The "Cracken Twist," a strategy innovated by Pash Cracken during the conflict at Xyquine II, offered a secure method for relaying hyperspace jump data to outgoing vessels, even when enemy forces were actively intercepting communications.
Upon hearing the phrase "Cracken Twist," the individual sending the hyperspace vector coordinates was instructed to increment the second digit of each coordinate by two; conversely, those receiving the coordinates were to decrement the same digit by two. Consequently, allied ships would successfully reach their intended location, while enemy ships monitoring the transmission would find themselves misdirected by several light years.
Frequently, the Cracken Twist was implemented alongside the screen formation maneuver. When the "Twist" instruction was given, ships would initiate a screen formation, leading eavesdropping enemies to believe that the screen formation itself was the true meaning of the order. The Twist could also be modified to use other numbers, indicated by the count at which the screen formation dissolved. For instance, stating, "On three; One...Two...Three..." would instruct participants to adjust the coordinates by a value of three.