1657, Suspicion
Bridge of the Galactic Republic Expeditionary Force flagship, the Commander II-class Dreadnought Tagge.
"General, the Separatists have launched counterattacks across seventeen fronts." Adjutant Laslo Dorit walked over and handed a battle report to Major General Cassio Tagge, the overall commander.
"Seventeen fronts?" Cassio Tagge took the personal terminal Dorit had handed him and directly uploaded its data into the holographic tactical map before him, updating the display. He studied the battlefield data with a grave expression.
In reality, the information on such a large-scale holographic tactical map was not updated in real time.
Space combat was easier to manage. Warships served as the basic combat units, and the transmitters installed aboard them updated the flagship command center on their status in real time. Even if a signal transmitter failed, the flagship could still determine a ship's position through its own radar systems.
It simply could not determine that warship's condition through radar alone.
Fighter formations were more complicated. Although fighters also had real-time signal transmitters capable of sending back all kinds of data, including position, speed, status, and even the pilot's heart rate, the battlefield was constantly filled with electronic interference. As a result, data from fighter formations was not always so up to date either.
The Galactic Republic's fighters still could not establish an absolute advantage over the Separatists' Wraith fighters, even after the more powerful V-wing fighter entered service. The main reason was that fighter-mounted radar could not detect the stealthy Wraith fighters. Although warship radar could detect them, the data was often disrupted by the time the Flight Control System transmitted it to friendly fighters, so commands from the Flight Control System were always intermittent.
And when it came to commanding ground operations, the information received by the command center was even less accurate.
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