Thirty five years after the UEF (united Earth Federation) collapsed and the world fell into chaos, local militias grew in number as a power grab for land and resources became the norm. Slave labor was once again introduced through violence in order to maintain militia strength and workers to gather resources. A group of young men escape after being captured to serve in a militia run by “The Commander”. They brave the winter solstice in order to escape the prison/labor camp. When The Commander learns of the escape, he gathers his specialized units of soldiers and tracks them down through the snowy woods. They catch up to the escapees and surround them as they try to flee out of the badlands. The Commander underestimates the will of the escapees in their pursuit of freedom from their enslavers. The Commander quickly realizes that they had received help and will not surrender despite being overwhelmingly outnumbered.