Podzevitch stroked his chin in thought.  “I’m going to make a guess here.  We’re on the star charts.  And this area of space has a long reputation as a jinxed area where ships disappear.”<br/><br/>“How did…”, Captain Rodgers started. then “Of course.  Alvar, Millerites, how many other spacefarers have crash landed here over the millennia?”<br/><br/>Podzevitch replied: “There are over 50 sentient species on Athair.  Given how frequently we use magic to create dimensional portals, I’ve no idea how many are fallen spacefarers or have simply gated in.  But I am concerned that our reputation as “Ghost Space” or such, protects us at least as much as the Mana field.  Can we talk you, all of you, into keeping the secret of the alloys a secret until we have a chance to develop our own space tech, or get the protection of the Alliance so we have a fighting chance?  Maybe say we found the trade goods you mined on the asteroids, to put the thought of trade, instead of skulking about and mining into their minds?  Do you have technical manuals and instructions to give us a head start?  If so, I’ll vote for joining the Alliance.”<br/><br/>Captain Rogers looks at the crew and they nod, one after the other.  “I think we can agree to those terms.  Mind you, we’ll have to tell the truth to the Alliance membership committee, but we can feed those lines to the public.  But I’m not sure our rules against interfering, except in emergency, in low tech worlds will allow us to just hand over starship blueprints, just like that.”<br/><br/>Mneta looks thoughtful and chimes in.  “What about history?  They don’t have a rule against sharing history.  Including how various Alliance members learned how to fly through their own solar systems.  I think our new allies are perfectly capable of designing ships on their own, that can take them through their own solar system for Defense, especally with a little historical nudge.”<br/><br/>The Captain rubs his temples, thinking.  “I can’t recall any rule against that.  So If you’re ok with ‘history including space flight of several worlds’ instead of giving you blueprints willy-nilly, that’s an option”<br/><br/>Podzevitch throws it back to the other emissaries.  “What do you think?  Lady Shyeal?  Everyone?  Thoughts and opinions?”