Calvin seemed to be talking for hours, or at least it felt like it to him. “This is a planet wide issue and if you’re governments were so designed, I would have preferred to have one negotiator for the planet, but since that doesn’t exist. One representative and an aide who can negotiate for the your country is needed. ”

He turned to face an ensign, making the mute gesture with his back turned. “I don’t know how the diplomacy department does it. I’m almost ready to let the whole thing go and warp to the next system on the list.”

He returned to the screen as he shook his head. ‘Unmute. At this point High Counsel, the Lesscco attempted to attack your planet with star-ships several decades if not a century more advanced than you. If we didn’t come by, by this time you would been subjugated and wouldn’t be in a position to negotiate at all.”

He turned again to the bridge. “Anyone?”

Marius