Ves already predicted that his wife would be less than amused at the idea of bringing their children on a field trip to a frontier space station.
This was why he did not put much effort into trying to sway her to his side.
He just informed her in order to show that he was willing to hear her input and to prevent her from feeling betrayed if he sprung this trip as a surprise.
Now that she knew what he wanted to do and expressed her objections, Ves quickly separated himself from his wife and made other arrangements with the help of other Larkinsons.
Minister Shederin Purnesse opened up a dialogue with the Pentahull Coalition in order to discuss additional allowances for the Golden Skull Alliance.
Normally, the Pentahull Coalition did not make exceptions to its rules because any compromise weakened its own security position.
