Dev Diary #30: The Vong's most EVIL tactic
The terror weapon ready to overwhelm the New Republic's defenses, coming soon...
“The refugee ships, which had been taken from captured refugee convoys from worlds including Ralltiir and Rhinnal and had been commandeered by the Yuuzhan Vong, were then deliberately piloted into Coruscant's shields to weaken them… Coruscant's orbital defense platforms were put into intense service, but even these were not enough to stop the advance of the Yuuzhan Vong. Eventually, Coruscant's skyline was sodden with crashing vessels, and plasma fire rained down from the battle above the planet.”
The most evil battle tactic used by the Yuuzhan Vong is coming to Age of Legends in v1.34, in this video preview.
In the next release, winning battles over some key worlds will result in captured civilian ship convoys being spawned for the Vong.
These ships function a bit like mercenaries: you drop a Nav Buoy into battle, and the ships then spawn. They automatically move towards enemy ships and space stations and detonate when within range. The New Republic will have to move its ships away and try to avoid engaging them, or do what General Garm Bel-Iblis did and open fire…
It’s very much like the Olympic Carrier incident in Battlestar Galactica for fans of that show.
You can see this in action in the paid subscriber EXCLUSIVE video below, as two New Republic Star Destroyers and their escorts try to hold off these captured bomb ships long enough to execute a jump to hyperspace.