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this swamp planet was the homeworld of the Sekct species. Because of the existence of a Dynamic Synergetics Incorporated hyperbaride production facility on the planet, the Empire had all records of Marca erased from planetary databases, in order to use the planet as they saw fit. The hyperbaride production was lethal to the native Sekct, and their species was nearly wiped out. A team of Alliance agents, on their way to Sumitra Sector, cut through the Marcellus Nebula and was forced to land on the planet. The team eventually brought down the hyperbaride plant, with the help of the Sertim sisters and the Sekct, and helped free the Sekct from its toxic wastes. The planet itself is covered with a swamp-filled ocean, with virtually no continental land mass, and measured some 12,000 kilometers in diameter. The heat of the planet, combined with its swampy surface, generated a continual shroud of mist which enveloped the planet. The mists collected and dispersed sunlight, making it appear as if Marca had no day/night schedule, just a perpetual hazy gloom. The year on Marca was measured as 340 standard days.