Assault on the Gravestone

After the Commander of the Alliance that led the war against Zakuul was reported dead on Dromund Kaas, Eternal Empress Vaylin and her advisor SCORPIO launched an assault on the Gravestone, the only Alliance vessel that posed a threat to their Eternal Fleet. They captured a civilian cargo freighter Ridala and killed its captain, staging an attack on it. When the Gravestone piloted by Koth Vortena arrived to combat the Eternal Fleet, SCORPIO impersonated the freighter's captain and send a distress call. Vortena allowed Ridala to land inside the Gravestone hangar for repairs, from where SCORPIO, Vaylin and a host of Knights of Zakuul and Horizon Guard rounded up Koth's crew and took control of the vessel. Vortena himself managed to avoid capture and called the Alliance for help, who brought their own fleet to engage the Eternal Fleet warship, while the Alliance Commander and Lana Beniko infiltrated the Gravestone in a boarding pod and dispatched several skytrooper patrols on their way to Vortena. Koth revealed to them that Vaylin's forces risked triggering the quantum bomb that he installed as a precaution against SCORPIO, and the Commander joined him in disabling the bomb fuses, while Beniko provided the distraction. SCORPIO became aware of the quantum bomb and, desiring to save the vessel at all costs, maneuvered Vaylin and her Horizon Guard to leave the bridge, so that it could be reclaimed by the Alliance Commander and Vortena. She then informed them that Lana Beniko was cornered by Vaylin in the Dark Sanctuary and required assistance. The Commander and Vortena arrived in time to save Beniko and the Commander engaged Vaylin, who was about to land a blow, but was stopped when Valkorion triggered her secret conditioning, making her powerless to strike. Unable to fight, Vaylin turned and fled, giving Vortena the chance to disarm the bomb. Just as Theron Shan brought reinforcements by landing an Alliance shuttle inside the hangar, SCORPIO took over control of the Gravestone, taking it to a destination that she uncovered within the ship's subroutines. The vessel jumped out of hyperspace in Iokath system, surrounded by the entirety of the Eternal Fleet. ARIES, the droid that controlled Iokath, then fired a superweapon that emitted a bright light and knocked the organics aboard all ships unconscious, arranging and placing them across Iokath surface to test in various combat scenarios.

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