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Doc just smiled and chuckled, "But your majesty, I wasn't trying to be cunning or manipulating, I was offering suggestion. You may own Omega 3 but just incase you haven't been there yourself in awhile, it's about as wild as the Old American West on Old Earth. Hessians and Corsairs are the Indians of the area, the pirates the wanted outlaws and your armed forces is the cavalry while the Zoners are the settled civilians who either work with those neighbors and if needed, take up arms themselves."
He got back to the point, trying to avoid politics, something he had a failing history with the Crown.
"A peace summit," he explained, "we must get this initiated. As I said, a low keyed event in the public eye to avoid unwanted attention. I may have an idea that would work, using my own Med.Force.One as a meeting place, cloaked within the space of Omega 3. The ongoing medical work on board would overshadow the ongoing negotiations. By doing that, we take the spotlight off of Freeport 1 which would be on obvious location and, if someone found out, an obvious target."
"Just.....another suggestion, Majesty," he said, his hands clasped behind his back.