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====Nueva Cuauhtemoc====

Prevented from attacking the world of [[Nueva Cuauhtémoc]] itself by the local defences, the depleted Whai gunboats of ''The Black Ghorāb'' turned to their bread and butter of piracy in the edges of the [[Mentta]] system. Any vessel that wandered too close to the Whai ships were terrorised and plundered for food and supplies. Whai piracy in the system was not to last as response teams from the far reaches Agumalan space readied to combat the threats posed by the whalers.

Disguised as merchant ship, a commando team of ''Aguijón'' prepared to plant a hidden swarm of stinger drones within the pirates' vessels. Purposefully falling into the hands of ''The Black Ghorāb's'' harpoons, the Agumalan operatives snuck aboard with their deadly payloads. However, the paranoid Whai discovered their intentions reading through an obviously forged manifest. Bitter hand-to-hand combat between the two sides ensued in the narrow confines of the starships. The drone swarm was unleashed prematurely, but it enabled the Agumalans to force their way back to the merchant frigate and decouple the ships, although they suffered several casualties in the confusion.

By the time the Whai destroyed the jelly-fish like drones and took command of ''The Black Ghorāb'', the Aguamalans were long gone. Unfortunately for them, the mostly [[Puluhanni|Puluhan#Puluhanni]] crews of the gunboats had a natural immunity, an adaptation to the toxic algae of their homeworld, to the class of toxin delivered by the drones. Debilitated by severe, but not life-threatening, reactions to the stingers Whai fled once again. With Nueva Cuauhtémoc in their rear-view, the Whai ships jumped to the [[Center]] system, fearing further retaliation from '''Aguijón'' and the world's other defenders.