Alien Extortion. Niseyen Galaxy, #5

The Torroxans' plans to force the Keulfyd to negotiate, the plan long delayed by crises and illness, is finally implemented, however the Keulfyd Commander is disinclined to be nice despite viruses severely impacting his realm while the weaponized viruses he deployed are raging among Okme and Humans, including a group of Niseyen perpetrators sentenced to a prison island who devise a novel way to escape and then find themselves negotiating for a reduced sentence.
Gradually the Keulfyd notice the Okme seem to be up to something while the Torroxans continue to deal with the encompassing organised crime waves. Then the Okme implement their plan and the Keulfyd Supreme Commander finds himself out manoeuvred, beset from all sides, with a totally unpalatable ultimatum and not a shot was fired. He digs all twenty-four toes in and refuses to negotiate.