[Parson]

I'm back, busy weekend you know. But I believe you've hit it Vertigo. The piece I couldn't put together was why the ships couldn't slip away under stealth. But I believe that it was likely that the ships couldn't hyper out without leaving a trace, which the battle would confuse to the point that without a very careful analysis the Gbaba would believe that there had been no breakout to another spot for colonization.

Thanks Vertigo and Timba too.