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this unusual piece of Yuuzhan Vong technology acts on the gravitational properties of a target body. They can be used like repuslors, to maintain a position above the ground, or in a reverse action to maintain contact with the ground. Individual dovin basals were spherical in shape, measuring about three meters across. They could lock onto a specific gravity source - even one surrounded by others - and focus their lock with extreme precision. The more focused the lock, the stronger it became, even across hundreds of thousands of kilometers. This allowed the Yuuzhan Vong to employ them as perpetual sources of thrust for their yorik coral worldships. Dovin basals resemble a large, dark red heart with deep blue spikes surrounding its body. Several battles into the invasion, the New Republic's starfighter pilots realized that the dovin basals also provided coralskippers with unusual shielding. Rogue Squadron discovered that the stronger a coralskipper's shielding, the less maneuverable the fighter was. They used reverse logic, and forced the skips to maneuver more in a dogfight, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the dovin basal shielding. As the struggle against the New Republic continued, the Yuuzhan Vong mined major hyperspace routes with dovin basals, although their primary function was not to ambush Republic ships. In reality, the dovin basals were reading the gravitic output of passing Yuuzhan Vong ships, allowing the Warmaster Tsavong Lah and his command structure to monitor the progress of every Yuuzhan Vong starship. Certain of these dovin basals were actually equipped with explosives, and could target specific ships with incredible accuracy. After the hostilities between the Yuuzhan Vong and the Galactic Alliance were resolved, and the Yuuzhan Vong were allowed to live on the planet Zonama Sekot, they found that dovin basals and many other bio-engineered devices simply reverted to their natural forms. This was one way in which Sekot forced the Yuuzhan Vong to give up their lust for war and embrace a more enlightened existence.