Apparently Starfleet isn't very well-recepted in this quadrant
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You: Greetings. This is Captain Picard.
Stranger: no
Stranger has disconnected.
This episode: Captain Picard negotiates a trade agreement between the Federation and the kool kids klub.
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You both like blf.
Stranger: u
You: Hello! This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise!
Stranger: hi
You: I would like to negotiate a trade agreement between my Federation and your nation.
Stranger: you wanna trade with the kool kids klub
Stranger: ok
Stranger: give us lighter fluid
You: Would an antimatter injector serve a more useful purpose? They have billions of times as much power as lighter fluid!
Stranger: can it burn a cross
You: We can supply you with plenty of Photon Torcreepes as well!
You: If you set a Mark IV Torcreep to detonate at a yield of 90 Isotons, I can assure you it would decimate the entire continent.
Stranger: ok
You: Is that sufficient destruction for your needs?
Stranger: yes
Stranger: i will give u 14 cents
You: ...Ambassador, forgive me but... That is hardly anything. Do you have something more valuable you could offer in exchange?
Stranger: um
Stranger: i found a quarter
Stranger: 39 cents
Stranger: um
You: 
Stranger: i found a penny
Stranger: 40 cents
You: Do you have any... *Ahem*... Slaves you would care to trade for the weapons?
Stranger: yeah i have many black slave
You: I will take 500 of your slaves for twenty full salvos of Photon Torcreepes. How does that sound?
Stranger: i have 500 and a half
You: Deal.
Stranger: ok
You: We have prepared the containers full of Torcreepes in our Cargo bays and they are ready to transport down.
You: Do you have the slaves ready?
Stranger: ys
You: Alright. Standby for transport.
You: *Transport!*
Stranger: *transpert*
You: Picard to kool kids klub. We have received your slaves, all 500 of them accounted for!
You: Do you have the "Torcreepes"?
Stranger: also hi planr
Stranger: yes i do
You: Good!
You: 
You: We look forward to doing business with you in the future!
You: Picard out!
Stranger: ok
You have disconnected.
Little did they know the torcreepes they gave them were nothing but empty casings! All 500 (and a half) hostages were saved!