hard to imagine the move to Griffith as being entirely speculative
if there were not a good prospect of a quid in it, from whatever source,
there'd be no move into the place
the owner of PA (Mk2) has always been primarily interested
in what is good for him
in addition to that, he has always been outstanding at creating dissension
maybe the sons will command a more likeable ship
('likeable' chosen with due diplomacy)