The 'theft' is only for the initial haul - Donkur's reference to 'crew they don't need' in fact means the initial men they'll leave there to work in exchange for materials, then probably pick up later in a different craft or something.
Think like... if they get 5000 now, then 50-100 every few weeks/a month, something like that. Otherwise, we don't really need concrete numbers, since well, the extent of the damage to the Ether Hawk is fairly vague beyond 'heavily'. As such, we can just figure the ten thousand tonnes of storage space the Quasar has (okay, bit less without external storage) should be enough for the time being. I ended up rolling with your usage of figures since it worked to establish how careful (ironically) the rebels need to be. Several thousands tonnes of material just going poof needs explaining to higher ups.
I've started the thread. Feel free to post whenever you get a chance. Also, here is a map of Tatooine's surface, I'll probably use a lot of geography based on that image
It'll be really minor conflict, if any. Which could probably be defused via negotiations. I'll see if I can't get another person and we'll get this started tomorrow probably. :)
I was considering getting a Jedi or two to go with Arikka so she can scout out Tatooine, looking for an abandoned, out of the way type building which'll give her a chance ot set up operations as a Watchman there. Think it'd be worthwhile bringing her along for that?