: This assumes that Tfear knew that Durandal knew that he was going to arrive.
: Of course we know that Durandal knew but how did he know? Did Tfear drop
: out of FTL 20 hours out from Lh'owon alerting Durandal to his presence. Or
: was Durandal able to track Battle Group Seven while in FTL. Or did Tycho
: pass on this information in his gloating manner.
Or was Durandal listening in on communications from Pfhor forces on the ground? Given that he apparently couldn't access the Lh'owon network until after he dropped the SO and Team BOB into Waterloo Waterpark, odds are good that the garrison had already called for help.
At any rate, he had to know somebody would come looking for Battle Group Three after its sudden disappearance. They had been sent there in the first place to guard against his arrival, however unlikely they thought it to be.
There's also the question of what Durandal did about Acme Station and other possible Pfhor installations in the broader Lh'owon system - did he stop to disable their early warning net in the M2 timeline, as he did in Infinity? For that matter, did the Pfhor scout ship which had "been tailing us for the last several years" exist in M2's timeline?