Jedi Kit Fisto and Plo Koon take on an assault mission with a squad of tough Republic commandos on the ice planet Khorm, to free the enslaved Khormai people and destroy the Separatists' mountain fortress. But an intense snowstorm, a cowardly Republic captain, and the arrival of feared assassin Asajj Ventress with her elite commandos test the skill of the Jedi and the Republic forces!