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Orgins and History

Early history

The Yuuzhan Vong were refugees from a distant galaxy. Their original homeworld, Yuuzhan'tar was destroyed thousands of standard years ago.

Yuuzhan'tar was a sentient planet and almost all their technology was organic. They were a peaceful species living as symbionts with their homeworld until they were subjugated by a technologically advanced species. They cried out to Yuuzhan'tar, who bestowed upon them the knowledge of how to turn living resources into weapons.

Eventually, the invaders were driven back when the Yuuzhan Vong struck back fiercely, conquering the invaders and in the process becoming warlike. They then subjugated other alien civilizations in a crusade to rid their galaxy of technology including the reptilian Chazrach, which became slave soldiers. As a result, they fell out of favor with Yuuzhan'tar and were stripped of the Force. <./p>

The Yuuzhan Vong then retaliated against their homeworld and destroyed it. In its place, they formed a number of deities. After conquering their galaxy, the species was divided into various clans, called Domains, that fought each other in a conflict known as the Cremlevian War. During the war, the warrior Steng became the first Warmaster. His chief enemy was the rival Warmaster Yo'gand. The war ended when Yo'gand used the Yo'gand's Core tactic to destroy Yzgiir, the homeworld of a rival clan. Steng was killed in battle with Yo'gand. Succeeded in uniting the species, Yo'gand became the first Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong, though most of the galaxy had been devastated. As a result, the Yuuzhan Vong were forced to leave their galaxy in massive Koros-strohna World Ships.

During this journey through the Void, the region between the galaxies, the Yuuzhan Vong nearly destroyed themselves. Violence and competition had been built into their society, and without an external target, they focused their aggression against each other. There were no all out wars like the Cremlevian War, but the Domains continued to fight each other for the favor of the Supreme Overlords.

Pre-invasion

When the Vong left their galaxy, how long their voyage took, or if they even knew what their destination would be, is unknown. What is known is that, at least one scout had reached the known Galaxy. In that year, a group of Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders under Canderous Ordo encountered what would later come to be known as a Yorik-Stronha, disguised as an asteroid in the Crispin system. It fled beyond the edge of the Galaxy once discovered.

The living planet Zonama Sekot - a seed of Yuuzhan'tar - arrived in the Gardaji Rift. An advanced force of Yuuzhan Vong - termed "Far-Outsiders" by the planet's inhabitants - discovered Zonama, and noting the similarity to Yuuzhan'tar (though not drawing the connection) attempted to colonize it. However, when the Vong attempted to settle, Zonama Sekot's biosphere killed off the Vong flora and fauna, provoking outrage from them. Although Sekot attempted to negotiate with them, they began an assault upon the planet. After two years of Sekotan defense, at a high cost, the assault was called off after the arrival of the Jedi Knight Vergere, who demanded the attack cease in return for going with the Vong. That agreed to, the Vong force departed with the Jedi towards the Unknown Regions.

Information of Vong activity within the Galaxy for the next few decades is scarce.They established a base on the planet Bimmiel. After the formation of the Galactic Empire, Imperial scientists also established a base on that planet. One of Emperor Palpatine's justifications for maintaining the Imperial Starfleet after the end of the Clone Wars was to ward off the threat of extra-galactic invasion, suggesting that he may have known about the approaching Yuuzhan Vong fleet.

Although it is not known for sure if the upper echelons of the Imperial government knew about the Vong, it is known that at least one officer did. Sometime between being dispatched to the Unknown Regions and his return in, Grand Admiral Thrawn encountered the advanced Vong force hiding in the Unknown Regions. The threat of the advancing invaders was one of his primary motivations for trying to reunify the Empire, as he felt that the Empire stood a much better chance against the Vong than did the New Republic.

The advanced Vong scouts themselves shared that sentiment. After the formation of the Imperial Interim Council, following the final death of the reborn Emperor Palpatine, Vong agent Nom Anor was tasked to infiltrate the Council. He did so and manipulated its leader, Xandel Carivus, arranging the deaths of many Councilors and furthering the internecine strifes that led to the fatal fracturing of the Imperial Remnant.

It is roughly around this time that the Vong began meddling in the high politics of the Ssi Ruuvi Imperium. They installed one of their own, E'thinaa, into a high military post, and manipulated the rise to power of the Keeramak, with the goal of eventual use of the Ssi-Ruuvi in their invasion.

Vong agent Yomin Carr infiltrated the ExGal Society, stationing himself at the ExGal-4 base located along Vector Prime at Helska 4.

Just before the planned start of the invasion, Supreme Overlord Quoreal began to waver. Worried about the possibility of once more encountering Zonama Sekot, he developed the opinion that it would be best to move on to another galaxy. However, under the influence of Onimi, Shimrra Jamaane, with the support of some of the more aggressive Domains, launched a coup, murdered Quoreal and took his place, ensuring that the invasion would go forth as planned.

Invasion of the Galaxy

On the distant world Rhommamool, the Yuuzhan Vong agent Nom Anor, disguised as the leader of the Red Knights of Life, stirred up rebellion between Rhommamool and its neighbor Osarian. The same agent was also responsible for infecting Mara Jade Skywalker and a hundred others with a fatal Yuuzhan Vong disease. As a result, elite Praetorite Yuuzhan Vong conquered Helska IV and brought down Sernpidal's moon upon the planet killing millions including the famous Wookiee Chewbacca. The Yuuzhan Vong also encountered the Jedi, whom they considered the worst of a galaxy of infidels.

The Yuuzhan Vong then began attacking worlds in their path with much ease. Bimmiel, Dantooine, Dubrillion, Obroa-Skai were among the many worlds captured while Ithor was turned into a fireball and rendered uninhabitable. Soon arose the problem of refugees from shattered planets that the government could not ignore. The Government began to blame the Jedi for starting the conflict with the aliens. Knowing that the Jedi were their worst enemies, they offered the galaxy a ceasefire in exchange that the Jedi be handed over to them. Then in a shock tactic, the invaders launched an attack on the other side of the galaxy at the planet Fondor which was close to the capital Coruscant itself. During the Battle of Fondor, the Yuuzhan Vong suffered heavy losses when Centerpoint Station was fired by Han Solo's cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo.

The Yuuzhan Vong eventually struck a deal with the Hutts that allowed them to pass through Hutt Space unmolested. But the Hutts were betrayed, and their worlds were attacked. The Peace Brigade, an organization which supported the Yuuzhan Vong, was formed through Yuuzhan Vong agents. This organization also helped the Yuuzhan Vong capture Jedi. On Yavin 4, Yuuzhan Vong of the oppressed Shamed Ones came to admire the Jedi after a shamed Vong Vua Rapuung helped Anakin Solo rescue Tahiri Veila and as a result, a heresy was formed that infiltrated all levels of Yuuzhan Vong society- particularly the underclass. With Coruscant rapidly becoming surrounded, the Yuuzhan Vong created the fearsome Voxyn beasts that hunted force sensitive individuals. A Jedi strike team lead by Anakin Solo then destroyed the Voxyn breeding facility, though most of the team was slain, including Anakin. On Coruscant, the Yuuzhan Vong captured the planet after a long battle, in the course of which Chief of State Borsk Fey'lya killed himself and 25,000 Yuuzhan Vong warriors. The Yuuzhan Vong had Coruscant terraformed and renamed Yuuzhan'tar, after their original homeworld.

The terraforming of Coruscant was sabotaged by the Jedi Knight Jacen Solo. The New Republic, having moved its capital to Mon Calamari, elected Cal Omas to replace Fey'lya and the self-proclaimed Chief of State, Pwoe, and prepared to attack the weary Yuuzhan Vong. At the same time the Alpha Red Project, which would have destroyed the Yuuzhan Vong and their organic technology was destroyed by Vergere. The Yuuzhan Vong were then lured to the Deep Core moon Ebaq 9, and their task force was destroyed. On Ebaq 9, Warmaster Tsavong Lah was slain by Jaina Solo and Vergere sacrificed herself to eliminate the rest of the invaders. After the battle, the New Republic reorganized into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances (Galactic Alliance or GFFA for short).

After the victory, the Galactic Alliance heroes Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, and the Twin Suns Squadron headed out to find powerful allies while the Jedi Luke Skywalker began a mission to find the legendary living planet Zonama Sekot. . The Jedi stumbled upon a Yuuzhan Vong attack against the Imperial Remnant and helped fight the invaders off, and gained a powerful ally. Meanwhile, the Yuuzhan Vong Nom Anor, disguised as the prophet Yu'Shaa, began stirring up heresy on Yuuzhan'tar (formerly Coruscant) posing as a Shamed One after fleeing the wrath of Supreme Overlord Shimrra for suggesting the disastrous Ebaq 9 mission.

Luke's team headed into Chiss space to obtain information on the Unknown Regions and hopefully Zonama Sekot. Meanwhile, Han and Leia's team went to Bakura, where they thwarted a Ssi-Ruuk invasion. The Jedi searched the Chiss libraries for the missing planet. Later, the Jedi located Zonama Sekot, but so did the Yuuzhan Vong. Sekot drove off the attackers as the Jedi landed on its surface. Meanwhile Han and Leia attempted to bring a communication station in the Unknown Regions back online while the Jedi negotiated with the living world to help them in the war.

However, Yuuzhan Vong operatives stole one of Zonama Sekot's organic starships and the Shaper Nen Yim discovered that Sekotan technology was extremely similar to Yuuzhan Vong technology and that her people had gone terribly astray. Nom Anor disguised as Yu'Shaa along with Nen Yim and the priest Harrar arrived on Zonama Sekot where they discovered that many of the species from their galaxy could be found on the planet. A plot by Nom Anor to destroy the living world was luckily foiled. Han and Leia also managed rescue hundreds of high-ranking Alliance prisoners facing sacrifice to the enemy's gods. The Galactic Alliance prepared a fleet to defend Mon Calamari from the invaders while another Alliance fleet engaged the Yuuzhan Vong at Coruscant. In the end, Supreme Overlord Shimrra was killed, and the Yuuzhan Vong were defeated. Nas Choka, Lah's successor as Warmaster, became de facto Supreme Overlord, and ordered the warriors to surrender. The Yuuzhan Vong were then placed under the living planet Zonama Sekot's jurisdiction.

Post-invasion

Zonama Sekot then revealed itself to be the seed of the long-dead original Yuuzhan Vong homeworld. One of the surrender terms the Galactic Alliance placed before the Yuuzhan Vong was that they were to help rebuild Coruscant. The Galactic Alliance moved its capital to Denon and eventually back to Coruscant after the rebuilding was complete.

After the cease-fire, the remaining Vong were recalled from across the Galaxy to Zonama. Zonama, with its Yuuzhan Vong, disappeared back into the Unknown Regions, so that the Vong could live in peace and renew their relationship with Sekot. Already they planned to attempt to abolish their caste system, and had already eliminated the posts of Warmaster and Supreme Overlord (though Choka seemed to remain the de facto leader of the species).

The Bothans, however, were unforgiving for the death of Fey'lya, and declared a state of ar'kai genocide against the Vong, sending ships into the Unknown Regions to hunt for Zonama. However, their primary efforts had been foiled by the Alliance, which had impounded the ship detailed for the expedition.

The Yuuzhan Vong invasion was possibly the most devastating crisis the galaxy had faced. The cost of the actions of the Yuuzhan Vong was very dear; the number of deaths over the known galaxy that resulted from the invasion was estimated at about 365 trillion sentients - equal to 61 thousand worlds with a population of 6 billion each.