Diplomatic meeting on the Estremadura

"The orange fish?" - stood up de Motti, then walked up to the aquarium and his glance slid down to the fish Priestess talked about, - "It's a gift from my friend back on Honshu. He comes from a bloodline of fishermen. I met him on Newport Station when was travelling across Sirius almost ten years ago. He decided to join our crew, he became the cook we've longed for. Altogether we've had a good journey that has taken place long before the Gallic War. Most of us decided to get back home right after that. This is how our journey came to an end." - he signed, - "I've been very jealous to my older brother Daniel back then, and that was my little rebellion to draw parents' attention to me. I was much more foolish thereat, you know." - he smiled, - "He has helped me to understand that what I was doing is wrong. He was a good friend of mine."

His gaze pulled back to the fish for a moment, and then he started talking again:

"Now Akira is living on Honshu with his wife and family and attends to the fishery as his ancestors did."

After a short pause, he walked back to the sofa and sat down opposite to Matriarch.

"You are right, honourable Priestess. The shipyard will be useful for both of us." - he looked on Kiku first and then turned to the Matriarch, - "Our men will help with the shipyard. Also, our logistics division is ready to assist you with resources for the shipyard."

"You will not mind taking as a gift some fishes for Amaterasu's shrine?" - Antonio smiled to them, but then turned back on a serious tone, - "We all understand the building a large station, not a good idea. Scanners of the Naval fleet may detect a signature of a large object, even if it located in the dense nebula clouds of Shikoku."

"You want to enhance station armour and its defence." - he was talking more to himself than to women at the room, - "Habitant sector, shipyard, expanding of fighter facility..."

"It's all will need some big cash to be invested into the project at all." - Antonio has turned to Matriarch, - "We are to calculate a required for the project amount of recourses and cash before we start the project itself."

"Our engineers could analyse the base and scrapyard around it to find the best solution for armouring." - he answered and quickly look at the paper, - "Besides, Maltese facilities are producing ablative armour platings. I suppose they can be used for hull reinforcement. If your mind of our analysis, of course."

"Perhaps, you could discuss this all with one of our engineers. I can make a call to Senor Barbero, - he is our candidate for a new Chief Engineer rank and he will talk with you over the cup of best Bretonia tea we got recently if you want, of course," - de Motti with an interest has looked on Matriarch in expect of her reaction.

Meanwhile, he thought: the possible profit the corporation may get from that was high, but also this could bring on Chrysanthemums less dependance from Malta and Cartel as well. He needed to think before about this all, but he already agreed. Antonio had no doubt in Matriarch's, but the lowest ranks of Cell could start to think they can survive without support from the side if they will have a shipyard. He decided to talk about this with Don Hernan after the meeting with Gen'an Matriarch and her delegation.