The Pollen Crisis (Letemidto il Tebo) was an emergency situation in Lilitic science and medicine that began with the fall of the Ksreskézaian Empire and concluded with the birth of Súa Gleméanivía in 47 lilpo. Faced with the loss of the technology and knowledge needed to initiate new pregnancies, the nascent tribe devoted a large portion of its resources to locating any surviving devices used for this purpose by the Ksreskézai on colony worlds, and to reinventing the technology.

At the time of its abrupt end, the Ksreskézaian Empire included territory in 28 branes, nominally encompassing more than a hundred distinct civilizations across approximately one thousand environmentally-sealed outposts, free-floating stations, and other surface installations. Aside from the destroyed homeworld of Ksreskézo, nearly a hundred locations had amenities for slokdtabasa (Lilitu slaves), with around eighty actually having seen regular slokdtaba traffic. Samples of terbekhtío il okhtete machinery were located at four depots (one in Pzúghamë, one in Globkhro, and two in Yórlamë).

Culturally, the pollen crisis left an enormous impact on the art and zeitgeist of this period, as each member of the tribe was confronted with the very likely possibility of extinction.