Then use of Corran Andran was cheating as well! He seemed to be more succesful in political obstruction than Galahad. He almost made me lose the political subplot. Esgabath looks forward to settling score with him in next Episodes.
So don`t tell me it is unfair that Empire can have a powerful NPC on their side as well.
Not to mention that Vader was close to killing Esgabath once.
Besides, without Vader there would be no problems with aircover for Army.
But he can have 17 in skill like savoir-faire, law or persuade..... and he is just an extremally intelligent person.
What is worse- lose to someone with higher Pilot skil, or let your enemy outsmart you?
And Vader isn`t the main point here- I am sure Rebels are not supposed to engage the forces of entire Taskforce and win. If you hoped to eliminate all our Ties, you were operating under misconception, especially that we really have more than three squadrons.