The inhabitants were somewhat willing participants in this whole thing. It wasn't really a proceeding to determine the lettering of the contract, Picard knew there was some sort of exploitation going on.TheSilence wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 5:50 am Not sure if this was discussed because i'm not about to read all the pages of replies. But Data at the end rules that the contract is nullified. Since the woman pretending to be Ardra was not the one capable of enforcing the contract, how could Data rule that it was nullified. Was there a time limit on when she could return to claim her ownership?
Data of course is just being objective on the proceeding. That or he's just being a smart ass, you know how he is, gotta keep an eye on him.
Sweet dreams, captain.