Lt. General Francesca Marx. Former commanding officer to the Imperial Marines of the Spinward frontier. Gen. Marx commanded the 1st through 6th Imperial Marine Corps. Marx was in the Vera Cruz system when the naval cruiser Ajax was destroyed by a Vargr buffered planetoid. She was soon captured and was being transported with other POW's when a rescue team, led by Lt. General Viktor Androchev freed the prisoners. Marx then gave Androchev new orders. The result was that Marx was attempting to link up with the 122nd marine division on Vera Cruz when she went missing. The next anyone heard of her was when it was announced that she would be traded in a prisoner exchange for Gen. Gorvon, who was taken prisoner by an assault team under the command of Androchev.