The battle station is heavily shielded and carries a firepower greater than half the Starfleet.

Its defenses are designed around a direct large-scale assault.

A small one-man fighter should be able to penetrate the outer defense.

Pardon me for asking, sir, but what good our snub fighter is going to be against that?

Well, the Empire doesn't consider a small one-man fighter to be any threat, or they'd have a tighter defense.

An analysis of the plans provided by Princess Lear has demonstrated a weakness in the battle station.

The approach will not be easy.

You're required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point.

The target area is only 2 meters wide.

It's a small thermal exhaust port right below the main port.

The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit

will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station. Only a precise hit will set up a chain

reaction. The shaft is ray-shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes. That's impossible,

even for a computer. It's not impossible.

I used to bull's-eye wamp rats in my T-16 back home.

They're not much bigger than two meters.

Then man your ships, and may the force be with you. Welcome Masters and Patawans to episode 4.83 of 4 Sith.

With you, it's me, Brian, your host.

And I have two very special guests for the show today.

With me is Michael A. Stackpole.

You've heard him on the show before.

He's the author of the X-Wing saga and the I-Jedai book, among other things.

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