A Diplomatic Tour - Minister Steele and visited dignitaries

[Teerin]

Part I:
Formalizing a Trade Agreement with the Gas Miners Guild
Aomori Station, Honshu - GMG Sovereign Territory

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"Thank you for the escort, Orion. Aomori Station, this is Major Flint of the Crayterian vessel Nestor. We are requesting clearance to moor with your facility," radioed Lloyd. He then switched to the internal communications system, "Minister, please report to the port side docking room. We're here."

While speaking, the Aomori CIC cleared his Hydra to dock and the helmsman steadily maneuvered towards the base.

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Nelson was quite relieved, perhaps even glad, to be off of that warship. He met up with some secretary once inside and was taken on a brief tour around to a cafeteria, the boardroom that the conferences would be held in, and lastly his temporary quarters.

Due to the Guildmaster's tight schedule, the meeting would occur in just over an hour, which gave the Minister of State enough time to change into more formal attire and relax a bit. He thought to himself, if these talks are finished today, the document could be written up the following morning ... given that it's mid-afternoon though, this may happen to drag on to tomorrow.

He also pondered, what might the Guild be interested in, beyond a consulate on Yuma and mutual trade of the Republic's Deuterium for their H-Fuel? Considering how extensive research has yet to be done on a number of Coronado's moons, I suppose that I could offer something in those regards ... I'll see what they can think of as well.

As the appointed time drew close, Steele departed for the meeting room early, since he didn't know the installation's layout very well. If he somehow got lost and was late, it would constitute a bad first impression. However, he managed to arrive with a few minutes to spare, so he stood at the side of the table and waited.

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"You see what your knowledge tells you you're seeing. ... how, what you think the universe is, and how you react to that in everything you do, depends on what you know. And when that knowledge changes, for you, the universe changes. And that is as true for the whole of society as that is for the individual. We all are what we know, today. What we knew yesterday, was different; and so were we."
- James Burke, The Day the Universe Changed (1985)