Battle of Ord Mantell

The First Battle of Ord Mantell was fought in the early days of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. Ord Mantell had been turned into a refugee relief area by the New Republic. The Yuuzhan Vong targeted it (like they would target other refugee worlds such as Gyndine and Tynna) to both spread fear and to attempt to stifle resistance to their campaign. As elsewhere when refugee planets were invaded, the New Republic initially attempted to hold off the Vong while refugee ships fled, but after a quick route of the New Republic Defense Fleet, the vast majority of the refugees were forced to be abandoned to the (absent) mercy of the Vong.