Borca, the Bolitic Emperor, has survived 3 separate assassination attempts in the mere hours since the double defeats of the Bolitic fleet against the Dinos. The attempts were amateurish and the actions of hot-headed fanatics but Borca knows that more serious attempts on his life are being planned. Even if the Bolitic win the war then Borca is likely to be killed but then again in the history of the Bolitic Confederacy only a handful of emperors have died of old age or natural causes.
As the Bolitic fleet has crumbled in the face of determined Dino tactics and TPM weapons then the Bolitic have switched to terror tactics and new weapons on its foothold into the Dino Republic on Pulsin. It seems likely that Borca's strategy now is to try and force the Dinos into talks by making the war too costly for them in terms of men and morale. An "honourable draw" or even some concessions from the Dinos would not be enough for the Bolitic however who have seen their fleet decimated.
The Bolitic's best chance though is for the war to end soon while they still have some strength left. On the edges of their territory such as in the recently conquered Vosun worlds there is unrest, the Bolitic may need whats left of their fleet to keep the confederacy together and then lick their wounds for another day.
The sad fact for the Bolitic is that their fleet is obsolete. Their ships are still powerful but conceptually are a decade out-of-date. The lumbering Bolitic ships have suffered against the smaller, nimble Dino ships like the PT. The Dinos and DDS have been leading the trend in ship design over the last decade for smaller, faster yet more powerful ships and the Bolitic need to follow suit.
Priority number one though has to be to try and keep some kind of fleet together that can be improved one day.
