Ship them the first 10 shipments of ore from the mines on the colonies.
They decline to recieve tech, but instead offer that you trade them metallic resources in exchange for free reign to consolidate this planet
They refuse to get involved in foreign politics, they say they will worry only about their own world, and who's encroaching upon it
Inform them of the empire we are fighting, including emphasis on the atrocities, including exicuting the Cabainian colony. Ask them for assistance.
Offer trade agreement and a technological exchange.
I have informed the native troops of our peaceful intent and purpose. They communicated that they require payment of some kind from us to allow our colonies to remain here.
The two empires appear to have an extremely dense population, highly concentrated in metropolitan areas.
The spies have reported back: The two empires run on a democracy. They both possess technology both superior in some areas and inferior in other areas to our own. Their military composition is not determinable, as the spies have not been able to get through a protective barrier around most military complexes, even with their light distortion modules.
I'll research artifical islands,expand southwards and build 500 ships
Tell them our purpose, and peacefull intent. But DO NOT BACK DOWN. What do the spies say?