Roughly 600 years ago, the two echidna scientists Jordann and Kayla-La were charting the stars when Jordann discovered a massive White Comet hurling towards Mobius. Informing his wife, the two then went to present a plan before the High Council regarding what actions should be taken. Rather than abandon their city of Echidnaopolis, Kayla-La presented the plan to harness the power of various Chaos Emeralds to life their city into the sky and thus avoid certain destruction by the comet. The technocracy element of the High Council gained an advantage when the majority voted in support of Kayla-La's plan. When the holy man Arakkis confronted the High Council about the issue, proposing that the echidnas were not meant to soar into the sky, but to harvest the land of Downunda, the High Council u