The Cassia Affair

Lal sighed as reports filtered in from the Veridian newslinks on a recent skirmish in which the strength of the Ninth Tribe was broken in a sting and the few survivors taken prisoner. Things were certainly not going well, and at this point there was little for the Centauri Governate to leverage. At this point, they would have to simply retire and continue monitoring the situation, and generally simmer down relations with the Veridians, planning to slowly phase out trade agreements, while sending only a skeleton staff back to Veridia Prime to staff the embassy. He had had enough drama for a while and for now was content to sit back and wait for his next political move.