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Dread Weapon

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this unusual creature was bred by the Yuuzhan Vong to survive in the vacuum of space. It as essentially an organic chamber, with an esophageal organ running the entire length of its body. This organ could be pumped full of air, allowing a horde of Yuuzhan Vong warriors to exist inside, until the Dread Weapon latched onto a ship or space station with its wide mouth. After chewing its way through the hull of its target, the Dread Weapon then opened its throat to discharge warriors into the vessel. A secondary mission profile for this beast involved the extraction of beings from a ship or station. In this mode, the Dread Weapon's esophagus was pumped out before it attached itself to a target. When the creature had created a breach in the hull, it simply breathed in, pulling all the atmosphere of the target vessel - and anything not securely strapped down - into its gullet with the force of a sudden decompression. Any beings who survived this attack could live inside the Dread Weapon until they were taken into custody by their Yuuzhan Vong captors.