Death Mountain

Death Mountain was the name assigned by fighters on to the mountain that was over the rebel base known as Camp Lexington. While the height had often been used by rebel scouts to spot forces, it was never given a name until , when the supersoldiers of were sent to put down the rebels on the colony, including those at Camp Lexington. As the attack begun and explosive charges began to bring the underground base down, those rebel soldiers and civilians that could escaped to the surface, and many began trying to forge their way up the mountain, hoping they would be safe in the various caves and hiding places, either natural or carved out by rebel scouts.
However, no safety was found. Having abandoned most of their heavy weaponry and equipment in order to facilitate making their way up the height, the rebels were easy targets for the supersoldiers, who cut them down from above, with both civilian and fighter alike being killed. Almost all either died initially from the hail of fire or died of wounds in the days that followed, with most estimates giving survivorsOne survivor of the retreat was a young Elijah Cavorel, who initially learned the importance of proper camouflage and cover in the aftermath of the massacre. of the attempted retreat. In a stroke of luck, rebel pilot Jonathan Watts was not amongst those attempting to escape up the height. Due to his crew chief Brandon Foster's vain attempts to keep their dropship in the air, they crashed landed in the nearby city of New Lexington, as opposed to the area surrounding Camp Lexington.
Despite the small number of survivors, word spread quickly of what had happened in the area, and rebel sympathizers made their way to the area, and spread their findings on the .This same tactic would be used by Karl Afeld only months later, with equal effectiveness. The height became dubbed 'Death Mountain', and by , the event that occurred there took on a life of its own through legends and stories of restless spirits of dead rebels still wandering the height. Barring stories of spirits or the reverence some had for the site at the base and slightly up the mountain, very few climbers ever attempted the climb all the way up Death Mountain, as it was inherently hazardous due to weak points within the easiest way up, likely from rebel controlled detonations for hiding spots and recon outposts.
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