She nods. "May need to workshop the phrasing of that skill some. The idea was just enough courtly behavior to get me both to and through the meeting. Bribes are an option too, though. Three token ident as a wealthy merchant with some clout, upgraded equipment to fund bribes brings us to four, sincerity brings us to six, two token persuasion, two token talking-slash-bribing one's way through the royal court to wherever you're trying to be?"

She purses her lips. 

"Or perhaps a favour... I can give you a skill download for contemporary politics, which I think should serve?" 

"Would that cover How To Bribe too?"

"If that's part of the political process there, yes." 

"Okay, so two points of persuasion and two points of that. Yeah, that probably works, and it fits into ten points, which means it can be my buffer before the space battle."

A little acknowledgement in her eyes, a brief moment of tapping at her keys and glancing at her screen.