Setting
“There isn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser.” - Han Solo.
Frostpoint is a Republic Outpost at the pioneering edge of the Republic’s territories strategically located by the most remote and hostile starship graveyard on Hoth. It merges the core of the pioneering Western with the bitter closed in feeling of the Cold War drama. It is a setting where everyone knows each other, and new faces do not pass through unnoticed.
It is in part a military base, with the small trooper contingent who report to the Base Commander, Babs Betany. However as well as the military operations it is home to smugglers, salvage crews and bounty hunters passing through who are there to trade with the Republic, a small Jedi presence, and civilian staff.
It relies on supplies from off world to sustain itself and at times may face shortages and peril if these supply lines are threatened. There is a running joke among the troopers that the most popular person on the base is the one who looks like they would be good eating. The other joke on base is that there are only two seasons on Hoth. The cold season and the bitter one, and they both last all year round.
Despite the bleak environment, the people of Frostpoint look after each other. The only way to survive on a planet where even the weather wants you dead is to be able to trust the people living beside you.
Timeline
The sim begins in the year 13 ATC (3640 BBY). This is 3540 standard galactic years before the battle of Yavin, also known as the battle of the Death Star (0BBY), which starts the events of the original first 3 films. For those familiar with SWTOR this is the beginning of the timeline for the Old Republic.
Prior to the events of the sim, Hoth had been the staging ground for a battle in which the Empire saw a transient victory. This battle left the planet as a ship graveyard. In the wake of the Treaty of Coruscant, both Republic and Empire have returned to reclaim what's left of their war machines, and Hoth has become a point of considerable contention. Despite this the planet's remote location, skirmishes have broken out often, and now both superpowers have become entrenched—committed to fighting for Hoth until the cold, bitter end.