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"Ingenuus," Doc thought aloud, "I know of them but haven't had dealing with them."
Doc put his hands behind his back. "Admiral, we've known each other for a long time. Our organizations have known each other for even longer. You know I'm not a technical person which is why I have engineers for that." He pointed at the orb, "I would rather you or your people be the ones that either make it functional in some way or just take it if it's not probable. If you take it, I'll admit to you, I would have something to keep a live Nomad sample. It's more my research style. Either way, I intend to do that somehow."
He put his hands together in front of him, "I figure, I give you something, if not the orb, the rights to work on it."
"What was that emotion that this... sample wanted to project? Fear?"
He shook his head. "No, not fear. That's not how I operate. I work on mutual understanding and respect."