<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> It had only been a matter of days since Nal Hutta had been secured by the Praetorite Vong, and thus they were moving onto their next point of expansion...the fruitful Ylesia. It too was in Hutt space, and was the last point of retreat for the Mon Cal Republic. This would be the final battle for the Praetorite Vong before moving into a home stretch against the core worlds of the galaxy. If this planet could be taken...no...when this planet was taken by the Vong, it would be clear sailing to the other smaller factions of the galaxy.

Warmaster Zhin Dwamor and his Yammosk War Coordinator had worked dilligently and hard on the plan to destroy the forces at Ylesia and turn them into a prime example. It would be extremely easy to wrought them with a horrible virus as they had on Jaminere...but that would cost them dearly. They would lose their last shell and even worse...Ylesia' atmosphere would react differently, not allowing the Vong to set up quarter there.

Taloned hands stroked against the villip that displayed the map-like presence of the Ylesia planetary system, and the construction sites there. It appeared the Mon Cal were creating ship yards there to build more warships in an attempt to thwart the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. It would not work.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Our major difficulty is that we have been made aware of by the Rogue Empire and Mon Calamari Republic, although our planets remain secreted, they can still counter an assault by our forces<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><!--EZCODE BOLD START--> the Yammosk explained to Warmaster Zhin telepathically. Zhin had learned all of this and calculated it previously, but it was welcomed that the Yammosk knew this as well.

The villip portrayed the entire infidel fleet that had withdrawn from Nal Hutta after the massacre there. It was not pretty...if you were the one being massacred at least.<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> "We can suppress that by putting cruisers at key jump points,"<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> Zhin bragged with a delightful grin.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> And if enemy ships manage to take alternate routes?<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

"That is our dilemna, because we cannot tell where the Rogue Empire will jump from entirely. The Mon Cal Republic is refined to Kessel and Ylesia, they are very short on power at the moment. Whereas the Rogue Empire controls a vast majority of star systems and space...they could hit us from anywhere,"<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> Zhin retorted as he examined the other villip's star charts.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Do the Mon Cal not have Bimmissari to jump from?<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><!--EZCODE BOLD START--> the Yammosk accused inquisitively.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

"They do,"<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> Zhin said.<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> "But nearly all their forces were allocated to Nal Hutta, that leaves us open at Ylesia to overthrow them there, after pinning their fleet against our's, they don't stand a chance."

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> I hear their emperor is a Chiss...those that have been fighting us off in the Unknown Regions for nearly fifty years...<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

"He is only Half, and besides...he is busy warring with the ones known as the 'Empire', that gives us plenty of time to raise our forces and counter them at Ylesia."

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> If they send a worthy force?<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

"Then we gain more honor from their deaths,"<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> Zhin boasted confidently, and it appeared that the Yammosk giggled at the warmaster's presumptions. He had no doubt Ylesia would fall before the might of the Praetorite Vong, and even if it did not...they still could not counter the Vong, not with their locations hidden so intricately across the galaxy.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->


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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> Yuuzhan Vong war fleets and flotillas had become common sights in the galaxy these days as the Praetorite Vong grew...and grew. For some reason there seemed to be no end to their supply of yorik coral craft, and it seemed there would be no end to their onslaught of soldiers.

The planet of Nal Hutta had been thoroughly cleansed since the Yuuzhan Vong completely took it over, destroying droids and mechanics of all types and sorts without mercy. Those infidels captured made worthy sacrafices...those who were inherintly strong mentally as well as physically were turned into slaves for war and production.

The current flotilla was assigned the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Harla Fleet<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->, being sent as the first wave of war against Ylesia. There would be plenty to back them up if need be, and there were also several cruisers aligning the most important jump routes to Ylesia that the Rogue Empire could attempt to access through, using dovin basals as interdiction fields.

The <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Harla Fleet<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->, being commanded by Warmaster Zhin himself aboard the mighty Worldship, came directly from the sun of Ylesia, as so the persons below would have a hard time sensing them, or finding them or visually seeing them at all.

A rush of excitement tingled through Warmaster Zhin as the flotilla moved closer to the construction site of the first shipyard, and thus he knew the battle was going to be vicious. Contempt for the infidels' blasphemy echoed in his mind's eye. The flotilla was ready.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> For the glory of Yun-Yuuzhan.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->



OOC Fleet Manifest-

Light Cruiser Cleansing Light
Light Cruiser Passion for War
Light Cruiser Legacy's Desire

Heavy Cruiser Feral Fate

Yuuzhan Vong Gunboat Voracious Apathy
Yuuzhan Vong Gunboat Spore of Eradication
Yuuzhan Vong Gunboat Faithful Darkness

Yuuzhan Vong Corvette Flotilla of Pain
Yuuzhan Vong Corvette Yun-Harla's Desire
Yuuzhan Vong Corvette Yun-Yamka's War
Yuuzhan Vong Corvette Harbringer of Doom

Worldship

400 Coral Skippers

800 Grutchins (Not Launched)

Emperor Teebo sat on board his flagship Shadow Defender. Suddenly a comm officer spoke up.
"Sir, there is a transmission coming from Ylesia. It appears that they are under attack by those strange asteroid ships!!"
Teebo was struck with fear.
"Prepare our ships. I want Shadow Defender and all of the Gunships headed there now!!"
"Yes, sir."
"And, I want you to send this message to TRE. Tell them that we are under attack at Ylesia by the strange asteroid ships, and we request their help. Send the same to Admiral Snowkan of the Iron Fist Empire and Logan of The New Alliance." Teebo said.
"Right away, sir."
"Then tell Star's Delight, Defense, , Joren Arden's force and Chadd Casas force to come as well."
"Done, sir." said the officer.
"Good. Now jump as in."
And with that, MCR jumped into hyperspace on route to Ylesia.

OOC:Fleet Manifest

Defender Fleet

Mon Calamari Star Cruiser MC-300-Shadow Defender(Ion Cannons instead of Turbolasers)
Corellian Gunship-Shadow I
Corellian Gunship-Shadow II
Corellian Gunship-Shadow III
Corellian Gunship-Shadow IV
Corellian Gunship-Shadow V
Corellian Gunship-Shadow VI
Corellian Gunship-Defender I
Corellian Gunship-Defender II
Corellian Gunship-Defender III
Corellian Gunship-Defender IV
Corellian Gunship-Defender V
Corellian Gunship-Death I
Corellian Gunship-Death II
Corellian Gunship-Death III
Corellian Gunship-Death IV
Corellian Gunship-Death V

Fighters
96 TIE Defenders-Shadow Defender
144 TIE Defenders


Kessel Attack Fleet

Mon Calamari Star Cruiser MC-300-Star's Delight(Ion Cannons instead of Turbolasers)
Aegis Star Cruiser MK.II-Defense
Aegis Star Cruiser MK.II-Freedom's Hope

Fighters
60 Missile Boats-Star's Delight
24 TIE Defenders-Defense
24 TIE Defenders-Freedom's Hope

under command of Chadd Casas:
Capital Ships
Mon Calamari Star Cruiser MC-200-Shadow Star(Ion Cannons instead of Turbolasers)
Mon Calamari Star Cruiser MC-100a-Liberty Star(Ion Cannons instead of Turbolasers)

Fighters:
72 TIE Defenders-Shadow Star
72 TIE Defenders-Liberty Star

under the command of Joren Arden:
Capital Ships:
Mon Calamari Star Cruiser MC-300-Liberty Moon(Ion Cannons instead of Turbolasers)
Carrack Cruiser

Fighters:
5 A-Wings-Carrack Cruiser
24 A-Wings-Liberty Moon
72 TIE Defender-Liberty Moon

<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> Coral Skippers were already raining out of the cruisers and and moving at ever increasing speeds toward the planet's not-yet completed shipyards in a completely orderly fashion, the Yammosk keeping each of the pilots telepathically and fanatically linked. The "Coral Triads" as they were called, moved in beautiful triangular formations, not quite firing on the Mon Cal forces yet, but moving in a hostile manner.

Their dovin basals gave way to enough gravitational push power to get them at perfect speeds for dodging the enemy, as well as causing severe damage via weapons. There was no fear among the warrior pilots, and if death were to come...they would welcome it, they craved it. For the glory of Yun-Yuuzhan they would die.

Enemy TIEs were already raining down onto the Coral Skippers like tiny pelts flying at each other ferociously. The flotilla of war ships wisely stood far behind out of range of enemy starship and starfighter fire, a good twelve klicks out, especially since the firing range was two klicks.

Yuuzhan Vong coral skippers immediately reallocated their dovin basals in a preferancing utility, draining the shields down from TIEs to nill in no time from the gravitational pull. Immediately lava-like plasma vomitted from the Coral Skippers onto the blasphemous TIE Defenders, two of which already seering into vibrant explosions before long at all.

Solar panels quickly became a common sight lfuttering as easily as the wind throughout the empty space with other space debris the Yuuzhan Vong might cause.

Still however, the Yuuzhan Vong war ships and cruisers waited beyond the klicks between the two fleets, antagonizing the Mon Cals with great insults.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Bring it toward the right flank<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><!--EZCODE BOLD START--> the Yammosk indicated, seeing the weakness they formed in their direct attempt at a frontal assault.<!--EZCODE BOLD END--><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Those gunships are the real threat, take them down, take them down quickly.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->



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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> Warmaster Zhin watched with gleeful contempt as the Mon Cal fighters jumbled in with the countless, superior coral skippers and their dovin basals. Several green blasts were shot directly at the fighters, and by all means they should have been destroyed...had the dovin basals not created their tiny blackholes and absorbed the shots with enticing insults.

The Mon Cal had no way of understanding the way the bioengineering technology worked, the way the Yuuzhan Vong shapers had manipulated the common sense of creation and transformed what would normally be a living, sentient being, into a weapon of mass destruction, or a tool in the gods' conquest.

The infidels were being forced into a back away already, and several fighters moved onto the right flank, blasting their seering lava onto the enemy gunships, the blasphemous, mechanical craft being burnt into like they were nothing, the shields being completely drained almost instantly.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

"This is too simple almost,"<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> he told his Yammosk, which in turn let out a chortling laugh.<!--EZCODE BOLD END--> "We will win, no?"

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> We will win, for the glory of Yun-Yuuzhan.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

Admiral Siather read the message coming through from Ylesia angrily.

"They just had to attack now." Siather thought to himself.

"Send a message to the Raging Night Hammer and the rest of the task force tell them to go to Ylesia immediately. Prepare a shuttle for me and inform Commander Ranak I will join them at Ylesia."

The Shuttle was prepared and Siather got aboard and they started for Ylesia






Commander Y'nal Geita aal'yll Ranak aal-Det'aan stood on the bridge of the Raging Night Hammer as the message came through from Admiral Det'aan. Y'nal was the ranking officer of the task force when Siather was not aboard.

"Plot a course to the Ylesia system inform all the rest of the ships that they are to come with us and that Admiral Det'aan will join us when he can. Send a message back to the Admiral informing him that we have received his orders before we enter hyperspace."

The message was sent and the task force headed into hyperspace.

Manifest:

Allegiance-Class Super Star Destroyer Raging Night Hammer
Victory-Class Mark II Star Destroyer Conquering Mist
Imperial-Class Mark II Star Destroyer Watchful Mist
Imperial-Class Mark II Star Destroyer Challenger Mist
Imperial-Class Star Destroyer Valiant Mist
Imperial-Class Star Destroyer Impulsive Mist

Full Fighter compliment

Admiral Snowkan read the message from Emperor Teebo. He quickly ordered his flagship, Serpent's Poison to plot a course for Ylesia. He ordered the two Corruption Star Destroyers, Serpent's Smile and Serpent's Bite to use the same course. The TIE Defenders and Skipray Blastboats loaded up into Serpent's Poison. Accuser came a long as additional help. The fleet vanished into hyperspace.

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The Iron Fist fleet came out of hypserspcae inbetween the astroids and Ylesia. They deployed their fighters, prepared for battle.


Fleet manifest:
1 Menace Star Destroyer-Serpent's Poison (Ghost gave me permission to build them)
2 corruption star destroyers-Serpent's Bite, Serpent's Smile
1 Victory Star Destroyer MK.I-Accuser
36 TIE Defenders
2 Skipray Blastboats

Lord Snowkan watched as his fleet reverted from hyperspace. They came in just behind the Iron Fist Emprie's fleet. They moved in on between the planet and the enemy ships.. Lord Snowkan had Shaddaa's Force with him. Chadd Casas and his fleet, Joren Arden and his fleet, and Emperor Teebo with his flagship formed up with him and the Iron Fist fleet did likewise. The Kessel Attack Fleet launched all their fighters. They quickly started to get near the dogfights with the coral skippers, waiting for a ship to be able to shoot. The 164 ground based Stirke-class fighters given to the Mon Calamari Republic by Admiral Logan roared up from the planet, flying arround the dogfights. The coral skippers were outnumbered. At first there had been, 593 fighters, know there was lots more. Thanks to Lord Snowkan's thinking, they didn't all fly into the fight, that would just get them hit be each other. The fighters roared in on the coral skippers, in flights. Soon 30 of the coral skippers were destroyed, with 15 missile boats destroyed and 20 TIE Defenders destroyed. The capital ships stayed out of the fight, waiting. It was hard on their captains for sure, watching the fighters killing each other off. One loan TIE Defender veered off from the fight slowly. It was almost cripple. Two coral skippers raced after it. Quickly a squadron of strike-class fighters zoomed in and destroyed them, with two losses them selves.

losses:
vong:
32 coral skippers
MCR:
15 missile boats
2 strike class fighters
20 TIE Defenders
IFE:
none

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> We are outnumbered Warmaster Zhin<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->.

"Yes I know."

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Should I sound a retreat?<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

"This early in the game?"

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> I apologize Warmaster Zhin.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> The Yuuzhan Vong warmaster let an uneasy grin surface on his face. The Worldship had kept its distance, although the flotilla of ships had only gotten closer. Zhin closed his eyes and let them sink back into his head as he concentrated on the battle plan.

It took a split second of concentration for the new manuever to take place. He laughed hideously as the entire flotilla of ships suddenly disappeared and reappared in front of the Mon Cal Craft, who's shields were entirely allocated to the other side to withstand the bombarding Coral Skippers.

The plasma vomitting cannons rained more hell onto the Mon Cal craft, destroying most of the hull in rapid blasts from the gunboats and corvettes, with a few extra powered shots from the heavy cruiser.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

"See, I told you it would be simple,"<!--EZCODE BOLD START--> Zhin chortled as the Worldship still sat ominously in the same place. By the time the Mon Cal forces had reverberated the shields and began firing on the Yuuzhan Vong craft, they had already again jumped atop the craft this time, and rained the plasma down below.

Several more TIEs were knocked down from Coral Skipper blasts, but the dogfights only seemed to belay the inevitable, as the remainder continued to seer down the shields on the gunships.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

The Raging Night Hammer, along with the rest of the task force came out of hyperspace just behind the MCR fleet they all immediately launched fighters which started to engage the Skips at a ratio of 2 to 1 using a variation of the tactic they used at Nar Shadda. The pilots had been training constantly since that engagement. Admiral Det'aans shuttle came out of hyperspace soon after the TIEs started to engage the Skips. It docked with the Raging Night Hammer and Siather made his way to the bridge quickly.

"Send a message to the MCR ships give them as much information on the Vong as we can they can formulate their own defenses and attacks based on the data. What is the status of our upgrades?"

"They are ready sir but we haven't tested them."

"Have all fighters begin tests now. Those new rapid fire weapons should make a mess of those skips."

All the fighters started using the new technology. Some of the pilots messed up the first couple times but they soon fixed that quickly and bits of coral were flying everwhere. Siather didn't figure it would take the Vong long to realize what was happening at focus there attention on his fighters.

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> So these are smart infidels...they are the Rogue Empire...<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><!--EZCODE BOLD START--> the Warmaster thought to himself with a sigh of discontent. With a claw-filled hand he slashed at the air as if something was there, but thought out the attack patterns on the enemy. The enemy fighters were dangerous yes, but they were going to have to wait. The Coral Skippers needed to focus on the enemy gunships, those were the real danger.

His muck-filled Yammosk Chamber was silent with impending silence, letting the Warmaster concentrate on the battle. They had all been telepathically linked to the Yammosk, and were writhing in the battle, the glory that it was bringing. It had been a long time since the Yuuzhan Vong had seen such a spectacular battle.

Zhin winced as another Coral Skipper went up in flames, but it was redeemed by the death of two more Mon Cal TIE Defenders, and then a Rogue Imperial TIE Interceptor.

Weapons clad on destruction, the plasma continued to pour onto the Mon Cal ships, sinking specifically into the many gunships around the Yuuzhan Vong. The first one that had suffered the initial bombardment took its continued beating now however as the Dovin Basals continued to eat away at the shields, as did the plasma.

It could not withstand the onslaught of hits, and slowly began to piece away into oblivion until it, and two others, had been completely destroyed by the hideous weaponary. As it was honorable to die, it was even more honorable to slay an infidel in open combat...and Warmaster Zhin and his pilots were doing just that.<!--EZCODE BOLD END-->

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