DDS listening stations in the Rim Worlds are reporting a great deal of EM activity in ABBO space which is likely to be a large number of ships travelling in a fleet. It is thought likely the ABBOs are sending yet another fleet to reinforce their (still quite powerful) forces at Malau. A sizeable reinforcement would give the ABBOs the ability to properly commit to the invasion of Delta 9 and to attack the DDS fleet again which is still recovering from the last major battle.
Another concern is if the ABBO fleet comes up through the Rim Worlds, it would mean the ABBOs were heading direct for DDS Centre and the DDS would have to weaken their forces at Liberation to strengthen their core worlds defence.
