Much of the discussion dragged on for over an hour.
This did not surprise Ves all that much. Multiple powerful parties wanted to get a hold of the Ixith Goliath.
They preferably wanted to claim it wholesale, but that was clearly an impossible goal, so they settled on increasing their share of the spoils as much as possible.
In this zero-sum game, as long as one group managed to increase the size of their pie, they would inevitably take away bits from other groups.
Ves and the other gathered individuals all knew that the final distribution would be settled by the high-and-mighty tier 1 galactic citizens.
However, it would take at least a few weeks or so to securely transport the spoils back to the Yernstall Central Star Node.
This meant that there was a weeks-long window of opportunity where the local Rubarthans and other people who happened to be stationed in the neighborhood could gain access to the most coveted research specimen in the Red Ocean!
