillium mines. For this and many other acts of heroism, they were hailed as saviors by the peoples of Polaris. This allowed the lombaxes to banish the cragmites to another dimension entirely, effectively winning the war by default.

The Great War at first reached a stalemate, with the Center for Advanced Lombax Research later developing a weapon to break the stalemate and end the war: a powerful device known as the Dimensionator.

The lombaxes originated from Fastoon in the Polaris Galaxy, and many years ago fought a Great War against the cragmite empire.

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