Will having a Banu ship make it easier for us to travel safely through a Banu system without hostile reaction?

Yeah, I mean, part of it's going to be how your ship appears, because again, you're going to have a reg tag or something that shows up on a HUD, so whether that shows as a human ship or a Banu ship.

Yeah, there was another question in the threads about, because the Banu are really proud of their Merchantman, whether they'd be upset seeing a human flying one. And I don't think so at all. I think it would make them happy to see Banu trade spreading. That's a big part of the culture, the sharing of... Xi'an might roll their eyes if you show up in a Scout. If you're trying really hard.