The grand inquisitor was not aware that at that time all the mining systems had been destroyed; according to the records the Nightmare ships would still take a week to arrive, after all the months of inaction on the part of General Ephirion he did not want to make mistakes now that He had relieved him of command.
The grand inquisitor had no doubt that the general had hidden a part of his forces; he was not aware of the true disproportion between those he had left him and those he had taken, but he did not care, he had enough forces to execute his plans.
He had also been working all those months; not only did he have the spawn factories, but the church was a military force in itself. By being able to analyze all the reports from a distance, he had been able to calmly correct the errors. While Ephirion had opted for massive numbers and ships like the larger Nightmares, with greater firepower, the Grand Inquisitor's idea of conquest was mobility and infiltration.
