Your Starfleet vessel is meeting with a Cardassian warship to negotiate disputed territory. The Cardassians' weapons are armed and ready to fire. You hail the warship and a Bridge crew appears on your viewscreen.

"Hello," says the Cardassian captain. "I am Gul Lemec. We are prepared to negotiate. My first offer is that you concede that this system and all its planets belong to the Cardassian Union and will depart unless you wish for your ship and crew to be taken prisoner."