Revolt aboard the Tsam P'ah

The Revolt aboard the Tsam P'ah took place aboard the Yuuzhan Vong slaveship Tsam P'ah in 25 ABY. Prisoners, taken by the Yuuzhan Vong from Artorias and other worlds, revolted agains their captors and managed to kill all the Yuuzhan Vong and take over the ship.

Background
In 25 ABY the extra-galactic Yuuzhan Vong invaded the galaxy, intent on conquering and enslaving its inhabitants. One of the planets that fell to the invaders was Artorias. Many of its people were imprisoned aboard the slaveship Tsam P'ah. Artorias' Queen, Nina Galfridian, and princess, Kaye Galfridian, were among those captured. The Tsam P'ah remained in orbit above Artorias, the prisoners intended to work as slaves on the planet after it had been Vongformed.

The slaveship's commander, Sha'kel, wanting to practice his basic, ordered the Artorian Queen brought before him. She refused, because she was looking after a wounded friend. Her daughter volunteered to go in her place. The commander told her of the Yuuzhan Vong's plans for the galaxy and how they would teach the galaxy about pain. To illustrate his point he stabbed her in the shoulder. Back among the other prisoners Kaye found that her mother's friend had died and her mother began to withdraw mentally due to all she had lost.

Through her talks with the ships commander, Kaye slowly gained his trust, while she secretly worked on a plan to strike against her captors. Arbeloa was one the people who was eager to fight for her, in exchange for Sha'kel's head. He worked on overcoming his bounds to aid her when the time for a revolt was right.

Revolt
On Artorias' surface the Artorias resistance was working to disrupt the planet's Vongforming. Many of the Yuuzhan Vong sentries were killed and replacements were needed from the Tsam P'ah. The slaveship landed on the planet to drop off the reinforcements. Realizing this was a perfect moment to strike Kaye and Arbeloa set their plan in motion.

Acting as though Arbeloa had captured Kaye and wanted to trade her - the commander's pet - for his freedom, they managed to lure two Yuuzhan Vong guards into their cell. The two guards realized too late they had been lured into a trap as the entire population of the cell attacked them. They killed many, but were finally overpowered by the prisoners. Using the arm of one the guards they opened their cell. Outside their cell they continued fighting the Yuuzhan Vong guards and opening other cells, freeing thousands of other prisoners. Even though many prisoners were killed by the guards they eventually overpowered them. After all the guards had been defeated, Kaye led Arbeloa to the command section to make good on her promise to him: Sha'kel's head.

Aftermath
With all the Yuuzhan Vong dead, the prisoners were in charge of the slaveship. They were not safe, however, as the Yuuzhan Vong still had a big army stationed on the planet. The Queen, having recovered from her withdrawal after noticing the resistance on Artorias, assumed command of the ship through the Cognition throne commander Sha'kel had used earlier. She steered the ship away from Artorias to help other refugees of the war. Eventually the ship, renamed Heart of Artorias, arrived at the Battle of Dibrook.

Behind the scenes
The revolt aboard the Tsam P'ah first appeared in fourth issue of Invasion and continued in the fifth issue. The plan to revolt was first mentioned in issue three.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Invasion 3: Refugees, Part 3
 * Star Wars: Invasion 4: Refugees, Part 4
 * Star Wars: Invasion 5: Refugees, Part 5
 * Star Wars: Invasion 6: Rescues, Part 1