"Thank you! It'll be so much more disruptive if we have to just land on them."

"I really don't think you should do that even if the truce channels aren't available! They might try to destroy your ships, and they probably know you've been working with us, they won't want to talk."

"I expect they will shoot at us. I'm sure they won't want to talk. But there is absolutely no way we can countenance the killing of people over political disputes without having gone to every length imaginable to resolve them without violence. I come from a very peaceful place because I come from a place where we will risk anything to prevent things from coming to violence. If we want this to be a peaceful place, we will have to try for it."

"I think poisoned food is a bit more than a political dispute - and I think you have miscalibrated expectations, you have to be realistic -"

"The people I have met here are as intelligent and as devoted and as loyal as the people of my kingdom. I do not think my expectations for you are too high."

"I meant about the enemy, and about - how difficult stopping wars is especially if no one has won yet -"

"Once Yavanna gets here we might have more options to prevent retaliation."

"We're obviously accustomed to working without gods as a safety net. Perhaps." Smile. This means 'your gods are probably fictitious but wouldn't that be neat if one showed up'.

"But I'd like to speak with your enemy before that, Yavanna will benefit from having very specific information to act on."

"I'll talk to the strategists." This means 'maybe'.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

The strategists can get him in touch with the military leadership of the opposition.

He really does appreciate it. They're welcome to listen in, since he understands the fact the conversation might raise concerns.

Yup, there will be a grey standing by ready to cut them off if necessary and some supervising blues.

"Someone who speaks your enemy's language, so you can understand us?"

The grey and one of the blues speaks it. A yellow shows up late; she's a translator.

He doesn't require a translator but it's good that there'll be one for the benefit of the audience.

Exactly.

And when everything is set up -

"Hello. I am Prince Nelyafinwë Maitimo of the Noldor. Our home world, Valinor, is located in the inner spiral of the galaxy you call Kadashama; we call it Élmaitë. We are here to learn of your people, and teach you how to travel between the stars. I would like to talk with you about ending the war."

"It's the Tapai that we're at war with; we have no quarrel with you if you don't side with them."

"We will side with peoples who seek peace over peoples who choose war."

"They invaded us, we didn't choose this."

"We'd like everybody to have enough food. We are arranging that. Once everybody has enough food, we expect that, the reasons to fight being absent, they will cease at once. Will our confidence on that front be misplaced?"

"They're occupying half of Imde province and they can't keep it."

"Can you propose a mechanism other than killing people to resolve that dispute?"