The mood in the garden courtyard had grown warmer.
Both sides were satisfied with the initial promises they obtained from each other.
Although they still had to hammer out the details in a formal agreement, they had already completed the most important steps. The lawyers and the other bureaucrats only had to follow the lead of their principals and make sure the legal terms aligned with the verbal commitments.
Ves knew that as long as both sides completed the contract and signed it, the Larkinson Clan would become a lot more aligned to the Red Fleet than before.
The nature of their relationship would change. Ves and the Larkinsons had long maintained a special relationship with the Red Association for obvious reasons.
Now, their relationship with the Red Fleet was bound to catch up in a massive way.
The fleeters wanted living dreadnoughts badly in order to make up for the heartbreaking loss of the Dominion of Man.
