Trent looked at Roim for a moment after he spoke, touching the amulet from time to time he thought, 'He doesn't realize that I'll need far more then a Shipyard to bring us to the stars beyond, and what he requests is quite a feat, but I have an idea ...' With that in mind Trent reached up, and rubbed his hand across the repentance seals of his hood, and spoke "Roim you seem to misunderstand many things here, for me to give you an entire fleet to take to the stars I will need more then just a Shipyard, I'll need Training Grounds for pilots, Academies for Officers, entire towns of barracks to house the crew needed to fly one ship. Also I must need to remind you that your House Scientist already agreed to work under me for your focuses have been elsewhere, I do not aim for power from the land, and men I have asked for. No I wish to take to the stars, and give our people the worlds beyond this place, but for that I need what I have asked for."
Trent took a small breath, and pulled out a holopad containing an image of long forgotten Carrier Starship as he spoke, "This right here, from the records I have found, took several thousand people to just get it moving then thousands more to man the fighters, and weapon systems within. Then there is a greater risk, an your soldiers commit their life to space, and learn the ways of combat onboard a ship? No eventually they will return to what they learned down here, and such a thing could be catastrophic fighting on ships where ever component is vital, and the slightest mistake can send it up in a ball of fire. Now let me make a counter offer, I ask you give me the shipyard, and some of the land around it to turn into the place I mentioned in my request, and the right to recruit men. Of course you will still have some power over the lands, but I will make the decisions regarding their training, research, and construction that takes part within. I am not asking to become my own country, no you will get the ships I make, I swear it on my life. As for your request I can do you one better, how about I give you the communication technology you desire, and the power to protect this city from any army?"