Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

<passage>:
there isn't a trap, the Karna can't satisfy Braynek, because he's convinced that there has IN CASE OF FIRE "These two men are honestly doing their best to win at the peace conference, and they've got the Karna reeling. The Karna can see that we're not trying to stall our men are actually working at trying to reach a decision. But what the Karna don't see is that those men, as a team, are unbeatable because, in this situation, they're psychologically incapable of losing." to him. They were typical of the kind twitch or a quirk was shipped to they were atypical. Every man in the of men who were sent to him, he to His Utter Munificence, the "Maybe, but I doubt it. They might Diplomatic Corps who developed a and Braynek have blind spots, but they're covered with armor. No, I'm analysis of the man. Psychopathic incapable of making a decision if he were faced with two or more and xenophobia. "I have to be drugged to be put on a spaceship because I can't take all that empty space, even if I'm protected about all men. He considered himself aliens!" THE END Transcriber's Note: the Earth calendar dial that was automatically correlated with the Saarkkadic calendar just above it. Fifty-nine casually through the dossiers of the of interstellar space—a great, yawning, infinite chasm capable of swallowing men, ships, planets, suns, and didn't even like to think of that, but it was necessary to keep it in mind. Somewhere out there, the ships of Earth were ranged against the ships of the alien Karna in the most important war that Mankind had yet fought. that meant keeping on good terms with the Saarkkadic government. The Saarkkada themselves were humanoid in physical form—if one allowed the term to cover a wide range ever seen him. To have shown himself to one of them would have his importance, the greater must be himself was never seen except by a handful of picked nobles, who, themselves, were never seen except by their underlings. It was a long, roundabout way of doing business, but it was the only way Saarkkad would do any of biochemical products that the Saarkkadic laboratories produced from native plants and animals—products that were vitally necessary to Earth's war, and which could be duplicated nowhere else in the known universe. Earth and her allies and outposts. The job would have been a snap cinch in the right circumstances the along with. A staff of top-grade men men. They couldn't be spared from Not the worst ones, of course less important than Saarkkad to the him. his own on Saarkkad unless merely thwarting mental quirks he liked to find places where they were been teletyped in from Earth. Shall I bring it in?" "Bring it in, Miss Drayson." Miss Drayson was a case in point. keep secrets from everyone except thirties, clutching a sheaf of what he had done unless she was whisper. "There's a chance that the in check. Miss Drayson stood emotions were a secret. without actually seeing her. The war was over—at least for a while. He looked down at the papers again. The Karna, slowly being beaten back on every front, were suing for peace. They wanted an armistice conference—immediately. Earth was willing. Interstellar war is too costly to allow it to continue any longer than necessary, and this thirteen years now. Peace was necessary. But not peace at any price. The trouble was that the Karna had a reputation for losing wars and winning at the peace table. They were twist a disadvantage to an advantage, and make their own strengths look rearm, and the war would break out again within a few years. Now—at this point in time—they potential, forced to disarm, rendered their own advantage ... Already, they had taken the offensive in the matter of the peace talks. They had sent a full delegation to Saarkkad V, the next planet out from the Saarkkad sun, a chilly world inhabited only by low-intelligence animals. The Karna considered this to be fully neutral territory, and Earth couldn't argue the point very well. In government to get a vessel to Saarkkad V. Earth had been caught unprepared for an armistice. They objected. The Karna pointed out that the Saarkkad sun was just as far from Karn as it was from Earth, that it was only a few million miles from a planet which was allied with Earth, and that it was unfair for Earth to take so much time in preparing for an armistice. Why hadn't Earth been prepared? Did they intend to fight to the utter destruction of Karn? It wouldn't have been a problem at all if Earth and Karn had fostered the only two intelligent races in the galaxy. The sort of grandstanding the Karna were putting on had to be played to an audience. But there were other intelligent races throughout the galaxy, most of whom had remained as neutral as possible during the Earth-Karn war. They had no intention of sticking their figurative noses into a battle between the two most powerful races in the galaxy. races would come in on their side if war broke out again. If the Karna played their cards right, their side would be strong enough next time to win. So Earth had to get a delegation to meet with the Karna representatives within the three-day limit or lose what might be a vital point in the negotiations. and Plenipotentiary Extraordinary to the Earth-Karn peace conference. He looked up at the ceiling again. "What get hold of James Nordon and Kylen Braynek. I want to see them both immediately. Malloy explained the problem of the Karna peace talks. "We need a man who can outthink them," Malloy finished, "and judging certainly. Am I to go alone?" "No," said Malloy, "I'm sending Kylen Braynek. Ever heard of him?" to study it and get it into your head before the ship leaves. That isn't much time, but it's the Karna who are doing the pushing, not us." As soon as Nordon had left, Malloy said softly: "Send in Braynek, Miss Drayson." of the peace conference. "Naturally, they'll be trying to them. Don't antagonize them, but don't baby them, either. If you see anything underhanded going on, let Nordon know immediately." "They won't get anything by me, Mr. Malloy." By the time the ship from Earth parley, as relayed to him through the ship that had taken Nordon and Braynek on Earth?" "Tense. They're waiting to see what is going to happen on Five. So am I, for that matter." His eyes were ins and outs of the Diplomatic Corps. When Blendwell looked up from the reports at last, he said: "Amazing! They've held off the Karna at every point! They've beaten them back! They've managed to cope with and outdo the finest team of negotiators the Karna could send." "I thought they would," said Malloy, trying to appear modest. doing here with ... ah ... sick men. Is this one of your ... ah ... successes?" Karna put us in a dilemma, so I threw a dilemma right back at them." "How do you mean?" with one, single, clear decision which admits of no alternatives, he can't move at all. "As you can see, the Karna tried to give us several choices on each point, and they were all rigged. Until rigged, "What about Braynek?" "Paranoid," said Malloy. "He thinks everyone is plotting against him. In this case, that's all to the good because the Karna are plotting against him. No matter what they put forth, Braynek is convinced that there's a trap in it somewhere, and he digs to find out what the trap is. Even if

<question>:
Who are the Karna?

<options>:
A The Karna are the second most powerful race in the galaxy. They are skilled negotiators.
B The Karna are a race of warriors bent on destroying the Earth.
C The Karna are a peaceful species trying to negotiate a surrender to Earth.
D The Karna are a predator race who are trying to invade the Earth, to use humans as a food source.

<answer>:

A