While the Battle of Cait raged on, the Kzinti sent a small fleet to destroy Starbase J-23, commonly known as The Glaive, the centre of operations of all Western military campaigns. The outrageous attack was brilliantly executed and The Glaive suffered heavy damages. Although Starfleet managed to win the battle, it was another Phyrric victory, further contributing to the major losses of the early stage of the Federation-Kzinti War...
Surak too. It takes a lot of badassery to tell an entire planet of people more ferocious than drunken Klingons to stop wars before you self-destruct...