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The Alliance to Restore the Republic, also known as the Alliance to Restore Freedom to the Galaxy, the Rebel Alliance , the Rebel-Confederacy or simply Alliance and, informally, as the Rebellion, was a loose alliance of planetary, that formed from the Confederacy of Independent Systems, and sector-level insurrectionist factions. Members of the Rebellion were known as "Rebels," "Rebs," or "Rebel Scum" by stormtroopers and other Imperials. They were generally united in common cause, against a common enemy in the form of the Galactic Empire. In order to achieve their primary goal in restoring the former Galactic Republic , the Alliance aimed to remove Emperor Palpatine from power, and his hegemonic New Order from the galaxy. They formed from the former movement that tried to destroy the Republic and rebuild it, the Confederacy of Independent Systems and some of the previous Separatist Droid Army to attack the villainous Empire.
Rebel Army[]
While the bulk of the ground forces operated by the Rebellion consisted of various Rebel cells and Sector Forces, Alliance Command did maintain a small but powerful ground force. The Rebel SpecForce operated ten ground combat divisions and was a prominent part of the Alliance Army; its duties included protecting the High Command from assault, as took place on Hoth. While smaller than the Imperial Army, the Alliance Army often used hit-and-run tactics to infuriate Imperial officers. On very few occasions the Rebels used B1 Battle Droids, Droidekas, and IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tanks For uses.
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Rebel One, a modified Providence-class carrier/destroyer used by the Rebel Alliance in 0 BBY after the destruction of the Death Star I.
The majority of the strength of the Alliance Forces was concentrated in the Rebel fleet. While only consisting of a small fraction of the ships available to the Imperial Navy, the Rebel fleet was the most powerful single military unit available to the Alliance High Command. Due to the scarcity of funds for the Rebellion, most warships employed in the Rebel fleet were either captured or donated by friendly/allied individuals and worlds, the vessels that were openly bought were usually cheap and/or outdated such as the GR-75 medium transport. The fleet was under the direct command of Admiral Gial Ackbar, the Supreme Commander of Rebel space forces. They sometimes used some Confederate Navy ships to aid them such as Lucrehulk-class battleships and Providence-class carrier/destroyers.