During the time of the Galactic Civil War, Roark Garnet, a smuggler, feigned sickness by claiming to have caught a bogus disease, Merthian lung infection, while on Lockest IV. This was all a ploy to prevent Tax Inspector Mothra from performing a customs inspection. Because of the deception, the Tax Inspector quickly withdrew from the situation. The supposed signs of the illness included a cough accompanied by wheezing and a nose that was constantly running.