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Yorik-et

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Yorik-et

Production information

Manufacturer

Yuuzhan Vong

Model

Yorik-et

Type

Starfighter^[1]

Technical specifications

Length

13meters^[1]

Maximum acceleration

3,700 G

Maximum atmospheric speed

400Kilometers per hour

Engine unit(s)

Dovin basal

Hyperdrive system

None^[1]

Shielding

Dovin basal

Hull

Yorik coral

Armament

Yaret-Kor (2)^[1]

Crew

Pilot (1)^[1]

Passengers

None^[1]

Cargo capacity

1.3metric tons^[1]

Consumables

1 day^[1]

Usage

Role(s)

Starfighter

Affiliation

Yuuzhan Vong

"In the yorik-et, two minds become one."

―Yuuzhan Vong pilot's creed^[2]

Theyorik-et, referred to as acoralskipper orskip byNew Republic forces, was theYuuzhan Vong version of astarfighter during theirinvasion ofthe galaxy.

Characteristics[]

"As beautiful a starfighter design as my scientists have seen. Fast, and can snap-turn with an A-wing, and with more firepower than almost anything that size we can put up."

―Lando Calrissian on a downed coralskipper^[3]

The yorik-et was a bioship made fromyorik coral, since the Yuuzhan Vong considered mechanical technology an abomination. It was grown instead of manufactured, so no two coralskippers looked alike. Despite this, every coralskipper shared some basic features, such as a dark canopy and a triangular body. The coralskipper's pilot could communicate with the craft via a special mask called acognition hood at the cockpit.

The coralskipper's weapon was aYaret-Kor, a small appendage at the front of the vehicle which released a searing magma rock that could seriously damage enemy craft. The coralskipper also possessed two plasma projectors at the front of the ship, sometimes referred to as "rock spitters." The coralskipper refueled and rearmed by eating rocks, small asteroids, and stellar debris. However, like any living organism, coralskippers aged and died.

Also, hidden beneath the front of a yorik-et was a small creature that resembled a heart called thedovin basal. Because it was living, it pulsed and shuddered constantly, similar to a Human heart. The dovin basal was the most important part of the bioship because it functioned like a miniature black hole, creating a powerful supergravity field when activated. This field could be used to overload the shields of an enemy starfighter and could also act as the coralskipper's own shield by drawing laser fire and missiles into the yawning maw of the miniature singularity.

Like all classes of Yuuzhan Vong spacecraft, the coralskipper utilized the dovin basal as a means of propulsion, which became a weakness to exploit when destroying the coralskipper. When propelling the craft, the dovin basal was not capable of defending the craft as efficiently as it could when remaining stationary.

Coralskippers were primarily space vehicles, and performed poorly in atmospheres. Coralskippers were not capable of long-range travel in space and had to rely on a larger vessel to transport them across long distances.

History[]

"The pilot was connected to her ship. It's like she was riding it more than flying it, like the Sand People on Tatooine and their bantha mounts."

―Lando Calrissian describing the alien craft^[3]

The first recorded encounter with the yorik-et craft was during the initial stages of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion in25 ABY, which was spearheaded by thePraetorite Vong, who had brought thousands of such fighters on board theirworldships to the ice planet ofHelska IV. TheDozen-and-Two Avengers first encountered the craft and were left with a single survivor of the attack when the vessels' dovin basals were used to strip the shields from the enemy craft. They were laterused in an attack on the planetDubrillion, though they were repulsed by the planetary defenders. A single downed Yuuzhan Vong craft was later examined by Lando Calrissian; the evaluation gave an insight into the extragalactic invaders and their technology. During theBattle of Helska IV, the coralskippers were coordinated by ayammosk, which destroyed numerous New Republic starships before the ice planet ofHelska IV was destroyed in a New Republic attack.

These vessels fought throughout the Yuuzhan Vong War. In thelast year of the war, anew type of fighter was developed to supportSupreme Overlord Shimrra's Slayers.