[War, History]
Once it was known that the Xenomorphs of the Yoram were immersed in their Awakening process, and given the prospect that the few of them that were already awake were already an immense threat to the security of the sector and to the human species itself , The Illyrian Hegemony tried to purge the planet in 3325 with disastrous results. Half of the Illyrian army fell under the mental control of the Yoram and were forced to fight the other half.
The mercenary clans were contacted to intervene and rescue a significant part of the expeditionary force of Illyrian Hegemony, but at a high price.
In 3326, the Illyrian Hegemony launched a new and larger army with the aim of taking over and purging Vupa 6 to exterminate the Yoram, since it had become clear that they constituted a terrible danger for the whole galaxy, even worse than the last Forerunner.
The main objectives of the Second Stage of the Vupa Campaign in 3326 were:
1. Interrupting the terraform process by interrupting the pools generating purple haze.
2. Destroy any Yoram force in sight.
The main problem faced by the mercenaries and Illyrians was the mass army that the Yoram obtained from the first Illyrian attack. The Yoram had acquired a large amount of Mechs captured from the first campaign and continued to operate them through mind-controlled human pilots.
Another problem was the astonishing and deadly ability of the Yoram. The rare times when a true Yoram was found in the battle behind a Mech's controls, they proved to destroy 20 to 30 times their tonnage before avoiding their own destruction or covering themselves behind their controlled human puppets.
During the second campaign, only a few of the most outstanding pilots had the opportunity to fight on equal terms with the Yoram. The most notable being the case of legendary pilot David van Fleet, who sacrificed himself to allow the withdrawal of a contingent of Illyrian and mercenaries. Commander van Fleet faced a Notos piloted by a Yoram in singular combat with his modified Bishop, having engaged in a melee with the enemy whose cabin he had destroyed by punching it with his Bishop's fists after having apparently run out of ammunition.
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