I think not.

> > > > He's really trying to polarise people to be for him or against him, forcing confrontation now to avoid covert opposition later. > > > That could be worse if it causes a war or something. Many people may die, and he would take the blame for causing it. Such is the life of a political leader. > > Right now, when he's surfing on the whole "liberator of Caph" thing, would be the time to address any issues requiring direct action. The attack on himself and Ohanna gives Vaahir the excuse to do what Vaahir does best. > He needs a good negotiator. As if Visionary doesn't have enough to do.

From here on in, Caph really needs to deal with their internal development issues themselves.

> And that kind of violence might hurt their chances of a trade agreement with the Trade Alliance. They usually don't trade with unstable regimes prone to overthrow.

Caph's not really in need of a trade deal yet. They have internal issues to manage. They have an agrarian economy that has allowed them to remain self-sufficient right up to them making interstellar combat less than a couple of hundred years ago. In fact Kiivan might be justified in slowing down his planet's exports and imports for a while and concentrating on home affairs.

> > By anybody's standards Kiivan has potential. > But the question is how would he take that compliment? And would he accept more training from her?

I think for now Kiivan's trained. He needs skills in areas other than combat next.