- "Lab Assistant - Assign to Level 2, Cryogenics Laboratory"
- ―Command console readout
Marpo Glenfik was a Human male[1] lab assistant who lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War. Following the Battle of Yavin, Glenfik was part of the Galactic Empire's science staff in the Imperial Research and Prison Facility on the planet Dathomir. There, scientists were secretly conducting dangerous scientific research for the Empire, intending to re-engineer the dreadful Blackwing virus into a bioweapon. Dr. Glenfik operated in the cryogenics lab, on level 2 of the research laboratory.[2] In 1 ABY,[3] Marpo Glenfik was present when an accident took place in the Imperial Research and Prison Facility and the virus escaped containment. The virus killed most of the people in the area, turning them into undead creatures. However, Dr. Glenfik survived the outbreak and joined a small group of survivors including Dr. Stane Tritan, Dr. Pram Dramango, Dr. Nomi Rhane and TK-217. The survivors barricaded themselves in a maintenance room with an access to an emergency escape ladder. They resisted the attacks of the undeads but they did not manage to open the magnetic hatch and were stuck in that room. A group of spacers finally entered the research facility. Following the indications communicated by Nomi Rhane, they successfully unlocked the hatch blocking the emergency exit.[1] The survivors and the spacer then used the escape ladder to leave the facility. Once arriving at the surface, in the courtyard of the Imperial Research and Prison Facility, they were indeed attacked by the undeads. The spacers escorted the survivors to Camp Epsilon located nearby, where a group of refugees and a functional Lambda-class shuttle were awaiting them. The survivors, including Marpo Glenfik, the spacers and the refugees of Camp Epsilon eventually escaped the Quarantine Zone together in the shuttle.[4]
Behind the scenes
Marpo Glenfik appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[2] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[5] Marpo Glenfik was added to the game with the "Game Update 14," released on October 12, 2009.[6]
Appearances
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) (First appearance)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "What Next?" on Dathomir
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Research Facility, Level 1" on Dathomir
- ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
- ↑
Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Escape" on Dathomir
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Game Update 14: Death Troopers on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)
