Or this is diverting us from whatever their numbers are really focused on.

[He'd much rather be wrong, but the lack of force here assures not even token resistance, from what they've seen so far. Why would they set up such a flimsy scheme, knowing what they do of ALASTAIR's squads in terms of size and firepower?

It doesn't add up, no matter how he looks at it]

There might well be more of their people here, but we've yet to see much evidence of an organized force.