The offer made by Commodore Reze sounded intriguing.
Ves leaned forward as he contemplated the possibilities.
He always had a desire for better tech.
He was most familiar with the tech employed by the Red Association. His understanding of the tech used by the Red Fleet was much poorer. That made it difficult for him to judge what he could obtain from the fleeters.
The downside of exchanging tokens for tech was that it took a lot of time to realize these gains. His schedule was already packed and he really did not have the time to explore an entirely new branch of high technology.
He favored a trade of super-class materials a lot more. The more he climbed to the top, the more he understood that these were the true strategic materials of every civilization.
Phasewater was just the most common and prevalent strategic resource of the Red Ocean.
There was a lot of other good stuff that was only available in the Red Ocean and the Milky Way.