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The Glassing of Plaeree The situation on Devaron has apparently gone from bad to worse. While the infestation around the Jedi Temple has been dealt with by the Tapani forces, the infected continue to spread across the planet. The city of Plaeree has been under siege by the infected for the last several days, with defenders falling back to defend several key locations in the city. The Tapani have responded to this, by sending evacuation forces to the city, and extracting as many of the survivors as possible. What they did next shocked the planet. Devaron has been under a partial communication blackout since the beginning of operations. However, that blackout ended as the largest vessels of the Tapani force entered orbit over Plaeree. A final broadcast to evacuate the city was sent, and within minutes, the Tapani opened fire from orbit. Their target was the city of Plaeree itself, utilizing their heaviest weapons to perform a large scale orbital strike on the city, with the goal of "sterilizing" the area from infected individuals. Within three hours of beginning their fire mission, an area 20 km from the city center in all directions was turned into a sheet of molten ground and glass. While it is expected that many of the infected were killed in the attack, there are also reports of large groups of infected fleeing from the attack. As the naval ships opened fire, several civilian vessels used the break in jamming to coordinate a rapid escape from the planet, resulting in five light freighters being destroyed by Tapani forces and ten more escaping from the planet. The capital city of Montellian Serat has been reinforced by the bulk of the Tapani Forces and remaining Devaron defense forces. They have constructed defensive structures and are pushing infected out of the city. Reports indicate that as many as a million infected are still roaming around the world, taking over small population centers.