[SoNE Episode XIII] Hoth - Flight from Ice

[Forresto]

Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka Episode XII: Flight from Ice 

With the siege finally broken on Javin, once an Imperial surrender was given after five hard-fought months and extensive casualties, the Alliance firmly gained a foothold in the Javin sector and greater control of the Corellian Trade Spine's Outer Rim reaches. I thanked the gods the battle did not carry on into the city streets a battle that would have forced us to root the Imperials out building by building, block by block. Now an occupying force we buried our dead strewn across the many trench works and bunkers of the Imperial defenses and prepared fortifications of our own in the event of Imperial reprisal. During one of the final charges on the Imperial battlements, I stumbled into a bunker where a Pathfinder detachment was busily interrogating an Imperial army officer by the name of Ferad. The Pathfinder squad had lost their technician and slicer so I offered my services as an experienced slicer and helped download the data stores from the bunker's computers.     

I couldn't make out much of the data except that it involved the Black Sun Crime Syndicate and Commander Skywalker. I didnt ask. The shistavanen in command of this particular Pathfinder unit dismissed me and I returned to what survived of my battalion. Fortunately for our battalion the Imperial Defenses here had been far weaker and sparse then other sections. Several days later I received orders from Alliance Intelligence that I was to temporarily be transferred to serve as slicer for a commando group, the same one from earlier, on a highly important mission in the Yarlith Sector bordering the Javin Sector. Our destination a place of nightmares still carved in my mind.

Due to Javin's close proximity we were dispatched in a triad of U-Wings to deploy at Hoth, specifically to land at a ridge just beyond the still smoldering remains of Echo Base. My entire battalion along with many others had been wiped out on these icy fields. When we landed the bodies of fallen troopers were perfectly preserved from the frigid climate, littering the area for as far as the eye could see. As I would soon find out, a Vigo of the Black Sun had taken operations in the ruins of Echo Base and was using the facilities to expand Black Sun interests in the sector and our mission was to capture him alive. I was required to hack and slice our way into the base and through the countless digital and physical booby traps the Alliance had left for the invading Imperials. 

The Pathfinders swiftly decimated the unprepared and aloof Black Sun forces and we were able to capture the Vigo, a portly Nemoidian. As we made our way back to the U-Wings several clicks aways we heard the haunting call of something in the distance approaching. Of course rumors and eyewitness accounts had circulated amongst the personnel stationed at Echo Base of horrible monsters that lived in the snow wastes. Of course many of us had seen Commander Skywalker return with the smuggler wounded from a fearsome animal. We hastened our movement but one of the oh so frequent storms Hoth was known for swept in obfuscating our vision with a thick white mist. That was when unit members began to disappear one by one. The monsters of Hoth were all too real...   

 

4 ABY: Ice Plains Near the Former Alliance Echo Base on Hoth 

"Go, go, go!"

"AHHHHHHHH!"

"Jannis!"

"Don't stop!" 

"Get your feet in gear Weskers!"

"AHHHHHH!"

"WESKERS!"

GRRRRRAAAAAAAAWWWWRRRR!

"We're all gonna die!"

"Nobody stop till boots hit durasteel, or I will shoot you myself!"

"I can see the U-Wings, we're almost there!"

 

 

Behind the Scenes:

 

 

 the build was primarily designed for camera angles and to create the alleyway of the hill looking down from above.

  

 

Episode List:

Spoiler

 

Episode 1: The Sacking Clak’dor VII

Episode 2: A High Cost

Episode 3: Massacre on Fondor

Episode 4: They Always Listen

Episode 5: Escape from Kuat

Episode 6: Siege of Javin

Episode 7: Flight from Ice

 

 

Edited March 16, 2017 by Forresto

[Kodan Black]

Some clever camera work here, you used some good angles to convey a sense of action.

[Tariq j]

As always, the story is fantastic , the camera angles are also great, it's not something we always see on SoNE and gives the story and build a unique twist.

Edited December 2, 2016 by Tariq j

[LucasLaughing]

Another wonderfully written story, and clean, crisp photos - nice work!

[Cody Startale]

Cool entry! I really like that claustrophobic feel you created with your photos, it suits a snow storm on Hoth very well! Great work on the minifigs and their outfits, too. That necktie piece goes surprisingly great with the Bith head, clever detail! Another Forresto episode to enjoy, that's for sure.

[Puvel]

Another great story! The pics really show the tense atmosphere here