I did some weathering to the LAAT. I didn't do a fantastic job, I've been laid up sick this whole weekend. I did create a little back story of how the Alliance was able to obtain a few of their LAATs. Keep in mind I've been feverish, but I've been watching a lot of ww2 in color and Star Wars Rebels.
The Low Altitude Assault Transport or LAAT, was officially decommissioned by the Empire in 7 BBY. The remaining fleet was sold to the Kuat driveyards to be stripped down, and recycled to fill the Empires order of the new All Terrain Scout Transport platform.
Alliance intelligence gathered that a large shipment of LAATs were being sent to a recycling facility on a remote middle rim planet called Varro. Although Varro had no Imperial presence the transport carrying the LAAT shipment was escorted by two Imperial Star Destroyers. The Alliance determined the best time to steal the transport was while it was landing and the escorts were still in orbit.
Selected to carry out this mission was an elite group of Pathfinder commandos lead by then Col. Crix Madine . While Madine’s commandos were stealing the ship the Bothan Spynet sent the escort destroyers a counterfeit distress signal, requesting their immediate response to a rebel attack on a nearby system. The escorts dispersed and the commandos were able to escape.
The mission was a success. However the Imperial propagandists brushed it off, claiming the rebels had merely stolen a garbage transport. Never the less, it was a great score for the Alliance, as well as a huge boost for morale. The individual resistance cells could now merge into a single army group, and deploy troops during a large scale assault.
