high ground advantage theme
Combatants have a military advantage by being at a greater elevation than their opponent. Typically the elevated side gain visibility and can use gravity to their advantage.
Examples
Captain Kirk was climbing a mountain in tos1x19 "Arena". Why was he climbing a mountain? To gain a high ground advantage over a Gorn captain against whom he was pitted in a fight to the death.
3 total · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) | minor | Obi-Wan Kenobi famously taunted Anakin Skywalker from the bank of a river of lava: "It's over, Anakin. I have the high ground." |
| tos1x19 | minor | Captain Kirk climbed a mountain (a pile of rocks anyway) in order to gain ground on the Gorn he was fighting. |
| tos2x03 | minor | Kirk and the landing party strategically fortified themselves in a mountain. |