At the point the cruiser was offered I remember there being a reason why we denied it. I believe it was some additional requirements that we didn't want to accept.
Peace is not quite possible with the actions that followed the war situation. I just personally don't see a lot of avenues to do stuff with in Bering right now. Which is the main reason we're trying to do stuff outside of it.
If there's more specific suggestions then I'm here to get them and do something with them.