[JoeGuardsman]

yeah you'd think that there would be a chance for a shield breaker shot at some point or at the very least a shot that didnt have to pass through a pillar. So here is my argument against the callidus. With the assassination the place was completely under the control of zaphan and incoming ships would either be turned away or very tightly watched. The other thing is that maybe it is faster to gather millions of fighting men and weapons than it is to requisition a callidus assassin. They did need to make a move before zaphan took to space with his army and caused a sector wide problem with the complete loss of the stock piles as well.