>>And the EA's planners may well have decided to attack now specificly
>>because of the wedding. After all, they could be sure that many of
>>the IPO's top personel (and the EA's biggest pains in the ass) would
>>be far from Tau Ceti now, with their attention firmly focused on B6.
>
>which makes it actually the worst timing possible.

Heh. Hell, the only reason the idiots in the EA have survived as long as they have in power is because of the handfull of Mysterions who have infiltrated the high command, as seen in Infamy... If you asked me, though you didnt, I'd say this is also the inevitable result of the Psi Corp's hidden agenda of Humanus Psionis superioria.