Graham kennedy post

[Eleas]

IIRC they where Interceptors. (paraphrase)"They were easy to pick out on sensors, they were the fastest moving objects."

That's right, I remember. Sorry. But IMHO that didn't significantly matter as much as the fact that they were simply representatives of far more effective war technology.

[Iceberg]

Well... TIEs do suck in atmosphere. Gotta give him that.

The fact that Ties can fly straight into an atmosphere at full throttle (in one of the Steele comics) without taking damage would suggest that they're pretty tough (although whether tough enough to withstand an AIM-120 is debatable). Either way, they can outrun it (the missile and the fighter), and strafe the -18 on a return pass, reducing it to scrap metal.

The fact that the solar panels shear off if they try to break in atmosphere would suggest that they're not that tough and would have a hard time even making another pass. If he was head to head with the fighter, it'd be even worse; he's moving towards the missile, breaking to avoid it will destroy the TIE, and the high speed is actually hurting him if he's not heading away from the missile.

*shrug* Boom and zoom beats turn and burn any day.