Arpleco

Arpleco was once a colony world for several species in the Mobe system. Recently, a Nilbog Doom Star destroyed it.

A witness told the story this way:

And then the Imperial ships warp in. They alert all available ships to join the defense of the Mobe system. They say their long range sensors have noticed a large mass approaching the system. Star Destroyers start spewing TIE fighters and, minutes later, a decrepit Doom Star warps in and reverts to real space near Arpleco. Turbolaser batteries open up on both sides as it approaches the planet and begins to power up some sort of huge weapon. Drones exit rust-encrusted bays around the moon-sized metal sphere. One of the bays fails to open properly, and flames erupt from it as the exiting drones smash into the doors.

The drones and TIEs engage. They are evenly matched, but the occasional fighter breaks away to assault the larger craft. The Star Destroyers' long range turbolasers dot the sphere's hull with explosions, but it is so massive that they cannot halt it.

Eventually, the Doom Star powers up its superweapon. Four golden beams intersect on a massive saucer, and a larger white hot beam issues forth, aimed directly at Arpleco. Three races call its single continent home, growing red vegetables amid five green oceans. Their thick brown atmosphere lights up orange as walls of fire ravage the surface. The few survivors feel the planet shake to its core before mile-wide chasms break the continent into shards. They die when the upsurging lava turns the green seas into vapor. The Doom Star begins recharging its weapon as it moves at high sublight speed toward Mepleia. It will be there in a few minutes.

The Star Destroyer “Gallant” parallels the Doom Star, strafing it continuously with turbolaser fire. The Star Destroyer can just keep up at flank speed, but has taken heavy damage of its own. Atmosphere is venting into space in a handful of spots. Realizing the ship's power core cannot keep this up very long, the “Gallant” closes the gap between them to ensure maximum damage and accuracy.

“Sith spit!” yells the captain on an open channel. “There are 150 million people down there. I'll ram this dirty xeno beach ball if I have to!”