The Crystal Mines of Hok | The Crimson War Part 7

Planet Hok, commonly called the “two faced” planet was located in M9, because of the planet’s intriguing core and the everlasting mining of it’s precious crystals used to fuel the engines of galactic dreadnoughts, led to the planet’s complete paralysis which resulted in it’s stopped rotation. This has led to the planet being divided into two parts, one in complete darkness as faced away from the system’s sun, while the other was always exposed. One side in complete darkness while the other in constant sunlight. Once a lush world full of vegetation one side has become a desert with the constant heat from the son. The other side in complete darkness full of the precious crystal mines that every faction in the galaxy was after. One of these factions was of course the Crimson Empire. 

The Empress began her invasion on the sunny side, conquering every town and spaceport with no one to oppose her. Moff Ashlon was tasked with securing crystal mines, where mining for the crystals would be relaunched for every imperial star destroyer to have an infinite supply of engine fuel. The crystals being so valuable has also attracted the attention of the pirates. As multiple raids have occurred on the mines resulting in pirates constant flow of imperial hostages which were unfortunate enough to have been operating at the mines. Ashlon and his forces have successfully secured the last mine. It was left abandoned, with the heavy machinery of the mining guild and the mine carts still filled with crystals. Ashlon contacts the Empress, reporting his success on this mission once again, while his forces are examining the crystals and the abandoned drilling machinery left on this planet after the Galactic Civil War.

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