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Eighth Cortex

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supposedly the most recent addition to the Qang Qahsa of the Yuuzhan Vong Shapers, the eighth cortex was located at the qahsa's core. It supposedly held information on the lifeforms of the New Republic's galaxy, along with information on the Force. Unfortunately for the Yuuzhan Vong masses, the eighth cortex was empty, a fiction created by Supreme Overlord Shimrra to give credence to his invasion plans. Shimrra commanded Nen Yim to develop protocols to fill the eighth cortex, since much of what he claimed to be in it was existing doctrine adapted for use against the "infidels" of the New Republic. In order to maintain the secrecy of Nen Yim's work, Shimrra used his familiar Onimi as his only contact with the Shapers. Among the first things Nen Yim added to the eighth cortex was the cure for the fungal itch that afflicted those Yuuzhan Vong who lived on Coruscant, after the planet was worldshaped into Yuuzhan'tar.