"The death of a princess would motivate the Vor to attack with further vengeance, not recoil," he says carefully. "They are a military caste and this is hardly the first time one of their own has been taken."

Though the first by foreign entities. Regardless, Duv knows the history on Vor and they weren't ones to compromise no matter what was at stake. They would have their Empire's independence or die trying no matter the cost.