Bait

"Well, they are still in the neutral zone. But there's nothing they could plausibly be heading for... unless, of course..." - "Sir, I don't like that one bit. If they are headed for our outpost, we can't just sit on our hands here. I mean, it's only this one ship. It's not like we couldn't handle that." - "Yes, yes... we sure could. But they would know that, wouldn't they? So why would they send a single ship in the first place? This does not add up." - "Sir, may I remind you of the incident back in 135? That was a single ship, too." - "Good point. ... Still, if we attack them here, you can bet they will play the victim card. Again. And right now, that might be just enough to tip the scales and bring Khemila to their side..."