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Operation Starlancer

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this was the name given to the Inner Circle's development of the pipefighter, in the wake of the Battle of Coruscant. Originally conceived on Borleias, Operation Starlancer was designed to fool the Yuuzhan Vong into thinking that the Borleias base was more imptorant than it actually was. The operation was a front, to draw attention away from the Inner Circle's plans to infiltrate Coruscant. Danni Quee allowed Tam Elgrin to steal "information" on Starlancer, information that led the Yuuzhan Vong and Viqi Shesh to believe that the Borleias base was trying to grow immense lambent crystals to use as focusing crystals in the pipefighters. The goal of the Starlancer project was to be able to launch remote strikes against Yuuzhan Vong warships, without actually engaging the alien invaders. Analogous to the superlaser used aboard the Death Star, Starlancer employed pipefighters to fire intense bolts of energy. These were combined in order to form a single, super-powerful beam. This beam was focused through a lambent crystal but, unlike the Death Star's laser, could distort space and time to increase acceleration through hyperspace, therby allowing the Republic to strike anywhere in the galaxy froma remote location. The plan worked quite well, forcing the Warmaster Tsavong Lah to reinstate the rank of his own father, Czulkang Lah, in an effort to destroy the Borleias base. This allowed Wedge Antilles to give the remnants of the New Republic's Advisory Council a chance regroup elsewhere and plan a retaliation against the Yuuzhan Vong.