[She hadn't considered that possibility, though it does make sense. You wouldn't want important parts of your base to be so easily accessed. Still, hadn't the broadcast earlier suggested they get there to help? How were they to accomplish that if no one could get there?]

Perhaps, but there must be some way to get there if others are trying to defend it supposedly.

[She shakes her head at his suggestion.]

No one has referred to this as a Death Star. What leads you to that conclusion?