Battle of Coruscant (Yuuzhan Vong War)

In the fictional Star Wars New Jedi Order novel Star by Star, the Fall of Coruscant was the great battle that resulted in Coruscant, the capital of the New Republic falling into the hands of the ruthless Yuuzhan Vong.

The Yuuzhan Vong warfleet attacked Coruscant from the OboRin Comet Cluster. They used refugee ships containing prisoners from earlier battles to shield the Yuuzhan Vong fleet. Even with the efforts of leaders such as Admiral Ackbar, Wedge Antilles and Luke Skywalker, the Yuuzhan Vong were to mighty to be stopped. During the battle the Yuuzhan Vong used the refugee ships to batter the city planet's surface causing terrible damage below. Even the orbital defence platforms could not stop the advance of the Yuuzhan Vong. Soon Coruscant's skyline was burning with crashing vessels and plasma fire from the battle above.

Meanwhile Han Solo and Leia on board the Millenium Falcon attempted to rescue Chief of State Borsk Fey'lya but were tasked with rescuing Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker. The second assault wave were thousands of Yorik-trema dropships, Tsik-Seru airskimmers, swarms of Yorik-Vec assault cruisers and Coralskippers, Rakamat and Fire Breather walkers, legions of Yuuzhan Vong warriors and Chazrach support troops. In desperation, the New Republic military fired on the hostage refugee ships but to no avail. At the Imperial Palace, Tsavong Lah's aide Romm Zqar tried to force Borsk Fey'lya to surrender. When he refused, he was killed. But before the Chief of State died he had planted a bomb in the Imperial Palace triggered by his heartbeat. This resulted in the deaths of the Chief of State, 25000 Yuuzhan Vong warriors, the destruction of a portion of the Imperial Palace along with the data towers, many surrounding buildings and several Yuuzhan Vong vessels.

The battle lasted for several days, with heavy casaulties on both sides. Many of its citizens were forced to flee the former capital world of the New Republic while those who did not manage to escape were force to flee into the city planet's lower levels. The third wave was a biotoxin in the form of green algae released by the Yuuzhan Vong which devoured many of the buildings including dead bodies and left behind black spots. Coralskipper and Yorik-Vec squadrons bombed the devastated city world causing damage to the defenders. The Yuuzhan Vong eventually captured Coruscant and had it terraformed and renamed Yuuzhan'tar after their homeworld.