Enligt Alan Dean Fosters novelleringar kom planerna från skanningar av en rekognosationsflygning som skickades av motståndet när Finnen berättade för basplatsen ( korrigering: han berättade för deras existens och jag tror att platsen kom ifrån extrapolerar Hosnian-systemets attackvektor ).
Påskägg (ish): Flygningen leddes av "Snap" Wexley, som uppmärksamma Star Wars nerds läsare kommer att känna igen som Nora Wexleys rebelliska tonårs son från "Aftermath" annars i stor utsträckning värdelös prekelbok.
In the main conference room of the base on D’Qar, an ongoing strategy session had brought together the leaders of the Resistance. Leia, Poe, C-3PO, Han, and an assortment of senior officers including Statura and Ackbar were assembled around a three-dimensional map of an isolated, frozen planet that up until now had not been worth a hopeful visit from a minor trading ship. Finn was present, too, since it was his information about the world in question that had prompted the gathering.
“The scan data from Captain Snap Wexley’s reconnaissance flight confirms everything Finn has told us,” Poe announced to the group.
Wexley spoke up. “They’ve built a new kind of hyperspace weapon within the planet itself. Something that can fire across interstellar distances in the equivalent of real time.” His expression showed his incredulity. “I’ve had my share of technical training, but I can’t even imagine how that’s possible.”