Nomad Deals

Brank Andromeda
'Straight to the point, a good stance.'
Invas nodded again, this time to himself, and continued as he poured a glass of wine for each of them and then one with water for Menthis.
"Very well. Very well. As you obviously know, we have gathered here today to make deals between our nations and see how each of us could benefit off our cooperation."
He paused for a brief moment before continuing.
"Ofcourse, we do have our own visions on what these deals will entail and how they will be handled, however, before we talk about those, I suppose it would be fair to ask, what you had in mind yourself, or if you came here in the sole expectation of an offer. Whilst we act in the interest of the Dawn, it would interesting and obviously necessary to hear your own."
He leaned back and interlocked his fingers, waiting for their response with seeming and genuine, interest. It was as much as question for their interests, as it was probing for their expectations of the Dawn.

Andromeda Brank
Invas nodded again, seemingly satisfied with their answers.
"I see, I see. very interesting offers, the both of you, it seems we will be getting along well."
...they also seemed to have no qualms about cooperating with the Dawn, unlike some of the more veteran nations of the galaxy, which would be quite helpful. He took a sip from his wine glass and looked through the prerequisites Halthuss had given him, raising an eyebrow, but not making any comment, it would just make it easier finding a world for them. He continued, turning towards the Izerani first.
”Our offer is, the assisted build up of a colony in one of the inner ring sectors, close to one of the major trade routes and one of the GIIG stations. Our assistance with this matter of course, comes with a cost, as you’ve likely expected. We have no particulate interest in common resources, however, one of them would be the permission to use the colony as a staging ground for future operations.”
He paused for a moment, trying to read his guests' reaction to that information off their face.
”...operations, of non-military nature of course. There will be a number of other things, such as a word in decisions that go beyond the scale of the colony, assistance in the maintenance and later potential expansion of the GIIG but we will be detailing those later in the full contract.”
He paused waiting for the reaction from both sides, whilst mentally putting an answer for the Seekers together.

Andromeda @Brank
Invas frowned at Halthuss immediate egreement, it seemed suspicious. Either they had some sort of backhanded plan, or they were really, really desperate, neither of which was the optimal prerequisit for making a contract of this scope.
"I... see."
He paused, then shook his head.
"With all due respect, I think we should probably leave that for once you have actually read the full contract. Against popular opinion, we do prefer our contract partners to know their responsibilities, nobody should be able to say they had not been aware of what they were getting themselves into."
He turned to the Seeker representative and continued,
"As for you.
Your... proposal, seems interesting. We had something similar in mind. Our current plans are that you continue your operations as per normal, however, we will be getting the first bid on every piece of information or technology you unearth, be that merely starmaps or precursor artifacts, we also would like to presume priority in any contracts that we might give you."
He sipped from his drink and observed as the holographic fire in the fireplace flickered soundlessly.
"In return, we permit you to refuel and repair at the shipyards which will be built above the Izeranians new homworld and any other station that we designate you. So long as you do it discretely. However, as of yet we not intend to share any technology with you, though if you prove useful and loyal... well, that may change down the line."
He put down his glass and waited, this time to see the Seekers reaction.

Brank @Andromeda
Invas seemed to be pondering over his wineglass for a couple moments then nodded. There were some... issues with this statement, though perhaps that could be remedied. After he had his orders, though how he would achieve their goals was left entirely up to him. One the boons of being trusted by the Regent.
"That depends. If there are indeed things which cannot be bid off to us, I would like to assume that this goes for all of your other contractors as well, yes? Object and information we cannot attain, will not be attained by other either?
If that is the case, then the Dawn should have no issues with that. So, what do you say? Is that acceptable?
If so, are there any other questions or things of note left to discuss before I adjust the contracts and present them to you?"
He paused looking over to the Izeranians.
"That is including you as well. Feel free to voice any concerns you have before I finish the contracts."
He chuckled in a display of humour.
"If nothing else then at least to save me the work of reworking repeatedly."

Andromeda Brank
The man nodded affirmingly and then looked at both of the groups. Now he would just have to finish up the contracts and he would be able to report back to the regent.
"Very well, then all should be settled for the moment, excuse me for a while, whilst I finish up the contracts, if you wish to leave you are free to do so, otherwise feel free to make use of our hospitality until I return."
He stood up and left through one of the doors they had come in through and left them alone with the beverages and butlers the latter of which observed them with mild interest, apparently waiting to see if anything would be asked of them.

Whilst Invas finished up the contracts he obsrved the two groups in the meeting room with the security system, pondering what these two would bring to the table in future, he knew the Regent never did these things without reason and that he likely had his plans to make them somehow dependent on the Dawn though at the moment that was none of his business, after all, knowing when to keep his mouth shut was another of the qualities which had worked in his favour in the past.

About half an hour passed before the man returned the contracts and a number of savory snacks sourced from both local nations and the AD in tow over which the finalised contracts were discussed and signed.
To both guests surprise the contracts themselves were surprisingly clean, no fineprints, no catches, nothing that had not been discussed beforehand. About two hours later, the groups parted ways once more, ftl signatures disappearing into the stars, shortly followed by the disappearance of the merchant ships, leaving behind nothing but the void.

The greatest surprise in the aftermath of the meeting was likely on the Izeranians side, once they arrived at the world searched and provided by the Ascendant Dawn weeks later.
Where they had expected the bare minimum, perhaps wasteland with barely enough atmosphere to live, what they found was closer to a paradise world than a wasteland and catered with almost concerning accuracy to the Izeranians biology and was near one of the GIIG nodes under control of the Ascendant Dawn which had been mentioned in the contract.
They had not only provided them with a place to stay but one they could make their home, however, the implications and consequences of that remained unknown as of yet.