- "Maerzen just made contact with me. He's found a bunch of evidence and he needs someone to escort him in. I had him land in a remote spot and told him you were on the way."
- ―Captain Dustrunner, to a spacer
Maerzen was a Male individual who lived on Corellia during the Galactic Civil War.
Biography[]
- "They killed Maerzen? Oh, this is just too much! It's like they know every move we're going to make before we make it. How do they do it?"
- ―Captain Dustrunner, to a spacer
Maerzen was a member of the Corellian Security Force. After the Battle of Yavin, he was involved in a CorSec investigation against the Hutt crime lord Borvo.[2] In 1 ABY,[1] the CorSec investigation against Borvo the Hutt came to an end when a spacer working for Borvo murdered the infiltrated CorSec agent Niksel Frangee. As nobody in the CorSec knew how Frangee looked like at the moment of his death, the spacer used Frangee's CorSec badge to pass himself off as Frangee on Corellia.[3] Maerzen was going to present the evidence against Borvo to be used in the trial but CorSec Captain Thale Dustrunner gave his location to Borvo's spy. Maerzen was killed in the Riverlands by the spacer who wanted to make sure the evidence never reached the CorSec. The spacer retrieved the evidence, including confiscated money, and brought it back to Borvo the Hutt on Naboo.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Possible depictions of Maerzen
Maerzen appeared as a non-player character 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.[4] Because Maerzen spawned under the generic "borvo_maerzen" template, his appearance was randomized under one of thirty-five possible depictions. However, quest dialogues identified him as male.[2]
Maerzen was present in the original release of the game, being part of Borvo the Hutt's questline.[5] With the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005,[6] Borvo the Hutt's questline was revamped. While the gameplay of the questline was extensively upgraded, the storyline remained similar. Players had to kill Maerzen in a quest where they were working for Borvo the Hutt.[3]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided (First appearance)
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8
Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Bluffing CorSec" on Corellia
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Borvo's Guard - A Trip To Corellia" on Naboo
- ↑
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑
Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Static Quest: "Thale Dustrunner" on Corellia
- ↑ Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
