Zonama Sekot's Orbit

Rising from her seat, the Master Shaper moved to the Executor's side and placed the eight digits of her right hand on his left shoulder, fixing her two brilliant pink mqaaq'it on his features, offering the Yuuzhan Vong version of looking sincere.

"Take care of yourself out there, Nem, and don't be a stranger. You know I am only a villip call away." She gave his shoulder a quick squeeze. "I'll see to things here. You just keep doing what you do best."

Within the shipwomb facility that circled in orbit around Zonama Sekot, Mira Yim busied herself with her latest project. After speaking with Nem at length about the possibility of restarting the Ossus Project, she had diverted some of the efforts from the shadow fleet the Praetorite was constructing and focused on creating a Sh'rip Sh'pa, what was otherwise known as a seed ship. These types of vessels were used to transport the massive amount of supplies needed to terraform a planet using Yuuzhan Vong bio-technology. Assuming the Executor was successful in negotiating a renewed project, she wanted to be ready to start those efforts in earnest. More so, she knew he would not deny her the right to lead the operation, given the significant importance it would play in repairing their galactic reputation. No other Master Shaper, even her brother on Rodia, was as talented as she. Nem would have to send her, thus leaving the otherwise boring duty of crafting ships to one of the others.

With her glowing pink mqaaq'it she could already see the meters long facets of the ship's hull coming together, making the entire structure appear as some giant gemstone, glittering in the exposed starlight of the bay it was housed in. Worker caste in vacuum oogliths paired with lungworms and gnulliths floated about, following the instructions laid out by her subordinates.

She already had a name for the ship, even incomplete as it was.

"The Fecund Fortress." She whispered aloud.

Inside its gem encrusted hull, it contained the seeds for the garden of life.

Since the events of Shili-Secondus leading to the death of the Praetorite Council, the Shipwomb in orbit around Zonama Sekot had gone quiet, not currently producing ships. Its former overseer, Shendor Yin, had managed to escape the surface of Shili-Secondus before it exploded. Unfortunately, his death came soon after on the surface of Shili itself, as he laid down his life in service to the Praetorite against Supreme Empress Loraine Zun-qin and her shaped army of heretic monsters. So it came as some surprise to the Intendant manning the skeleton crew aboard the orbital installation when the villip-choir received a telepathic transmission from halfway across the galaxy. Inside the command centre of the organic facility, Executor Azhen Worr was currently overseeing operations when the call came in. He watched as three dimensional image was produced of Master Shaper Mira Yim's stunningly beautiful visage.

{{ Greetings and salutations, Executor Worr. }} Spoke the image in near melodic Yuuzhan Vong, its butterfly wing shaped ears fluttering as Mira spoke. The villip even replicated the Master Shaper's glowing pink eyes.


"Master Shaper, it is an honour. To what do we owe the pleasure?" There was no sarcasm or insincerity to be found in his tone when he replied. Ashen spoke with honest reverence, the same any Yuuzhan Vong might express when in the presence of such a noteworthy figure. Though the Handmaidens of Yun-Ne'Shel and the Praetorite did not always see eye to eye, many among their people still saw Mira as the future, a shaping savant to bring them into a new age of prosperity and peace.

{{ I have a request. Shaping efforts on the Ossus Project are proceeding with great success, to the point where I feel it safe to turn my attention to helping the growth of our peoples colonies in the Unknown Regions. I need several Sh'rip Sh'pa prepared, a fleet of them. One for Lehon and Ahch-To a piece, and a few more so I can expand our work on Ossus to its two moons. }}


"I will see to their shaping at once, Master Shaper. However, our capacity to produce vessels has been significantly diminished since the Praetorite Council fell. I can't promise fast results."

{{ Proceed in whatever way is most practical, Executor Worr. I do not expect miracles. That's my job. }} Was that a joke? {{ I shall patiently wait for word of your progress. Yuuzhan bless you, Executor. }}

With assistance from the langhesi and ferroans that called the living planet home, shaping began on a ro'ik chuun m'arh frigate for the Intendants of Domain Yin, intended to replace the Price of Pain lost during the events of Lehon leading up to the defeat of the Supreme Empress, Loraine Zun-qin. Somewhat smaller than the standard template, the frigate analog was grown in such a way to reach a length of roughly three hundred and fifty meters, with a hull largely comprised of yorik-coral with glossy secretion armour bands between the different segments. A boney spine like growth extended from the bow, beneath which contained an orifice in which a membranous solar sail was stored for intergalactic travel in situations where dovin basals were not a practical means of locomotion. Multiple dovin basal array were the main method of propulsion, which could also be used to create gravitational singularities for defense, or to tractor vessels or meteorites used to replenish the organic vessel. Thirty yaret-kor protruded from the crevices in the hull, fed by magma veins that ran the length of the ship. Ten rockspitters were shaped into the frame for additional armament, capable of switching between magma and grutchin missiles. The rear bow contained a bay like hangar able to hold a yorik-trema and several yorik-et starfighters, or even a sivilith depending on mission needs. The metallic spine of an oggzil attachment was fixed to the top of the stern, connecting to the villip choir to allow the living frigate to communicate on the same electronic frequencies used by mechanical technology using infidel races.

It was Torfa Yim, twin brother of the renowned Master Shaper and leader of the Handmaidens of Yun-Ne'Shel, Mira Yim, who oversaw the shaping project. After the political fallout between the more militant Praetorite Vong and the pacifist Handmaidens, Executor Nem Yin had opted to ask for Torfa's assistance for the ship shaping, as he had already shown himself to be discrete and had assisted directly with the Praetorite's war effort during the events of the Byss Crises. Sekotan techniques were incorporated into the vessel, giving it a somewhat distinct design over typical Yuuzhan Vong starships.