Uumufalh

The Uumufalh was a type of starship used by the Yuuzhan Vong, often referred to as a gunship.

Formed from reddish-black yorik coral and shaped like spearheads, Uumufalh gunships were designed as escorts to accompany larger warships such as cruiser analogs and carrier analogs. Some examples of the type were just 120 meters long, comparable in size to their counterparts in the New Republic military, and individual vessels could be destroyed by a determined flight of X-wings, but the standard size for a full-grown example was 615 meters long.

They were equipped with dovin basals for propulsion and defense, and armed with an impressive array of plasma cannon weaponry, giving them firepower comparable to a much larger cruiser analog, but they did not carry coralskippers and were unable to create an interdiction field.

They fought in engagements including the First Battle of Obroa-skai, the Battle of Duro,, the Battle of Esfandia, and the Battle of Selvaris. They typically deployed in groups accompanying one or more larger war vessel, and favoured a tactic in which they concentrated on a single target, with each gunship firing a weapons salvo in succession to overwhelm its defenses.

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