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##Begin Log## Captain’s Log, entry #076 Stardate: Running ragged Don't have much down-time right now, but speeder's on autopilot so I might as well update the log. Wasn't far from Aurek to the power relay. Honestly couldn't tell you why Laskin couldn't spare one or two men to recon the situation, except that he's clearly in over his head. Sure enough, once we got there we found the Talz still holding their position. Seems like they'd properly dug in, although if this exposed power relay is Aurek's jugular it's not going to hold forever. quote:Talz Squad Leader: Our clan holds against Imperial clan but barely. We must talk quickly. Just more evidence things've gone to hell around here – the Talz aren't even in trouble, just out of contact and without leadership. Aurek needs a commanding officer with some actual experience with command. We'd already fixed the sensor grid, so we might as well fix the communications network too. Once again, it was another abandoned facility in the middle of an empty snow field. The Imp sabotage team had already been and gone. For all I know it could've been the same batch of Chiss we hit at the sensor dish. With the way the Empire has the run of the backfield here on Hoth it's enough to make me wonder if there's even a front line or any forward positions. Isn't this supposed to be a top-tier salvage op? quote:Private Falk: Lieutenant, we're receiving messages on all channels. Cresh outpost is reporting now. Ortolan. Three feet tall, can't speak a lick of Basic between them but they understand you well enough. And definitely not the kind of people who can stand up to an Imperial attack on their own. quote:Supervisor Aldogh: They're killing anyone who doesn't surrender! You've got to send help! We – no, he's coming! Of course he doesn't. Nothing else makes sense in this outfit, why would he have sensors keeping an eye on a major power station? quote:Lieutenant Laskin: Their facility at Crescent Canyon has the best cold-weather technology on Hoth. Technology that's now in Imperial hands. We took off for Crescent Canyon, which sure enough wasn't too far from the comm hub. Good thing, too, because the situation turned out to be pretty desperate. We found the site being recced by some scouts from Aurek. Seems Laskin had thought of that, at least, but even from a distance you could tell the Imps had the whole facility locked down. It'd take more men for a conventional assault. Thankfully, unconventional is my specialty. The Imps were really setting up shop. This wasn't a sabotage raid like the sensors or the comms, they wanted the power station for themselves. That meant a whole lot more resistance, not to mention these creepy holo-terminals of their commanding officer repeating Imperial slogans on loop. It also meant a bad time for any Ortolans the Imps had caught. I didn't find one alive until reaching the holdout room at the back of the facility. Recommended for trouble brewing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHOlBjFlilk quote:Quinine: Don't be afraid. I'm not with the Empire. I came to help you. Creepy bastard. You can ask the Ortolan bodies in the cages next to him how their “reward” worked out. quote:Supervisor Aldogh: It's too late. You can't rescue me now, anyway. Can't say I blame him. Civilians aren't made to hold up to interrogation, much less what the Empire'll do to you if they feel like it. I can definitely blame whoever thought building Aurek base over a giant bomb was a good idea, though. quote:Quinine: When did you tell him this? Maybe we can still stop him if we hurry. Aldogh's just in shock from how the Imps treated him and his people. The best thing for him was getting him working on something useful instead of wallowing in self-pity. quote:Supervisor Aldogh: You really think so? Aldogh waddled off to do what he can, but I'm not really banking on him being able to help with this one. Just so long as he looks after his people and gets them out of harm's way, I think we can overlook the “cracking under Imperial interrogators” thing. Next up was warning Captain Competence his base was about to explode out from under him. quote:Lieutenant Laskin: What? Are you serious? It's worse than it sounds. Even if Laskin cleared Aurek before the base blows, that's the Republic's only secure spaceport on the planet, and it's not like there's a lot of good spots to put down another in this frozen hellscape. If Aurek goes, every Republic unit on the planet goes with it – including me and mine. We're still two klicks out of the entrance to the mines. I've got my eye on the horizon, waiting to see a gas explosion at any moment. Wish me luck, 'cause I'm gonna need it. ##End Log##
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