I have full confidence in our missile bases, point defense bases, and Fighter squadrons to defend the Earth until the fleet arrives. In fact, if we are going to end up fighting Charlie... which is still only a possibility, not a certainty... I would much prefer to do it as close to Earth as possible, since without knowledge of his technology level, I am not certain that our Fleet can take him on but I expect to hurt him badly with our ground-based defenses, softening him up for Admiral Arjyla. By pure coincidence, this deployment may work out very well, since the Fleet will be appearing behind him, cutting off his retreat to the jump points.
All Fighters and Bases have been checked for combat load-outs and fire-control assignments. All report "Ready". Launching Fighters and powering-up the Active Targeting Sensors now... let's see what Charlie thinks of that.