User blog comment:B1littlehero/Speculation of the Origin of Species/@comment-160529-20140612184915/@comment-4452849-20140612224318

Hmm. That could work unless they don't already have that technology. It's hard to achieve diplomacy unless you have something to offer. Like saving them from a menace or giving them good resources. Take the United Federation of Planets' relationships with their original, Imperial rivals. After some time of fighting, they talk nicely after they can't afford it and Starfleet does something heroic.