"That would actually be helpful."

"Done. There's no way to access worlds from here beyond waiting for someone to walk in?"

"Nope, I asked. I really can't obstruct you on getting faster than light travel or summoning, the bar does not have my gatekeeping concerns, I was just letting it look like that to try to set the tone a little."

"I don't have enough information to make strategic decisions right now - the bar gives out books? Under what circumstances would they find this out?"

"If they get close enough she will offer them drinks and if they ask her questions she will answer them."

"Does this place have conference rooms or anything."

"It's got a hotel on top, not really conference-y but you could use it that way."

"You can do furniture, right? Maybe suggest we relocate, explain how you recognized me so everyone is less nervous, give the greens something to do with some alien art and music and maybe physics papers - do you have a good summoning book in mind -"

"There's the one I used when I used to teach it."

"Get three conference rooms, throw books at people, no one down here to ask the bar questions except the security and I can arrange that they not."

"Yeah, all right."

"And then after we've talked about summoning and colonization options for a while you can take a break, leave them some reading material, I think I do need more context to be helpful here even if it's a very long story."

Nod.

He goes up to the bar and appears a napkin on it and the napkin vanishes to be replaced with a key. "I got us conference rooms," he says, holding up the key and pointing stairsward.

...slightly confused Anitami government goes upstairs.

It's a whole suite which has conference room furniture in it as soon as they go in. Cam plops down in a backless chair.

"Aitim didn't mention you two were acquainted," says Intal after a pause.

"He looks like someone I know."

"I see."

"Anyway, I've done some reading up on your neighbors - they have FTL but time in transit does still correlate with distance their way so that may suffice to explain why no one's bothered you, you aren't very close to anyone, but you're in reasonable-if-you-have-a-reason-to-bother distance of a few people -" United Federation of Planets entry requirements, mission statement of the Ferengi, the poetic form of the Klingon anthem (unabridged), etc. etc. etc, "is that enough copies -"

" - yes. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Is that what you'd like to start with, then? Making plans for contact with other alien civilizations?"

"I don't have a specific agenda but apparently the Federation there might knock if you produce a warp signature - warp's the local FTL, the kind I know is different and much less time-efficient for shorter-range trips like that."

They start looking over Federation charter and so on. 

"How does warp work -"