“Of the remaining population, which totals just fewer than two million Minith, fifty percent reside here on Waa. The remaining fifty percent are spread across the thirteen other planets in the Empire.”Ghin calmly delivered the report Truk had commissioned days before. The numbers were staggering. Truk almost regretted that the home planet had been destroyed. Almost. “Militarily, we lost a great deal. More than eighty percent of all Minith military forces were stationed on Minith, including the upper echelons of the War Council. “Of the remaining forces, which total roughly five hundred thousand soldiers, twenty percent reside here on Waa. The rest are posted to the outer worlds. “The remaining forces represent experienced soldiers who—” “Enough!” Truk interrupted the flow of data with a word and a raised hand. He had heard enough. “What you’re saying is that we can still hold what is ours, but we cannot expand to other worlds. We can still produce the goods we need; we just cannot get those goods delivered.
