A thought that occurs to me -- when the battle gets going, will Stanley get a telepathic heads-up the way he did
earlier? What's about to happen is a lot bigger than the loss of one spidew squad, after all.
If so, it had better be clear that this plan is showing promising early results by the time Stanley gets to the situation room. (However "relaxing" Wanda's attentions might be, I don't think they'll keep him away from monitoring a major battle.) If not, Stanley might be irritated at having his connection severed, victory or no victory.