There could absolutely be no quick, decisive battle! Sefrans Tann understood that perfectly well.
She began to put herself in Thrawn's shoes. By now, the respective strengths and weaknesses between the Galactic Empire and the Kingdom of Dawn were practically laid bare for all to see. Any competent strategist could analyze them, and Thrawn had no reason not to know.
He would certainly have prepared accordingly... Moreover, Sefrans Tann had learned through the Intelligence Department that Thrawn had received reinforcements in the form of an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer. That meant that, against the Archangel Titan warship, Thrawn had at least some ability to fight back.
For the Kingdom of Dawn, the most unfavorable factor was Bilbrin Planet's transportation network!
Because they had never been able to uncover Bilbrin Planet's secret routes, the Kingdom of Dawn fleet could only travel through a few extremely limited-capacity passages. In other words, although Sefrans Tann currently held the advantage in forces, she had no way to deploy them fully. She could only allow Thrawn's fleet to outnumber her in this local theater.
If Thrawn had not acquired an Executor-class Super Star Destroyer, Sefrans Tann could have simply sent the Archangel Titan warship charging in without a care, relying on the Titan warship's invincible combat power to tear open a gap in the Imperial fleet and clear the way for the fleets that followed.
But with an Executor-class Star Destroyer, the situation was completely different.
Although the Executor-class Star Destroyer was no match for an Archangel-class Titan Warship in simulation tests, it was a super warship 19,000 meters long—an entire size larger even than the 13,774-meter Archangel-class. The Executor-class possessed enough firepower to damage an Archangel-class Titan Warship.
Thrawn must have laid an inescapable net around Bilbrin Planet. Moreover, he had already occupied the