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Battle of Ylesia, Second

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this battle occurred many months after the Battle of Coruscant, as the forces of the New Republic began to regroup and attack remote portions of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion force. Launching from a secret base near Kashyyyk, Admiral Traest Kre'fey had been leading the Ralroost and her fleet on a series of strikes against Yuuzhan Vong targets. Jacen Solo suggested that the fleet attack Ylesia and capture the Ylesian Senate, thereby smashing the Peace Brigade and bringing it members to public trials. The goal was to make it plainly obvious to all citizens of the New Republic what would happen if more beings stood against the Jedi Knights and the effort to win the war. The opening rounds of the battle went well for the Republic, since the Peace Brigade's fighter pilots were less experienced that the Republic's new recruits. After Thrackan Sal-Solo and renegade Senator Pwoe were captured, victory seemed at hand. However, the Yuuzhan Vong Commander Maal Lah had forces both on the ground and in space near Ylesia, and waited for the Republic to begin retrieving its forces before launching his own retaliation. General Tigran Jamiro's forces were pinned down by Maal Lah's ground teams, until Jagged Fel and the pilots of Twin Suns Squadron smashed the Yuuzhan Vong. This allowed the Republic's ground forces to escape, and left Maal Lah with a badly damaged leg. As the opposing fleets moved into position, a second Yuuzhan Vong fleet maneuvered to cut off the Republic's forces. Jacen Solo managed to discover its presence, and Admiral Kre'fey's ships fired on the second Yuuzhan Vong fleet before it could deploy a single coralskipper. This allowed the New Republic ships to flee Ylesia nearly intact, leaving the Yuuzhan Vong fleets behind.