Jason spoke up, "Arthur, your point is excellent, but... you've overlooked one thing. We've been here for a month, and our light signals have been radiating outward for exactly that long!
Although we theoretically have an information advantage right now, the moment the enemy drops out of faster-than-light travel, this advantage could instantly turn into a fatal disadvantage!"
"Because of this one-month delay, it won't be a mutual discovery. They will see us first!"
Jason provided a concrete example: "Let's assume the enemy drops out of warp exactly 0.1 light-years away from us right now. What would their sensors observe? They would see Planet Dige as it was 0.1 years ago, correct?"
"Yes! Wait, you mean..." Arthur Lambert's mind raced, and all the color drained from his face as he realized the massive flaw in his reasoning.
