"Lord Captain, Lady Alia is of an ancient noble house. It is hardly suspicious for her to be bringing an honour guard of her own. If we do indeed want to talk with her and not simply kill her on sight, we should be careful not to appear hostile from the beginning. However, as she is arriving with an escort, it would not be amiss for you to greet her here with an escort of your own. You could then come to a mutual agreement to proceed to the observation dome with only a symbolic force of guards each. That way you would be showing her the respect due her house while disarming the threat of a large number of potentially hostile fighters roaming the decks of the Sting," Hannabel suggested.