[civ2buf]

Partani Kendia
2408

I am Kisana of the empaths' guild, leader and highest Empath. Though our citizens are very sensitive to others' pain, we have developed ways of stopping the Barbarians, although at great cost.

In the first battle with the Barbarians, our Touch Warriors boarded 8 barbarian vessels, but the Barbarian firepower was too much. 8000 Infantry, including some of the best Elite troops ever, were lost, along with the crews to thirty ships.

The barbarians were heavily crippled after that battle. Now we have a fleet of 33 Touch Warriors, we are only waiting on supply ships. If we can capture the barbarian ships, then we will prepare for a Troop landing on their homeworld.

The troop carriers have not been trained yet, we are running at a heavy deficit with our existing fleet, resources are now the bigger constraint than construction rates.

But the Barbarians are likely to be operating at an even greater deficit than us. Our destroyer Touch Warriors are battling and hopefully capturing Light cruiser and Cruiser sized warships.

If we can capture the Barbarian homeworld, we will stop one of the gravest threats to the peace of the galaxy.