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	Godwin took a seat next to Gerret and regardless of if there was other available seating, the Nationalist officers opted to stand instead, keeping their hands behind their backs and remaining mostly still and silent. Godwin was turned slightly in his chair to face Gerret, though the beauty of the location they were in did not escape him.

	"I'd be ecstatic to hold the honor of defending such an important resource. It's my hope that our stations have a long and prosperous relationship and like I mentioned earlier... maybe one day we may even be able to consider ourselves one great station". Truly, Godwin was indifferent to the needs of the other station. He was striking a deal and didn't need to use force or risk loss to get what he wanted. Besides, this made peaceful annexation at a later date that much easier. 

	"Now, my station also has great industrial capability. It's a factory station and has several manufacturing plants and facilities. Although the equipment is meant to be used to create military grade weapons and armor, which we could use to further build defenses around here, we could also use this machinery to build other things given a little makeshift work and parameter changes. All we need is the material. So if you and your people happen to come across anything like that through trade or scavenging, keep my station in mind and we might be able to manufacture products for both of our stations".

	Godwin smirked a bit, "Although these are win - win situations we've been discussing, I want you to know that I find it of the utmost importance that we, as potentially the last of our kind, are willing to be generous in such troubling times. If there is anything your station needs, tell me, and maybe we can work something out". Of course, this was just a show of good faith. Words are wind and if any of the requests were too much work with little reward, he wouldn't dedicate himself.