Re: Fighters against Death Star

>>1) The Death Star was not destroyed by "three squadrons of small 
>>fighters". The original Death Star was destroyed by ONE fighter - 
>>specifically, one fighter piloted by an Ace, who used a scenario 
>>house rule allowing him to fire a Needle-style shot to take out the 
>>Death Star's power core... and who was lucky enough to roll a "6" to 
>>hit with that shot.
>
>But it took all of those squadrons to get in there and fight other 
>fighters while one took a run at the thermal exhaust port. Presumably 
>the fire that the various fighters were directing at turbo laser 
>towers also helped the

My impression was that there were a heck of a lot more fighters
going against the Death Star then 3 squadrons.	We only saw
close up action of 3 squadrons.