Firstly, pressman wasn’t acting alone on developing the cloak. They wen through what would have been the “normal channels” for “ sensitive research” and more or less had federation approval.
So it’s not entirely pressman’s fault.
Also, while the Feddies should never have signed that treaty, they should have abided it after it was signed.
Also, also, Picard made a unilateral decision to leak knowledge of the cloaking device to the Rommies, rather than report it to what passes for an inspector general.
It’s a miracle Picard’s action didn’t spark another war.
By this point Picard has a reputation, and the Tal Shiar has a whole personality file on him. Picard showing an Admiral working on a clandestine cloaking device probably means a lot.
Yeah, there’s no follow-up to his decision. Pitfall of episodic TV. Oh well, we’ll just assume it all worked out and the Romulans were somehow cool with it.
As a side note, the reason closing devices were given up was because the federation didn’t see a need for them. Sneaking wasn’t something that was considered essential.
Firstly, pressman wasn’t acting alone on developing the cloak. They wen through what would have been the “normal channels” for “ sensitive research” and more or less had federation approval.
So it’s not entirely pressman’s fault.
Also, while the Feddies should never have signed that treaty, they should have abided it after it was signed.
Also, also, Picard made a unilateral decision to leak knowledge of the cloaking device to the Rommies, rather than report it to what passes for an inspector general.
It’s a miracle Picard’s action didn’t spark another war.
By this point Picard has a reputation, and the Tal Shiar has a whole personality file on him. Picard showing an Admiral working on a clandestine cloaking device probably means a lot.
Yeah, there’s no follow-up to his decision. Pitfall of episodic TV. Oh well, we’ll just assume it all worked out and the Romulans were somehow cool with it.
As a side note, the reason closing devices were given up was because the federation didn’t see a need for them. Sneaking wasn’t something that was considered essential.
Because their warships didn’t need to sneak.