 The "Kdaptists" are a religious sect of the Kzin.Prior to contacting humans, the predatory Kzin had conquered every species they had encountered, but humans—who, at the time of first contact, were believed by the Kzin to be unarmed pacifists—have consistently defeated the Kzinti.This was baffling and humiliating to the Kzinti, whose own religion told them that they were the pinnacle of Creation.