[Spock stepped closer to indicate the command settings on the screen.]

Yes, but is that not the point of captivity? We are prisoners, Prince Vegeta. The Malnosso will now allow for more than a ten percent increase in gravity.

I spent the better part of the last week attempting to improve the simulation... but it cannot be done. [Spock had taken Vegeta's challenge to heart... and he really did try. But there was no way that any of the residents of Luceti could do anything without the consent of the Malnosso.]

You could always ask them directly of course.