I don't understand why people say the subplot was pointless. It was very well needed, in fact poe's reasoning for not doing the escape pod plan actually happened. So the subplot would have worked if rose and finn didn't screw it up and park where they weren't supposed to. They would have succesfully disabled the tractor and everyone, including the vice admiral, would have lived. The vice admiral would not have listened to poe and poe would not have listened to the vice admiral, but if they did come together and get serious people to go after the code breaker it would have worked. The whole point of the subplot is that they were two different plans both pulled off half assed because the crew didn't trust each other without leia. ---