[X] Offer them some good trade contacts in various ports of call in the Imperium, either your own personal ones or people you know will mesh well with the kind of industries they have their hands dipped into, the type of inside information one who did regular monitoring of publicly traded stock via ACSEC might have access to, as well as some expensive gifts with an aim of being more samples of the type of otherworldly or just far-off exotic goods that Silver Serpent traders carry in their manifests (it being specialized in perishables which are stored via magic or just high-end luxury items exploiting the foreign markets of the Planes). 5,000 IM should be enough to get a good idea of the quality and variety of things that pass through your customs. -[X] Tender a more direct relationship once the Imperium has established relations with Norvos more formally (which is basically thinly veiled for implying you will annex it sooner or later, and the nature of your business relationship will vary depending how you approach that prospect).