Once home to a civilization who mined Naquadah from the planet for an unknown Goa'uld, P5C-629 was completely abandoned by 1997 when Stargate Command scouted it. The only evidence left that a civilization even still existed was the abandoned village and an old naquadah mine which was a few miles northeast of this village. Having analyzed the course that Apophis's Ha'tak's took to reach Earth, P5C-629 was chosen as the best location for the off-world Seeker Project.