This story spawned from a rather silly realization of mine: we never get to see armored warfare in Star Wars, or at least not in depth. We got a very brief taste of it in the Empire Strikes Back during the Battle of Hoth, but that was so one sided as to be silly. The Alliance didn't have a single piece of armor in the entire battle while the Empire had overwhelming numbers of armor with supporting troops. We got to see it again in Return of the Jedi, but again the Alliance did not have any armor of their own (unless you count the hijacking of a certain scout walker by everyone's favorite hairball). The prequel trilogy has tons of armor being thrown around (in fact the amount of armor you see on screen is actually rather ludicrous compared to the lack in the original trilogy). However you don't ever get to see armor on armor battles (I'm thinking along the lines of the Battle of Kursk [if you don't know what that is, shame on you, go look it up]) and even when you do see it in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, it's shown so briefly that you'd hardly notice it. And so, me being a Star Wars enthusiast and wanting some Alliance battle tanks slugging it out with Imperial walkers decided to create my own scenario and this farce is the end result. Now I will not say that the setting I have chosen makes any sense, because I know that canonically it is a stretch at best. A base this large right after Yavin and before Hoth seems a little far fetched to me too. However I am taking my inspiration from games such as Rebellion, Force Commander, Empire at War, and Galactic Battlegrounds, which while not strictly canon, certainly allow for large Alliance bases to be running around. So here it is, I hope you enjoy it, and if you don't like it…well then shoo, there are other fictions out there.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….
The galaxy is in a state of upheaval, though the Rebel Alliance has struck a blow against the Empire with the destruction of the Death Star their victory is far from certain. After escaping from Yavin IV and Darth Vader's retribution the Alliance High Command has relocated to Echo Base on the ice planet Hoth. Elsewhere support for the Alliance is growing as planets throughout the galaxy begin to believe that the Empire can be defeated. This burgeoning support has allowed the Alliance to expand its operations even as it hides from Darth Vader's searching armada. Fleets, armies, and bases have taken form and the Alliance is growing ever stronger in the shadow of their Imperial adversary. On one such base the Alliance has been striking at the very lifeline of the Empire, raiding convoys with near impunity from a planet long left for dead by the galaxy. Now however the Empire is investigating the reports of piracy in the sector and this band of freedom fighters could soon find themselves at the very tip of the spear….