> a ranking officer of the Martian navy explicitly tells the ship that they are in control. Yes, that's how they got possession of it and managed to make use o

> a ranking officer of the Martian navy explicitly tells the ship that they are in control. Yes, that's how they got possession of it and managed to make use of it. It is not at all the same thing as relinquishing ownership, which that Martian officer would not be able to do in any case because he didn't own the ship. The reasonable expectation is that they use the ship to do the job they needed it for, and then return it to it's proper owners. This is, of course, only the second worst case of piracy thinly disguised as salvage in the Expanse. The title for the worst case of course goes for Behemoth.