Sous-Lieutenant LeMarsh, as a former Privateer, its is likely you know more about the Corsair people than most that serve the Gallic King. The Custodi are but a subset of these, and while we govern ourselves and hold our own agendas, by large we have similar enemies to them. The Outcasts, Bretonia, Liberty. All of these are thorns in our side as they are yours. However, you ask what we bring to the table, and I expected no less. The pilots of Heraklion are well trained and skilled, and we have experience in combat across Sirius. Perhaps most valuable to the Gallic Crown is the physical location that we hold. Gallia is pressing the Bretonian's hard, and with Liberty involving itself in your war, you must be slowly coming under pressure from the coalition of foes you face. Crete, our home, is on the far side of space from Bretonia, on their exposed flank if you will, as they draw forces to combat your forces away from the systems easiest for us to reach.
I believe you understand what I imply here. Further, the Custodi, while just a small subset of the population of Crete, has other things they can offer to Gallia. The artifacts found exclusively in our home system are a valued, if heavily regulated, trade commodity in many of the houses, and the Bretonian nobility in particular values them like no one else. If we could set up a line of trade between Gallia and the Custodi for these artifacts, we could bottleneck the market, driving the prices in Bretonia up immensely, and once the Crown is victorious, use the influx to throw their economy into disarray, even more than it already is.
I thank you for the time you have taken to discuss the future with us.