"Perhaps your people are socially much more different than ours."  The princess smiled slightly, "amongst our people there are those that, if they found a primitive people, unable to defend themselves and in possession of untapped resources, would take more than a simple law to stop."  She shakes her head slightly, "and now that we know that there are others out there...and from what you've said, others that may not be as friendly as you, it would seem to be in our best interest to negotiate something that would keep us safe."<br/><br/>She squeezes her fathers arm gently, looking to him and then to the captain, "you now know where we are and what state that we are in.  What are the odds of that information coming into the hands of others that are not as kind and altruistic as you are?  Other races?  You can likely guess better than we how far we are off from being able to defend ourselves.  Would you truly walk away, simply telling others 'please do not go there' and leaving us to our own ways?"