Star Wars: Blue Quartz/ Chapter 1: First Contact

1 BBY

Carlac, home of the Death Watch

Only one year before the Battle of Yavin, there lay a Rebel base on the snowy planet of Carlac, all covered in snow and ice. Clone trooper captain Carg along with fellow clones Fil and newly recruited Ponds were stationed at the base, scanning for any Death Watch activity. Due to the fact that Pre Visla was dead, Clan Visla was more feisty than ever, even though it has been a great amount of time since their leader had died. Nevertheless, they have been leaderless for some time. Carg was in charge of overseeing operations on the base, ensuring that everything was fit and secure. Ponds' job was to keep their scanners active and check them every half an hour. Fil was in the weapons department just in case Death Watch would like to come and pay them a little visit.

There were some other Rebel troopers there as well, such as Gold Leader, Timin, Major Bosnorth, and Sergeant Leland. Bosnorth was born on the planet so his intellect practically commanded him to stay put, that and of course with Princess Leia's final orders. Timin was orginally stationed on Onderaan when Ponds attacked the base, but was moved to Carlac. There was a strange chill that filled the air and everyone could feel it through their bones, but just ignored it. Carg walked over to Fil, "What's the weapons report, Commander?" Carg asked.

"All is up and running, Carg," Fil responded in an ambitious tone. Carg nodded and went over to the barracks section of their base. Ponds was laying down in his quarters, contemplating his recent actions to led to certain events.

"What's going on, Ponds?" Carg asked. Ponds got up and went on his feet.

"Nothing much, Captain. Just thinking about what I did last year, again," Ponds responded. Carg patted him on the shoulder and consoled him.

"Devoting your life to those problems you caused won't make them go away. It's unhealthy to do so, make amends, not mental issues," Carg replied. Ponds nodded and went back up to the main control room and checked on those scanners. Nothing regarding the Death Watch. Still snowing like there was no next hour, Carlac remained quiet, aside from the horrific whistling noise that came from the unforgiving wind outdoors. Out of the blue, a sound of deactivation commenced and the whole entire base went black. The clone troopers turned on their night-vision.

"What happened?' Gold Leader cried.

"I don't know but with the power out, we could freeze to death," Fil answered. Carg nodded his head to Major Bosnorth as in go and check out the generators. "Why haven't the damn generators turned on yet?" Fil asked, impatiently.

"I have no idea but keep calm. Ponds, watch those scanners," the ARC trooper captain stated. Bosnorth entered the basement and checked out all five generators. He had yet to have found anything relevant to a scratch or even stain on any of the generators. He went to reach in for his communications device until something pulled him to the ground. Groaning as something slithery went down his neck and making contact with the skin on his chest and stomach, all he could do was wait for it all to be over... but will it?