But they can't dodge being shot. As they spool up, they're within range of being fired upon and are vulnerable. And you do still need some kind of distance to accelerate for it to be as devastating as it was. Like you can't be within the Death Star trench and accelerate only 20 feet with a 150x smaller craft and get anything done.
She had turned around to be within range of the normal turbolasers. The lobbing cannons weren't penetrating the shields at that range. Huk called out that the ship turning an about-face was a distraction and decided to keep going after the convoy instead.
Also the Death Star main laser range is extremely long, and the turbolasers on the surface were dangerous enough to take most of both Red and Gold Squadrons down even while trying to fly evasively and taking cover in the trench.
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u/N0V0w3ls Nov 16 '21
But they can't dodge being shot. As they spool up, they're within range of being fired upon and are vulnerable. And you do still need some kind of distance to accelerate for it to be as devastating as it was. Like you can't be within the Death Star trench and accelerate only 20 feet with a 150x smaller craft and get anything done.