And it appeared that the two smaller surviving ships, the Ninka and the Anodyne (the Vigil was destroyed in the battle that came immediately after the First Order coming out of hyperspace to chase the Resistance fleet), ran out of fuel shortly after evacuating, so it was likely never an option for either of them to pull it off. In doing this, it was only a matter of time before each of the Resistance ships ran out of fuel, and their best chances for survival was to transfer survivors to the Raddus (which had the most fuel) from the other ships before they ran out.Īssuming that the kamikaze attack was a move that anyone considered early on, it most certainly wasn't an option until the ship making the maneuver was empty of all survivors (other than the pilot), as it would obviously be fatal for everyone on board. The fact that their evacuation procedures were interrupted, and the fact that they were caught off-guard by the sudden reappearance of the First Order fleet, meant that they were ill-prepared for this situation and that their only viable option at the time was to attempt to outrun them for as long as possible at sub-light speeds. Which is why later, shortly after leaving hyperspace when they realized that the First Order had somehow followed them, they were too low on fuel to risk making another hyperspace jump, a move which would have exhausted their remaining supply at the time. Lieutenant Connix: Forget the munitions, there's no time. There are still 30 pallets of cannon shells in C bunker. Resistance Evacuation Officer: We're not clear yet. The fact that they were in a hurry to finish the evacuation was also hinted at in the film (much more briefly) during the opening scene: Connix gave an order to siphon what they could and be airborne in ten minutes. It's also noted that the ships that came to evacuate the Resistance base on D'Qar were already low on fuel when they arrived, but the process of siphoning out their reservoirs would take too long to be of any use (PZ-4CO said that it would take approximately 90 minutes to fully complete the evacuation procedures). P.25 Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry And maintenance stocks are still being transferred from lower-level stores.įlight Officer Jones: There are still thirty pallets of cannon shells in C bunker. Scuttle procedure for mission-critical computers is incomplete. ![]() PZ-4CO: Approximately thirty percent of the deep fuel reservoir remains to be siphoned. Connix then asks the droid what still needs to be done. In the novelization, Lieutenant Connix is speaking to protocol droid PZ-4CO, who alerts her of the incoming First Order fleet. Let me start by providing some background information: I believe that it's worth noting that, during the evacuation, they were in the process of siphoning their reserve fuel and extracting other supplies for their escape, and implementing other important procedures, but this was all interrupted by the arrival of the First Order fleet. ![]() (Given the length that this answer ended up being, I decided to provide a TL DR version at the end for those who don't have the time for the long version.) ![]() I know that this is an old question, but I looked through the answers and the comments here and I noticed that no one has yet mentioned any relevant information from the novelization (not even those posted since the novelization was published), which I think provides the most sufficient answer to this question and since none of the extant answers have been accepted by the user who asked the question, I thought that I would make a contribution.
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