Battle of Hoth (GSP)

The Battle of Hoth was a large battle between the Republic forces along with the Galactic Marines and the forces of the Sith, led by Darth Cognitum. The battle raged on for six days, being one of the most crucial conflicts during the war that occured after the Grand Sith Purge. The Sith's forces would eventually overcome the Republic, called rebels by the Sith, and the Herglic Sith Lord would take the planet as a Sith military base.

Day One
The battle would begin when Darth Cognitum arrived on Hoth with an army of over 3500 battle droids, 500 Sith Knights, and an array of gunships, canons, and other powerful artillery. But, the Sith Lord had not expected the Galactic Marines and other rebel soldiers to be waiting. The rebels were first to strike, using heavy artillery, snipers, and gunships to take out the Sith's army. It did not long for Darth Cognitum to send out his own piolots and infantry to counter the attack.

The Sith gunships flew around the rebels, taking down countless soldiers before the rebels managed to shoot them down with their canons. The Sith infantry was making it's approach by riding in dense transport tanks, mounted with large blaster canons. A group of about 100 Galactic Marines made their way towords the opposing Sith Knights and droids, while most of the rebels stayed back to use the artillery. The rebel's canons were able to take down about four of the six tanks, but the soldiers only jumped out and charged towords them on foot. The rebel's heavy artillery rained on the Sith armies, making it almost impossible for Cognitum's army to advance. So, the Sith Lord ordered some of his piolots to take out their "big guns".

The Sith piolots sped across the battlefield, to the canons. Te rebels took notice of this and concentrated all of their fire on the four ships. They shot down two ships before one of their canons was hit. It erupted in a firey exposion. The rebels became frantic, trying to shoot down the other two Sith gunships. But the Sith only took out another canon, and another, and another. At this time, a rebel commander, Lance Cantaro, and three other rebel piolots jumped in their starfighters and shot off into the air. They quickly shot down one of the Sith's gunships, sending it hurling into a cliff. But before they were able to shoot down the other, it blew up another rebel canon. The rebel piolots shot down the gunship, where it went spiraling down to the icy plains.

While the rebels were dealing with the Sith gunships, the Sith infantry took advantage of the cease fire. The army of Sith Knights and battle droids had reached the Marines, where deadly blaster fire and brutal hand-to-hand combat took place. The Marines desperatly needed assistanse, but if the canons were to fire, they would destroy both their own men as well as the enemy. So, Cantaro and the other three rebel piolots came to help the Marines.

They rained heavy blaster fire on to the droids and Sith Knights, effectively giving the Marines a chance to make a retreat back towords their base. The piolots continued to attack the Sith army, making it impossible for them to escape. By the time the Marines had made it back, the piolots had nearly decimated the Sith army of 600.

When Cognitum watched this, he became extremely angry. He grabbed one of his best Generals and threw him off the tall cliff they were standing on, killing him. When Cognitum realized what he had done, he became even angrier. He sent another army, this time it consisted of Krath LCS Droids, Sith Knights, and B-1 battle droids. He also sent ten mounted tanks to stand as artillery against them.

When the Marines had returned to the base, it was getting dark and there were several shallow trenches dug in the snow. The Marines began to help dig to deepen them. After a few hours of digging, they had made a steady line of deep, conected trenches. The rebels were very glad that the Sith attacks had stopped and that they were able to make the trenches. But, they did not know that Darth Cognitum's second army was waiting to attack, only a few hundred feet away.

Day Two
Cognitum had been patient and had told hi men not to attack during the night. He said they would make their attack at the first sight of daylight. When the sky started to lighten, Cognitum ordered his men to fire the canons at the trenches. They followed his orders and the powerful canons fired at the trenches and ice and dirt flew into the air.

Almost every rebel woke up the thundering noise and the groung shaking blasts. Another rebel commander named Jason Corith began to bark out orders to move down one of the trenches to escape the attack. But nobody listened. He encouraged people to go, but still, not a single person listened. So, he went that way on his own. When he reached the end of the trench, where he thought he would escape, about three Sith canons fired rapidly. After that, there was no sign of him.

So, Commander Forister yelled at Thes, leader of the Galactic Marines, asking for suggestions. After about ten minutes of non-stop canon fire, Cognitum stopped his men. He knew that his attack would be more effective if he was closer to the enemy. So, he led his men foreward.

Thes and Forister took advantage of this moment and led their men out of the trenches. Many of them mounted the canons and began blasting the approaching threat. At this time, The Sith gunships flew at the canons and began taking them out, similar to what they had done the day before. Thes led about fifty men foreward and told Forister to get the other hundred to safety. Thes and his Marines mounted the canons and were able to take out the four gunships, but twenty-five of his men were killed in the process.

Next, he led the Marines through the trenches, giving them special positions. When the Sith Knights and lightsaber equipped droids made their way to the trenches, they were struck down almost instantly. This went on for several minutes until Thes moved his men out of the trenches. He moved them through a split in the mountain, escaping the Sith attacks. Then, he set men up all over the vast plains as snipers.

While the Marines did this, the other hundred men were led throughout the trenches in an escape attempt. But, Cognitum was able to catch up with them and continue his vicious attacks. He caught the rebels near the end of the trenches and his men began to fire rapidly. The rebels could not get out of the trenches without being shot to death, so they fought as best they could and tried to sustain life in the trenches.

Days Three and Four
The relentless Sith attack had yet to lessen and the rebels were still stuck in the trenches. There only escape was death. So they bravely fought and held on for as long as they could. The Sith Lord grew tired of waiting and sent about twenty men to enter the trenches. As soon as they reached the edge, they were shot by an array of blaster shots.

Thes had made advancements towords the Sith attacks and prepared his men to charge into battle. He had his men set up several mounted guns and set up a few snipers. Although he would not take the chance of getting caught by shooting off the heavy mounted guns, he ordered his snipers to take out any enemy possible.

On the fifth day of the battle, Thes had become tired of waiting and ordered his men to fire off the mounted guns. They took out over thirty droids before being spotted by Cognitum, who sent a large portion of his army to fight the Marines. Thes' men rapidly took fire upon the advancing droids and took out several more.

When his men arrived at the Marines station, Cognitum payed close attention to what was happening. He saw how dozens of his men fell to sniper shots ans surveyed the area for the snipers. He ordered a few of his Sith Knights to aid him in his search. Finally, they spotted one. He was up on a cliff's edge, covered in snow and partially under a rock. They were only able to spot him because of the flash of bullet flying out of his barrel. So, Cognitum ordered a canon to fire at the position. The canon shot off four blasts. Cognitum watched the sniper fall off the edge of the tall plateau.

The Sith Lord then ordered the man on the canon to fire at the Marines. The Sith Knight argued with Cognitum, stating that if he fired at the Marines, he would hit the droids. Darth Cognitum responded to the young man by telling him that sacrifices mut be made and that they were only machines.

So, he shot off several rounds. They watched both droids, and rebels, fall off of the ledge. But, before they were able to fire again, the rebels that were in the trench jumped out and charged towords the Sith army. They shot their blasters and surprised the unsuspecting Sith soldiers. Darth Cognitum spun around and ordered his men to strike back.

The Sith Knights lit their lightsabers and charged towords the rebels. The rebels were able to shoot down dozens of them before they reached each other. When the Sith Knights met the rebels, they began to slice through them with great speed.

After a few short moments of hand-to-hand combat, the Sith Knights had cut down over half of the rebels. The remaining rebels fled from the field in the direction of the trench. Darth Cognitum ordered the destruction of the remaining rebels. But, before these orders were put into action, Thes and the Galactic Marines shot off their canons.

Sith Knights were dropping while the blaster fire came hurling towords them. Darth Cognitum himself had dropped to the ground to protect himself from the blasts. While the Marines did this, the rebels made their escape. The remaining 32 men hopped out the trenches and made a dash to the East. They ran as fast as they could, and Commander Forister was able to contact Janok Kaan on a small holocron projector. He told Kaan of the Sith advancements and that their was little hope of a Republic victory.

The rebels were able to escape to the mountain range about 500 feet away from the trenches. While they became situated, the Marines had to face the Sith alone. Their canon fire lasted for about five minutes until Darth Cognitum used a powerful Force Push to knock down two Marines and a canon. Then, he and his men made the charge. Equiped with blaster rifles and lightsabers, the Sith attacked the Marines.

For hours into the night, the two groups ever stopped fighting. They fired back and forth, never making any advancements or taking any losses. Eventually day came and the missing streak came to an end when Seth used a sniper rifle to take the life of Darth Cognitum's only other Commander.