Those blue eyes sharpen when she makes that move, mouth twitching just at the corner. He counters with a much more aggressive move, taking one of her pawns.

"Something like it. A mix between explorer and diplomat, you might say. It was my job, with my crew, to go searching for new worlds, new lands, and when we met them, if they met certain criteria, to offer them a place within the Federation if they so wished. Or, in other cases, I've acted as an intermediary between nations as a neutral third party. Those can get interesting."