Eloque

"There's no place more beautiful than Eloque!"

- Human tourist

Eloque was a planet in the Zhyrus System that was the homeworld of the Eloquian. It was located in the Outer Rim, not far from Kamino. It was the fourth planet in the Zhyrus System, and was considered beautiful by local tourist and Eloquians.

Terrain
The planet Eloque was an average-sized planet, and 83 percent was covered in water. The rest of the planet was mostly mountainous, with a few grassland areas, the largest being the Del'ar Grasslands, named after the famous member of the Eloquian species that made the Mission to the Core. Streams and rivers also covered the land areas of the planet.

Earthquakes were common in the large ocean Tuismia, and some tsunamis hit the land. But mostly, the giant waves died out before they reach the shore.

Natural Wonders
At the bottom of Eloque's oceans, there were beautiful treasures. Gems and Crystals were commonly found at the deepest parts of the oceans. Scientists cannot explain why the gems and crystals are there, though.

Another one of the wonders was the beautiful waterfall found at the top of Mount Yurago. The 300 meter tall waterfall would collide with the river below, spraying water everywhere. It was a beautiful sight.

Pre-Republic Era
Two billion years before the Eloquians roamed the planet, Eloque was a volcanic mess. In every hundred square miles, volcanoes could be found. One billion years later, Eloque no longer had as many volcanoes. Small plants had begun growing on the planet, and insects began evolving. In the year 1 million BBY, Larger animals began evolving on the planet, and only 400,000 years later, Eloquians began to evolve, as well.

Eloquian Civil War
The Eloquian Civil War was a war between the three main powers on the planet. Almost every part of the planet had allied with one of the sides.

In the war, over 10,000,000 Eloquians died. It was the worst war in Eloquian history.

Old Republic Era
After the Eloquians developed hyperdrives, they were venturing further and further towards the core, and only years later, they joined the Galactic Republic. The planet's atmosphere was getting polluted, but not enough to destroy the planet. The planet housed a Republic Training Academy, and also hundreds of turbolaser installations, and became a stronghold for the Republic.

Expedition to Pika
In 89 BBY, the Republic sent the first official envoy of diplomats to the planet Pika, to open official diplomatic communication with them. The envoy consisted of seven human diplomats, two Eloquian diplomats, three Rodian diplomats, and one Ishitib diplomat.

When the envoy reached the planet, the two Eloquian were surprised at the planet's extremely small size. They also noticed how there were tree villages, lake villages, forest villages, and some large cities. At first, they began to think that the native Pikachu were primitive. Later, the Pikachu explained to them that they were fairly sentient beings, and did have some more modern weapons, but they just chose to live in the huts.

Clone Wars
At the beginning of the Clone Wars, Eloque was sent 3,000 clone troopers. They would put the clones through more training every day. When battle came, Eloque Ground Forces and clones would fight together to repel the enemy.

By 20 BBY, Eloque housed over 10,000 clone troopers. And they would need them. They had had no idea at the time, but they were just about to get attacked.

CIS Attack
In 20 BBY, the CIS attacked Eloque, and it was a marvelous attack. The CIS wanted Eloque for its starships, which they would be able to use against the Republic. Eloque also had a few droid factories, which the Confederacy would use to produce their battle droids.

The CIS ships jumped out of hyperspace close to Eloque. This was of advantage to both sides, first, the CIS, because they could almost immediately send out landing craft, and could attack Eloque's defenses. It was also good for Eloque, because their ground to space ion and turbolaser cannons would have a clear shot.

The CIS ships launched their invasion craft, all fully stocked with droids. In the meantime, ground to space weapons were beginning to fire away at the appearing ships.

When droids landed on the planet, they were met by clones and Eloquian. It wasn't a long fight, it took under an hour to destroy all of the 10,000 or more droids.

The space battle was quick as well. The Eloquian Destroyers easily pounded the CIS ships out of existence. Only one was left when they retreated.

Imperial Era
When Emperor Palaptine gave his Proclomation of a New Order, the Eloquians were immediately angered. After the Rebel Alliance destroyed the First Death Star, Eloque became a Rebel planet, housing Rebel troops, and turning its old Republic Training Academy into a Rebel Training Academy. They also turned all of their planetary turbolaser batteries and ion cannons on any Imperial ships that entered the system.

Imperials Attack
In 1 ABY, the Empire attacked the planet Eloque from a staging area on Vish'tam. The Empire wanted to gain control of the planet because of its shipyards, along with the Eloquians' knowledge of starships. Thankfully, the Eloquian fleet of starships led by their new capital ship, the Eloquian Destroyer, was able to defeat the Imperial forces before they were able to land on the planet. The Eloquians' turbolaser installations also helped them achieve victory.

New Republic Era
When Coruscant was liberated by the New Republic, the Eloquians were some of the first to join. They were prepared to help the New Republic destroy the rest of the Imperial Remnant with their fleets of starships, their largest ships being Eloquian Destroyers, which were produced in Zeth Shipyards.

Yuuzhan Vong War
When the Yuuzhan Vong invaded the Galaxy, Eloque was an immediate target. It was considered one of the largest abomination planets in the Galaxy. The Eloquians did not hunt Jedi. They did not believe the Yuuzhan Vong.

When the Yuuzhan Vong did plan an attack on the Eloquians, an Eloquian who was posing as a member of the Peace Brigade warned them. The Eloquian Alliance launched over twenty five warships to counter the attack.

The First Battle
"I cannot believe that animals like these could capture planets."

- Eloquian Fleet Commander

The Yuuzhan Vong jumped out of hyperspace right where their spy had told them they would. The Eloquians had already stationed ten of their twelve Alliance II-class Eloquian Destroyers there. The Yuuzhan Vong came out of hyperspace slowly, and that gave the Eloquians time to make the first strike.

The Yuuzhan Vong came out of hyperspace under heavy fire, and were immediately confused. Eloquian ships had already taken down a Yuuzhan Vong Matalok and a frigate analog, and were already destroying another Yuuzhan Vong frigate.

The Yuuzhan Vong were quick to react. All of the other Yuuzhan Vong ships had begun detatching coralskippers, and the Eloquian Alliance dispatched their fighters as well.

After destroying most of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet, the Yuuzhan Vong still would not admit defeat. Coralskippers were being blown up every second, and the Vong ships were coming down quickly.

Finally, almost every Yuuzhan Vong ship was destroyed, and they were forced into a shameful retreat. The Eloquian ships patrolled for another few hours, then returned to Eloque. But their spies were unable to find out about a second attack that had already been in the planning stages. The Yuuzhan Vong's decoy fleet had done its job, and now it was time to really attack.

Eloque Falls
"Yuuzhan Vong ships coming out of hyperspace in Sector II... We're under attack!"

- Eloquian Space Station Commander, shortly before his death

Only months after their first attack on the planet, the Yuuzhan Vong were ready to strike again, using over four times the ships they used to attack Eloque the first time. No one on Eloque knew they were coming until it was too late.

The Yuuzhan Vong ships attacked the heavy space station orbiting Eloque, first. They were successful, destroying the space station only fifteen minutes after jumping into Eloquian Space.

Eloquian ships were launched immediately from Moon Bases 1-AA & 1-AB, and the capital ships from Zeth Shipyards arrived twenty minutes later.

Yuuzhan Vong Push Forward
After an hour of fighting, Eloquian ships were being destroyed one after the other. Finally, a Punishment-class Eloquian Destroyer arrived, and was able to hold off the Yuuzhan Vong for a while, but it was destroyed shortly after thirty minutes of battling.

The Yuuzhan Vong ships were pushing their way through the Eloquian lines, destroying ship after ship. Finally, the Eloquian cruisers were forced back to the surface. Their Eloquian soldiers were on high guard.

Yuuzhan Vong Forces Land
"This is the planet Eloque sending out a distress call to the New Republic, we're under attack, we're under attack!"

- An Eloquian sending out a distress transmission

Yuuzhan Vong forces landed in the Del'ar Grasslands shortly after the Eloquian ships retreated. Attacking Eloque City, they killed over 100,000 Eloquians, and caused over 14 million Eloquian creditsworth of damage.

Eloquian Defense forces were only able to hold the Yuuzhan Vong off for so long, before fleeing into escape ships. When the Eloquian forces fleed, everyone else knew it was over. Thousands of Eloquians fleed into the forests and rivers.

Reinforcements Arrive
The New Republic was able to send over several ships to help the Eloquians, and they arrived six days later. The forces included three Alliance II-class Eloquian Destroyers, as well. They needed Eloque to create capital ships for them. The New Republic forces arrived directly behind the Yuuzhan Vong ships that were still in orbit, and leading the way was an Imperial Star Destroyer.

Destroying the orbiting Yuuzhan Vong with ease, the Star Destroyer began bombarding the Yuuzhan Vong ships on the ground with turbolaser fire. Quickly and effectively, two of the Eloquians' Alliance II-classes attacked remaining Yuuzhan Vong forces on the planet, their staging area being Jhu'istar.

The Yuuzhan Vong only occupied Eloque for six days, but they caused over a billion creditsworth of damage, and took one million lives.

Save the Planet
About 100,000,000 years before Eloque's sun, Selus would go supernova, there was a huge debate over whether or not they should move the planet. This era became known as the Era of Alliance Edge.

Era of Alliance Edge
"I never thought we would get through it. But we did."

- Alliance President Ssok Vujahi

Alliance members were angry at each other. They all had a different view on what to do, and they had no idea how to do it. They had never moved an entire planet before, and most of them did not want to upset the balance of nature.

The Alliance President at that time, Ssok Vujahi, kept them together, barely. He was able to stop the fighting, normally, and when fights did break out, the guards would stun the fighters.

Everyone believed that the planet Eloque would erupt into Civil War. There were two main ideas on what to do with the planet, move it, or have the Eloquians move.

Many fights broke out in the streets of Eloque City, and many other cities as well. Many Eloquians died every year, the death total per year because of the fights was up to 300 at one point. The road to decision would be a long, rocky one.

Decision Time
Finally, mostly everyone agreed it was best not to disrupt the forces of nature. Almost everyone, in the end, agreed with them, that it was wrong to disrupt nature's ways. Planets live and die.

They waited another 1,000 years to abandon Eloque. But in the end, everyone felt bad for their doomed planet. People began making sure they kept their atmosphere clean. This became known in Eloque's history, as the Era of Sorrow.

Eloque Dies
Many people did not abandon their planet. They stayed and died with it. But that was 100,000,000 years after the decision to abandon the planet. Almost everyone had gone by that time. And most people who had stayed that long also left. Some people placed holocams on Eloque to watch the star go supernova.

Some of the people who did watch the star go supernova on holocams commited suicide afterwards.