After the 'Netherverse-incident', Ratchet and Clank thought it was all over. How wrong they were. When a mysterious figure suddenly enters their lifes, Ratchet and Clank are pulled into another adventure. One with huge consequences: if they fail, countless lifes will be lost. Not only will the heroes battle evil once again, they might also learn about their own past and future...

Slight AU, Ratchet's parents and Alister alive! Ratchet's heart burns with the need to know: are there really other Lombaxes out there? Did Tachyon lie to him, are his parents alive? Now, with his best friend Clank, Ratchet travels into the dimension to which his race fled. But what will happen, Ratchet being a young Lombax who knows nothing about his people? Will he be accepted?

Ratchet rolled his eyes and headed for the door. "Aw, don't be such a worry-wart! I'm totally—" He stopped mid-sentence and stumbled a bit, like he was dizzy. His ears wilted behind his head. He faltered, and then suddenly collapsed.

What was supposed to be an uncovering of future plots ended up unlocking a hidden code in the SIC CPU. Now Megatron needs to find a way to bring back his treacherous seeker back.

"After the Great War, Polaris was a dangerous place..." This is the history leading up to the fall of the Lombaxes, as seen through the eyes of young Alister Azimuth and his best friend.