wow, been a while on this thread. i found it last night and got to reading it. just thought that i would throw this out there. REG focused a lot on using the ICS as a valid source. truth is, it isnt. the book itself relied almost exclusively on EU material and on flawed calculations. in fact, it was completed and went into the publishing phase months before the movie it was named for was even done filming. curtis saxton used a flawed BDZ scenario to calculate his turbolaser yields. the original EU definition for Base Delta Zero was to destroy all population, production centers, medical centers, natural resources, and any possible military facilities. this was completed with a fleet of 3 cap ships, an unknown number of smaller support vessels and all of their fighter/bomber compliments and was finished with on the ground storm trooper mop up. ( according to the imperial source book 1989 ) it should also be noted that BDZ was not true canon, but EU until SW Rebels, where it was mentioned and defined as wiping out the entire population only. saxton is the one who changed that definition to mean ONE ISD in under an hour. (source: AOTC ICS) so in effect, his turbolaser yields in AOTC ICS is based on non canon information and a made up definition of said non canon information at that. that alone debunks those firepower claims.