Markon IV

Markon IV was a terrestrial celestial body located in the Markon system of the Core Worlds. During the Galactic Civil War between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance, it hosted an Imperial base.

At one point during that conflict, the Imperial Customs Frigate Assessor intercepted the light freighter Dorion Discus in the Thorgeld system. Hoping to stall for time before executing a hyperspace jump out of the system, the smuggler Roark Garnet contacted the Assessor and claimed that the Dorion Discus could not be boarded. The smuggler further bluffed that the starship was carrying important cargo for the base on Markon IV and that priority authorization for the shipment had been filed on the planet Thorgeld I, which the vessel had just departed. However, the crew of the Assessor did not fall for Garnet's bluff and fired a warning shot at the light freighter in response.

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