Unit two-two-eight-seven of the Blizzard Force, operating as part of the Galactic Empire's Blizzard Force, was stationed on the Outer Rim world of Hoth during 3 ABY. Governor Everi Chalis, an Imperial defector, managed to obtain the unit's identification. Using this stolen identity, and pretending to have commandeered a captured rebel [shuttle](/article/shuttle], she successfully evaded the Imperial blockade that had been set up around the planet soon after the Battle of Hoth ended.
The first reference to Blizzard Force unit two-two-eight-seven appeared in Battlefront: Twilight Company, a novel from 2015 authored by Alexander Freed.