>>5184059"SUCH A RARE AI! I didn't know you were a collector of things as well, sadly, I cannot allow the one thing that could hinder my trade from happening." Trazyn says.
"Mate- you do know that trade is a two way street. You don't just take things from someone." You say-
"You are correct. What I am trading is quite the high commodity. Your life." And you see the ship off in the distance. You do remote detect from your dataslate the Fierce is still running, and could probably face this much larger ship.
"I want us on good terms, I do not want it to be like this." You say with no malice and no anger.
"Then we just do a simple trade!" Trazyn says and you can hear a mix of either frustration or joy in what passes as a voice.
"The trade is not simple! I have been sworn to take these prisoners to meet justice!" You say loudly, and Roboute, has finally caught on to what Perturabo has been doing, and begins positioning himself, ever so slowly
"Hmm. I see! Well, I could swap the criminals for- your Jokearo, such interesting beings made by such an ancient enemy! And a rare find. It's quite a good deal! You know I could have taken everything including your knights and just left you here to die. However, I have been told to not make enemies, but restore culture, and research what I can - and what you have is too good to pass up." The being says. He clearly does not want to fight, but you can sense another teleportation field. He probably has multiple ways of getting what is probably a whole ship of warriors down here. Roboute and Perturabo are both in position. The time to make a decision is now. Especially with this one's talking starting to wear ya thin.
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>> Mokka up. He is probably hiding a host of nonsense up his sleeve, and he may be more interested in the black judges or things on Olympia then what is here. With all that is on Olympia, if he is interested in rare oddities and what you have- you may be able to negotiate something that he may like more, and you'd get to keep the cube. >> Trickery. Awaken UR remotely, use tap code on the tablet to have Rongo fire the Tanhauser array, and negotiate from a more, advantaged position. >> Mana Manipulation. It's there. You can sense it. Yank the very mana that is powering him take what is yours and depart. NOW. He won't like it very much, but then again he did steal from you. >> Privateering tactics. He really decided to rob someone that steals from pirates? Really? Show him why this is a terrible idea and take back what is yours. And maybe a few of his trophy items as well. >> Unleash the Cube. The cube has been trusted enough and hasn't done anything stupid- plus it expressed a desire to stay with you, so let it earn it's keep by helping you and your brothers clean up this mess. >> Write in. The Old Man can barely post once a day anymore let alone any reasonable options, yeesh.