CMDR Marvin the android was created when a cruel robot fight controller named William Hiesberg attempted to use a mind link to command his robot. Instead of giving him the command, what would become Marvin uploaded Williams conciseness and became sentient. Unfortunately for him, William was killed in the incident and the equipment used was destroyed.

Marvin is a unique creation and not William in a robot body. He has his personality and desires, which may or may not be a shadow of his creators own mind. He appears Completely human, his about 6 feet tall, has short brown hair a five o'clock shadow that will never grown or be trimmed. His eyes are perhaps the only part of him that don't appear human, but only on close examination. They are light green but seem to fade into a dark blue the deeper you look into them.

After his creation, Marvin was quickly captured by the runners of the fight club. Fascinated more by money than science, they bound him and sold him to traveling slavers for a hefty sum. Trapped in a dark cage, traveling the galaxy to unknown locations to be sold for unknown reasons, Marvin gave up hope in life as quickly as it was given to him. Marvin was sold from one hand to another, and was subject for cruel scientific experiments, star of painful and humiliating underground circuses, and more often than not, used for the depraved entertainment of rich nobles and collectors.

Marvin lived like this for three years, until his luck finally turned. On a journey aboard yet another slaver, the ship suddenly came under attack. This was not Marvin's first taste of battle, and it usually resulted in little more than his masters changing from slavers to pirates. As explosions rocked the ship around him and he prayed for death, his "liberators" broke into the slave quarters. Only these ones were different. They did not kill any of the slaves as they normally did, and even started opening up their cages. When they came to Marvin one of them looked at him calmly. "Don't worry, we're part of the Prismatic Empirium, we're here to help." They took him off the ship and back to their station in Cubeo where he was officially set free.

Ever grateful for his freedom, Marvin asked to join the organization. Curiosity more than anything convinced them to let him join, and they gave him a single Sidewinder to see what an Android would make of the galaxy. Determined and ready to make his own path, Marvin set out into the stars.