Jenwuf
Steinfeld himself takes his time, looks at his watch, before fiddling out a cigar and lighting it, leaving himself all the time in the world...
"No, its fine, you see, trade routes are a very important subject, as zhey transcend not only zhe political barriers of factions, but also improve zhe economies of said factions accordingly to zhe graph of the GIP, zhe Galactic Income Product and zhe GDP, zhe Galactic Disposition Product. Now, as you can clearly see on zhis map right here, it will not be easy to lay out zhose said routes, as zhere are a number of nations between us and zhe GSR territory, but as you can see, zhere are nebulas here, zhere and over zhere, which are not populated and can be used as safe routes through zhose systems. Also zhis is a neutral faction, zhat over zhere are zhe Kel'Shir, which surely will let transports pass, and as seen here, zhere is a refilling station zhere, so it will be possible to work out at least one route. Also, zhe problem of inflation can be fought using trade routes..."
He continues on for quite a while, sometimes looking at his watch and puffing his cigar. The cold doesnt seem to phase him, but he seems slightly on edge, remaining his calm only outwards...
Brank
Heinrich looked out. Everything was black. No wonder, thinking about where he was. The only light was the working light of the mechanical worm as it slowed down and went into stealth mode... They were in position. He looked at his watch and tapped on it 5 times in an erradic pattern, then psionically contacts lance...
"Lance! Ready up, this could get rough real quick if zhey dont want to let you out.. If you can hear me zhen answer."
Jenwuf
Hans looks down at his watch and eases up. Finally, took him long enough. He turns towards the Lupidarians:
"Alright, listen up!"
He throws the map aside..
"Lets come to zhe real subject of today. We know zhat you hold Lance, Mayamoto and Allura from the Dawn Empire captive, and while we dont know how you treat them, we demand their freedom!"
He sighs...
"I am a good friend of Lance, and I know that he has some problems. If you keep him in there longer he will kill himself."