August 4, 11 BBY, 19:00, Supreme Operations Command, Dawn Star Planet.
"Urgent dispatch from Rendili Planet!" An officer hurried over to the Deputy Chief of Staff and handed him a document.
The Deputy Chief of Staff briefly examined the miniature holographic projection, and his expression changed. He immediately turned and entered Chief of Staff Qi Jian's office. "Chief, urgent dispatch from Rendili Planet!"
After reading the document, Qi Jian immediately pressed a button and convened a military conference remotely. Holographic projections of senior military commanders from every theater appeared before his desk.
"The defending forces on Rendili Planet have received an urgent dispatch from General Trench. The Galactic Empire may not be launching its attack through hyperspace routes!" Qi Jian said gravely.
"Not through hyperspace routes? Then how? With sublight engines?" Carls-Walton frowned.
"They may have first traveled by hyperspace to somewhere near the Rendili system, then continued with sublight engines," Minister of Defense Cheng Shitao said. "But that doesn't add up either. As long as they used hyperspace travel, they would definitely be detected by our hyperspace outposts."
"Warp travel. That is the only possibility." Ling Liang was certain. "The Galactic Empire has fought the Geth for so many years. It would not be surprising if they recovered fragments of warp-travel technology from Geth warships that raided the Empire's rear areas. Besides, given the Galactic Empire's current technological reserves, developing warp travel would not be difficult."
"The Geth have tied down a quarter of the Imperial fleet for us, but the Empire has been learning from the Geth at the same time..." Qi Jian frowned.
"Then the question is, how do we detect the Galactic Empire fleet's exact location? Is there any way to counter it?" Ling Liang asked.
Cheng Shitao shook his head. "Warp travel cannot be effectively