Aleho awoke with a start as the hazy fog that surrounded her memories slowly began to lift. Her body ached as she tried to remember what happened and why she was lying in an escape pod? The last thing she remembered was the war. Her last memory was an explosion as the starship she'd been on got crippled.
'I remember something about a planet? Someone must have put me in an escape pod and jettisoned me. The planet's gravity must have caught my pod and put me down here.'
The young woman thought as she took stock of her inventory.
Wrist comlink; check.
Lightsaber; check.
Rifle; check.
Blaster; check.
Utility belt; check.
Datapad; check.
"Great. At least I'll be able to defend myself."
Aleho said as she moved to the hatch and performed an atmospheric check. The planet met all the parameters for live sustainability, meaning she could breathe the air unassisted. With a flick of a button, the hatch hissed as it opened up to reveal sand, sun and sea.
The Togruta blinked due to the bright light of the two suns overhead as she got out of the escape pod and began to take stock of her surroundings. The long-term goal would be survival. Luckily for Aleho, she had been taught basic survival methods, primarily due to her sadistic master, who dumped put in the wilderness as part of her training.
"Well, it is not a lava planet or jungle world."
Sometime later.
It was late evening as Aleho prompted herself against a palm tree and threw another branch onto the small fire she made. The campfire consumed the remains of the fish she had cooked and eaten as she cracked open another coconut to drink the sweet nectar. The datapad beside her was blinking the record function as she began to talk.
"Log update. It has been thirty-seven hours since I landed on this lovely island, and I have to say it's rather pleasant compared to some of the locations my master left me during my youth, for the short term at least. It only took me a few hours to map. The shallow shoreline has plenty of schools of fish, and I have noticed large aquatic life further out, not that I'm going to attempt swimming out that far. The island itself is rather small. Plenty of trees for shade produce two types of fruit; one being a yellow fruit you need to peel, and the other hard-shelled, which contains liquid inside. Sadly, there seem to be no fresh water springs or sources. Wildlife consists of birds which must fly from somewhere, not that I can tell as the horizon shows nothing but the ocean."
She paused for a moment to sip at the liquid.
"My lightsaber has come in useful, although using it to cut a tree down was likely not what most people would use it for, but hey, use the tools you have at least. My rifle ammo is limited, and my blaster power cell is down three-quarters. So best not to use those unless I need to defend myself. So far, I've limited myself to basic tools I've created to fish or use the Force. As for getting rescued from the impromptu vacation, I've set up a standard Brotherhood encrypted distress signal via my wrist comlink, using the escape pods communication array to boost the signal. Honestly. Not much I can do but wait."
Aleho ended the log entry and settled against the tree. It was time to get some sleep. A few hours passed peacefully until thunder and lighting overhead woke her up. Her lightsaber hummed as she shot to her feet in a defensive stance. The crimson blade was the only light source. Lighting arced across the sky as the temperature dropped. Then, it began to rain, a torrential downpour as the heavens opened up.
"COME ON!!! YOU GOT TO BE KRIFFING KIDDING ME!!! ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS JUST ONE LOUSY NIGHT WITHOUT IT HAVING TO RAIN!!! WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE TIME?!? GODS DAMN IT!!!"
The two suns were peaking over the horizon as the shuttle landed not far from where the soaked Aleho was standing. As the platform descended, she looked like a drowned rat, and the young Sith walked up. It had rained throughout the entire night, and with little to no cover, all Aleho could do was hunker down and tolerate the conditions. She shivered and accepted the blanket which she wrapped around herself. Her little campfire got snuffed out when it started to rain. So it had been a cold, wet and miserable night, but at least she had survived, which was something.
"Are you alright, ma'am? Do you need any medical attention?"
The medic asked her as Aleho sat down while he looked her over.
"No, I was rather lucky, all things considering—just a couple of scrapes and bruises. I was able to treat the scrapes the best I could. My first aid is mediocre at best, but I know enough about bushcraft to know how best to treat my wounds. Well, enough to keep them from getting infected, at least."
The medic began to treat her regardless as the shuttle lifted off the island. All in all, the Sith woman had survived the experience. What more could she ask.
'Well, perhaps a spa treatment and someone to warm me during the night, along with a little... nighttime activities.'
A sly smile formed across her lips at that thought. Honestly, the experience had been mundane. Compared to past survival situations she had to endure in the past, this had been pretty pleasant, apart from the very wet night. She could have avoided or tried to prepare in advance if she had known about it. Sadly, weather forecasting was not one of her Force powers. She wondered if that was something that she could predict?
'Well, I've achieved the main goal of a survival situation. I survived. Now to focus on the future.'
The End