[ WP ] Tell me the middle of a sci-fi epic . No beginning or introduction to the setting or characters , nor any context to what 's going on , and no resolution of any kind .

The mixture of hot and cold was oddly soothing Jacob thought as he lie face down in the snow with the remains of his escape pod burning behind him. 
 `` We just had to be positioned over an ice planet.'' Jacob lamented as he rolled onto his back to watch the wreckage of the class D planet cracker he had just been aboard break apart and burn into the atmosphere of this barren wasteland of a planet. Jacob sat up and watched his escape pod burn, flames pouring from the engine and the cockpit where he was just sitting. Jacob tried to steady himself enough to stand and took a deep breath as he pushed himself upwards to a standing position. Before he could take another breath he heard a loud groan followed by a booming crack that split the ice under his escape pod remains and his feet. 
 `` Fuck...'' Jacob muttered as the ground beneath him teetered and split. The scientist threw himself away from the collapsing ice and began crawling desperately to get away from the abyss that was forming behind him. 
 After what seemed like miles Jacob reached what felt like solid ground. Still on his hands and knees, he turned around and stared at the gaping hole where his escape pod and him once laid. Out of breath, Jacob collapsed onto his back and stared at the sky. 
 It was eerily quiet, and dark, without the fire from his escape pod crackling near him. The last remains of the ship he came from burned across the sky heading to other parts of the planet he would never see. `` Maybe those are others, maybe I was n't the only one to make it out alive'' Jacob said to no one in particular. With the heat gone he could feel how cold it really was here, his suit's H.U.D. was reading the temperature as -120 degrees but it had to be colder. Jacob knew if he laid here for too long he'd be frozen solid and have no hope of finding his way off this popsicle, but he was so tired.
