Trust me, James. I don't have any plans on torturing this guy. It's not how the Federation deals with things.
[ Space fairing armadas believed in talking out first. Trying to make peace. The weapons only came out when the disagreement could not be settled any way, and most the that time? It was a reaction to the other side attacking the Federation. ]
I'd like to make this as civilized as possible. Even if these guys aren't all that civilized with us.