VONG WAR
The Vong War was a devastating conflict that took place between 2428 - 2430 AT. An alien race known as the Vong from beyond the edges of the FB-1 region launched an overwhelming invasion of Shogunate space and the territory of several other nations. By the end of two years conflict, millions of soldiers and civilians had been killed, the United Pokemon Types capital of SquareDisc City had been heavily damaged, and the Ingenious planet of Laos II had been destroyed, whilst two Vong worldships had been sunk. The losses sustained by the Vong Invasion Fleet eventually forced them to withdraw from the region.
PRELUDE
The Kuribayashi Shogunate of Ingen had fought off a Kuntrian invasion only two years previously, and had since heavily invested in its armed forces. The Axis was still a relatively young power in the galaxy, and was only tentatively making contact with nations such as the New Free Planets Alliance and the United Pokemon Types, both of which had helped to topple the Federation of Kuntree.
The Vong were newcomers to the galaxy, arriving in the form of a Great Invasion led by two colossal Worldships, with the intention of conquering, subjugating and assimilating the native cultures of the galaxy with their biotechnology. BATTLE OVER XCARET
First contact was made when Admiral Cornewaille, commanding the SNV Teotihuacan, discovered the remains of a merchant convoy that had been attacked by forward elements of the Vong fleet.
An initial confrontation saw the Vong scouting force driven back by a combined force of Shogunate, Katasian, NFPA and UPT warships, but when Admiral Hirohoto pursued the retreating Vong warships to Xcaret he stumbled across a massive Vong warfleet which caught his force by surprise and sank multiple Shogunate warships before they were able to escape and warn the allied fleets. BATTLE OF MIDNIGHT'S TOMB
In the Battle of Midnight's Tomb, allied fleets over Xcaret landed a joint party of special operation forces on the planet's surface, aiming to use a gravity well generator to increase
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the planet's mass and thus weaken the Vong gravatic shielding. The battle saw countless Yuuzhan Vong losses, but ended in the defeat of the ground detachment. The sacrifice of the UPT leader in the field, General Darkrai, did enable the allied fleets to retreat whilst inflicting significant damage on a Yuuzhan Vong Worldship.
ASSAULT ON SQUAREDISC CITY
In the aftermath of the Battle of Midnight's Tomb, the Vong launched a series of strikes into the population centres of the galaxy. For several weeks they occupied the capitol of the United Pokemon Types, SquareDisc City, following a rapid transorbital assault that swept aside the UPT navy there. Eventually the UPT navy was able to rally and led a combined fleet with elements of the NFPA, Alexzonyans, Ish'Cong and several other nations to liberate the city and drive out the invaders.
FALL OF LAOS II
Laos II was conquered by the Vong at roughly the same time as they invaded the UPT. After several months of entrenched warfare, a massed counter-attack by allied forces resulted in the 6th Regiment briefly retaking the Forbidden City, the administrative capitol of the planet, but Vong reinforcements effectively subjugated the planet and the decision was made to evacuate. Future Jade Admiral Antonio Botas made the decision to immolate the planet, launching LOAD weapons to ignite the atmosphere and deny the planet to the enemy.
OCCUPATION OF NEUSATTAR
At the time of the Vong War, the planet of Neusattar was not a territory of the Shogunate. A pre-industrial planet dominated by the Kingdom of Suedia, the Sattran Republics and the Calcarian Empire, its militaries were no match for the Vong onslaught. Their vitredeur melee weaponry was able to penetrate Vong body armour, however, and small groups of guerilla were able to hold out until the arrival of Shogunate forces who drove the Vong fleet away from the planet and helped to scour the enemy infantry from the surface. Following the liberation of the planet, a Great Council of surviving Neusattran nobility elected to join the Shogunate, resulting in a technological and cultural boom.
SECOND BATTLE OVER LAPTEV
Following the liberation of Neusattar, a combined Axis fleet attacked the Vong fleet that had regrouped at the edge of the Laptev System. The OSL Charon, flagship of the katasian Order of the Watcher, spearheaded the attack and was boarded by Vong forces after breaking through the Vong frontlines. Captain Antonio Botas and General Avery Johnson assisted Knight Paladin Eva Taylor and Knight Grandmaster Sheaker in clearing the Mercy Falls Medical Facility of masquer enemy combatants. After repelling the boarding forces, the OSL Charon was able to ram the Vong Worldship, exposing it to fire from the combined allied fleets which overwhelming its remaining defenses and sinking it. With the destruction of the worldship, the death of the Vong leader Grand General Yeda, and the loss of their biggest War Coordinator creature, the Vong Invasion Fleet was thrown into disarray and routed. This defeat marked the end of the Vong threat to the galaxy and was the final major action of the Vong War.
AFTERMATH
The war left the Axis and several other nations struggling to recover. The loss of Laos II and considerable amounts of materiel and personnel meant the Shogunate was forced to divert significant funds into rebuilding and rearming its military. Less than a year later, the nation of Treksylvania took advantage of the weakened state of the Shogunate to begin raiding the border regions. Intervention by Zlost and the Levant al Asad saw the Treksylvanian menace defeated.