The King smiled. He appreciated the President's honesty and was really looking forward to the talks.

"I can understand. Sometimes even visiting a more physically demanding planet can be quite enduring. And to imagine my ancestor Iulian I made his entire career by visiting all these different worlds ... But I am glad we can finaly speak properly with our neighbours now and that there isn't need for another Crusade."

The King felt a little discomfort when talking about the Crusades against a xeno. 

"But I am glad you are able to enjoy your quarters. Please have a seat."

Then all the officials from both sides sat down at the round table. Then the Strategos spoke.

"As you all know both parties would like to secure their domain and authority. For that reason I suggest we finalise our agreement on the border patrols. We agreed upon a limit of 10 Treecuu Frigates and 5 Stoinian Destroyers for standard patrols. If heavy resistance is encountered by another party then the engaging party will notify the other party of increased military activity. On the Stoinian part we will ensure that our military bases of Deep Space 2 and 3 and Dragonfire will receive an end-to-end encrypted channel for both parties. Beware that we can't share the locations of our military bases as per our protocols, so we will work through an entrenched communication line with multiple buoys with frequent patrols. If the Treecuu would be so kind to give us one of their secure systems for their military bases or locations for buoys than we can start plotting these communication lines."