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this group of dissidents was formed during the early stages of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion of the galaxy, some twenty-five years after the Battle of Endor. Originally the brainchild of Nom Anor and several others, the Peace Brigade maintained that the Jedi Knights and the New Republic were doing more harm than good in fighting against the Yuuzhan Vong, and advocated the formation of a peace treaty with the Yuuzhan Vong to end the hostilities. The Peace Brigade openly denounced the Jedi Knights, claiming it was their lack of compassion which destroyed Ithor and Obroa-skai. The Peace Brigade was known to have been providing information on planetary defenses to the Yuuzhan Vong, which they had gained from a source that had somehow infiltrated the highest levels of New Republic security. The group decided to prove their loyalty and worth to the Yuuzhan Vong after Reck Desh learned of Elan's seeming defection to the New Republic. The Yuuzhan Vong recognized the usefulness of the group, and executed all the Hutts on the planet Ylesia in order to turn the planet and its glitterstim operations to the Peace Brigade. Working from their new headquarters on the planet Ylesia, they began using credits generated by the sale of glitterstim to fund their operations and the build-up of their military. They used a high-level contact within the Republic to learn of her transport to Coruscant, and prepared to waylay the Queen of Empire in order to capture her and return her to the Yuuzhan Vong. The Brigade was unaware that Elan was acting with the knowledge of the Yuuzhan Vong, and their entire plan to eliminate the Jedi Knights was dashed when the Peace Brigade ambushed the ship. However, the leaders of the Peace Brigade were undaunted in trying to gain power. They insinuated themselves into the plans surrounding the reclamation of Duro's natural environment, manipulating various shipping companies into buying votes within the Duros High House. With the loss of Duro, the Peace Brigade tried to broker a cease-fire with the Yuuzhan Vong by agreeing to turn over the Jedi Knights to the aliens, believing that the only way to save the galaxy was to sacrifice the Jedi. The Peace Brigade went out of their way to locate Jedi Knights, and even tried to capture some beings who were merely Force-sensitive, in an effort to appease the Yuuzhan Vong. When a team of Brigaders tried, but failed, to capture the students at the Jedi praxeum on Yavin 4, the Yuuzhan Vong executed them as sacrifices to their gods. As the war dragged on, the Peace Brigade established a form of government on Ylesia, and attempted to create a naval fleet to augment that of their Yuuzhan Vong superiors. The desire of individual factions within the Peace Brigade to please the alien invaders left little time to actually develop their military, so the Supreme Overlord Shimrra appointed Thrackan Sal-Solo the President of Ylesia and the Commander in Chief of the Peace Brigade.