[S01E02.i] Hospitality
"Thank you, Lieutenant," Garrity replied crisply into the communicator, "Within the hour will be entirely satisfactory."
He tapped the comm-badge to close the channel. Paused a moment. Tapped it again.
"And Miss Greene? If you like, send that... concerned citizen my way. If you're saying what I think you are, then your assessment as to their validity is probably correct. But, no stone unturned and all that."
He closed the channel and turned to the Romulan and smiled. "Commander? Would you care to sit in on a little negotiation with Lt. T'Saen and I? I'd like to leverage your people's reputation for intelligence gathering, if I could."
If there was even a possibility that such a map existed, it was worth a great deal of effort and expense to obtain. But Garrity knew that, whatever the Federation's strengths, scaring people with their superior talents for skulduggery was not among them.
And a voluntary alliance against a common obstacle was one of the most powerful ways to break down barriers and engender trust. So no matter how the negotiation went, Garrity hoped some good might come of it.