A secret backdoor meeting between Ambassador Ode Abumwe and the
Conclave's Hafte Sorvalh turns out to be less than secret, as both of
their ships are attacked. It's a surprise to both teams - but it's the
identity of the attacker that is the real surprise, and suggests a
threat to both humanity and The Conclave.
"A Problem of Proportion" is a tale from John Scalzi's The Human
Division, a series of self-contained but interrelated short stories set
in the Old Man's War universe.