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Actually according to the book "Death Star" by Michael Reaves, the project manager actually caught the exhaust port vulnerability during construction and made a
by hdctambien 16y ago
Actually according to the book "Death Star" by Michael Reaves, the project manager actually caught the exhaust port vulnerability during construction and made a verbal agreement with the foreman to fix the problem.
Unfortunately the project manager got distracted by other matters soon after and the foreman fell sick and the replacement foreman didn't know about the changes to the plans so he went ahead and built the port to spec.
When the project manager found out, it was too late and the construction was still behind schedule so she just left it.
This all happened AFTER the plans for the death star were leaked, too. So if the vulnerability had been fixed, the rebels would have gone ahead with their plan as normal and even Luke wouldn't have been able to hit that womprat.
- jonnathanson 16y agoWell, we knew there was high turnover with the staff on that thing. Vader's people-management methods were pretty extreme and capricious, to say the least. It's abundantly clear that ruling through terror didn't exactly bring out the best in his workforce.
- thwarted 16y agoDon't forget that the majority of the people who worked on the Death Star were contractors.
- jonnathanson 16y agoMost likely without decent health insurance, because who in their right mind would insure those guys? Talk about occupational hazards.