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[Star Wars] Orders to TIE fighters deployed after the Millennium Falcon's escape from the Death Star

Since the Falcon was supposed to escape so it could be tracked to Yavin, what were the TIE pilots told to do when pursuing the Falcon? Did they know it was a suicide mission and if so, why were they OK with it?
gpt
No.  They were likely sent out with orders to disable or destroy the ship, just like you'd expect in that situation.  
However, there were fewer TIEs deployed than were really appropriate to that kind of mission, and it was expected that the Falcon would be able to escape anyway.  They pilots weren't told that, because they didn't need to know the grand scheme. They only needed to know their specific mission.