No, it's all right. The First Siege is a historic event of great import, at least in our corner of the sector.
[Felicia sits back a little and looks PM in the eye, her voice steady]
Eighty years ago or so, my home, Perlia, was attacked by a great horde of—oh, how to describe the things—horrible beasts. Xenos. Rudimentary intelligence, not that you'd call it that; their only desire is to slaughter everything in front of them. We fought with everything we had, but were nearly overrun in a matter of months.