11. Battle of Hoth

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"Listen closely, since I will not be repeating this briefing. A small unit of Harbinger troopers will enter through this abandoned side entrance that the rebels overlooked owing to wampa difficulties using a TIE reaper. They will break through and execute wampas with the assistance of the shadow guards. Once the wampas and the way are clear, sabotage their speeder before leaving their hangar, and destroy them if necessary. However, the Storm Squadron will be exploiting this terrain to target their orbital ion cannon manoeuvre at low altitude. After taking down the gun, they will instantly join Blizzard Force and the remaining Harbinger warriors, initiating their siege of the codename Echo Base by providing air support. I will be in Renaissance II, commanding the fleet and the operation from there and ensuring the blockade defenses. That is all good luck, Missed."

As the briefing concluded, all of the troops were organized onto their shuttles, while the Chosen Harbinger Troopers and Shadow Guards boarded their TIE reapers. The Task Force's TIE reaper departed the Executor and made its way to Hoth's surface after receiving the order to commence the operation. To make sure that there was no possibility of a rebel passing through us unharmed, the Darth Vader Death Squadron fleet moved to the designated position of the blockade that Captain Kodo had given them.

The Blizzard Force and Harbinger Battalion were waiting on the ground for the Task Force to give the all-clear to launch their assault, which included demolishing their shield generator and the Ion cannon simultaneously. They have time to get ready for their AT-AT, siege weaponry, and equipment because the weather provides them with the benefit of hiding their tracks and position.

The AT-AT disables the shield generator as the Task Force moves into position, warning the rebels to take cover in defensive positions in case of an attack or even a wampa swarm. Every speeder had explosive charges installed in it, ready to demolish it at the first shot or signal from one of the sides. The Storm Squadron, moving beneath the frozen terrain, was getting closer to the Ion cannon as the Task Force prepared to ambush the gullible rebel pilot attempting to board their speeders.

The Storm squadrons are getting closer to their target, the AT-AT are getting ready to fire on the rebels, and the Imperial Troopers are getting ready to fight. With everyone's finger on the trigger, waiting for the initial contact, stress is building on both sides as they wonder what might be out there in the dense snow.

The task force managed to escape the caves and get to a high ground in a sniper position to help the main force as the TIE Fighters approached the target. The explosion caused by the destruction of the Ion cannon signals the start of the combat as the main force advances to meet the rebels. The AT-AT fired the first shot.

The rebels returned fire, and as the pilots boarded the speeder, the Task Force ignited the explosives, destroying the speeders and sparking chaos in the hangar. The explosion favored us because it forced the rebels to flee and defend themselves, as they had no opportunity of counterattacking. In their desperation, the rebels fire everything they have at us, but they are being attacked by a two-frontal assault, with the main force directing their main attention and the task force picking the rebels off one by one from their cover, causing confusion about where the enemy is due to the intense snow.

As a last resort, the rebels launched a small squad of speeders that were not in the hangar but were docked at the base, along with a small squad of X-Wings, which were intercepted by Storm Squadron and picked out one by one. Only two of the five speeders that emerged from the hangar were damaged, but they were able to destroy one of the AT-ATs. Regardless, the battle is still in our advantage, and we will defeat this rebel alliance once and for all.

With the rebels driven into their base after their defenses were damaged, we are now under orders from the Captain to capture their rebel officers, including Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo the Smuggler if possible. Now, with Lord Vader with us, who has recently landed after we destroyed their first line of defense, he stands in front of the closed base, which we found difficult to destroy with the AT-AT because it was designed to withstand a variety of explosives, but nothing could stop the power of Lord Vader. With only his palm extended forward in front of the base, the door immediately opened and was directed towards the rebels, who were supposed to slow us down so that the rebel officer could escape.

Many of the rebels' last lines of resistance were immediately dealt with accuracy and expertise without the assistance of Lord Vader, who made quick work of each of them. As the rebels fled, some were gunned down, choked, or even stabbed by the wrath of the Empire. Captain Kodo informed us that the rebels are on their way to exit the system, and we are to kill as many rebel forces as possible, with the remainder dealt with by Storm Squadron, who will intercept them before they leave the surface.

As we were about to head toward the hangar bay where the rebel transport was about to arrive, we noticed the Priority One target the Princess and the Smuggler fleeing in a different direction. As we informed Lord Vader and pursued, we were forced into cover as the Smuggler fired back, and we returned fire, forcing him to retreat. Based on our current location, we are moving towards the hangar of the crashed speeder, and as we approached the hangar, we spotted the Millennium falcon. As the smuggler and the princess fled into the freighter, the platoon entered the hangar and opened fire on the freigter and the wookie, who was giving the smuggler time to start the ship. With pinpoint accuracy, we were able to injure the wookie directly in the arm, forcing it into the freighter. As I told command that the Millennium Falcon was on Hoth and had escaped the hangar, heading for the atmosphere, the Captain instructed me to return to the ship and prepare for the debrief because we had done all possible.

Because the Storm Squadron has destroyed all rebel transports attempting to flee, their only goal is the Millennium Falcon, which has previously evaded us, but must now navigate an armada of Defiants. As the freighter engages the squadron and manages to maneuver around it, avoiding its fire, they are now in the firing range of the defiant, on which the armada fires, severely damaging the freighter, but it manages to flee to a nearby asteroid field to avoid the armada, but not before severely damaging its hull. The Defiants were now unable to pursue due to the asteroid field, which limited their capacity to move as a group; so, we must rely on the swarm of fighters to engage the damaged Freighter.

As expected, the fighters were unable to engage the freighter due to the asteroid field, which destroyed the most of them but not Storm Squadron, which is still pursuing. However, when the freighter passed through a small opening in the asteroid field, the squadron lost them and was instructed to return to the Renaissance II for debriefing and resupply.

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